spy steel works alien spacecraft or spy plans? why the defence chiefs are taking this phenomenon seriously. hello and welcome. republican and democratic primaries have been held in several american states ahead of november s mid term elections. vote counting is currently under way in pennsylvania. first, the republicans, where the contest is between david mccormick, who is married to former trump aide dina powell, and backed by well known trump advisers. mehmet oz, backed by former president trump or kathy barnette, a far right candidate who has appealed to maga voters. and for the democrats, john fetterman who is recovering from a stroke, has won. he was up against malcolm kenyatta, alexandria khalil and conor lamb. john fetterman s wife, giselle, updated his supporters after the vote. you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state! so before i get started, i would like to take a moment to address the elephant in the room, which is that my
an unnamed conservative mp, arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, has been released on bail pending further police enquiries. the evacuation of the steelworks in mariupol continues. ukrainian officials say they are doing everything possible and impossible to save the remaining fighters. nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the uk in the past year have come from abroad. industry leaders have questioned whether the levels of international recruitment are sustainable. and, in a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border with its own rail track, electricity, and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. welcome to bbc news. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the price
of their sponsors. secret schools are being set up to educate girls in afghanistan, in defiance of the taliban who ve refused to let them back into the classroom. and tens of thousands of rangers fans are in spain ahead of one of the biggest games in the club s history, the europa league final tonight. and coming up on the bbc news channel, police arrest a man after billy sharp was assaulted at the end of sheffield united s championship play off loss at nottingham forest. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, as soaring energy bills hit millions of households. official figures show uk inflation, the rate at which prices are increasing, rose to 9% in april, up from 7% in march. higher food and fuel prices, driven by the war in ukraine, are also pushing the cost of living up. the prime minister today said he would look at all the measures needed to get people through to the other side . our economics correspond
was like finding the holy grail. that is about a third of the length of the tree. and you kind of think. no, ican t. i can t cut that. ijust want. ..to save it, like it is you know, regardless of how crazy that sounds. this tree was so vast, its apocalyptic descent would have just smashed and crushed everything in its path, and it would havejust gone splat into the mushy silt of what was once the forest floor. when a farmer in norfolk discovered this tree, hamish was called in. his decision not to chop it up, and retain its length, led to all kinds of logistical challenges. a special sawmill was flown in from canada, and carpenters and students constructed a bespoke saw bench in the field. 0nce converted into planks, the tree