it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley who left the british army in march died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he s the second british man to die fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family he had been involved in training at the start of this but that had changed because he was in the city of severodonetsk which is very much the front
the strictest of water restrictions. a presidential visit: k pop supergroup bts speak out against hate crimes in america. it s a great honour to be invited to the white house tonight to discuss important issues of anti asian hate crimes, asian inclusion, and diversity. cheering and jubilant scenes in bradford as europe s youngest metropolis wins the contest to become the uk s next city of culture. hello and welcome. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. mr biden said it would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely. in the last 2a hours, a russian air strike hit a chemical plant in the eastern city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. both sides are suffering heavy casualties here and the ukrainian command may decide on a tactical retreat. russia now occ
To american officials and several media outlets. In a statement, Us National Security Officials Say that Arms Negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. We know that the Russian Defense minister travelled to north korea to convince them to sell Artillery Ammunition to russia. We urge north korea to cease its negotiations and abide by the public commitments that pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to russia. The two men already met in russia in 2019, for their first ever summit that took place in vladivostok. It is likely that this meeting, should it happen, would take place in that same city or possibly in moscow in september. Here is whatjohn everard, British Ambassador to north korea between 2006 and 2008 makes out of kimjong un and putins plan to meet in russia to discuss weapons. But of course the background is all about the possibility that north korea might supply russia with useful amounts of munitions and other weapons for its war effort agai
Picked up at the breakdown, more downbeat picture. So the acceleration really driven by net exports. It tends to a bigger decline it relative to exports. We look at domestically indicates this, private consumption, government spending, investment, all of this indicates it actually to curated so that sick new rules weakening. Signals weakening. Is the slowdown on china likely to reflect on the numbers here . If you look at exports thats contracted in the fact that china accounts for 20 of korean exports that suddenly imposing a track on the overall Export Sector. If you look at Customs Trade Data today, total korean export revenues have only about 12 year to year. But if you isolate exports to china, that has fallen by 25 . So that is the key driver of the Export Sector will be missed. In the months ahead, what are some of the key sets of data that you will be looking out for . We will be watching the High Frequency data so far but we have seen for quarter three so far still suggests it
The un says its Aid Operations in gaza will start winding down tomorrow for lack of fuel. So what happens after that . Israels Prime Minister says a Ground Assault will come, but meanwhile, the brinkmanship over letting in aid versus letting out hostages carries on. We are now reducing the fuel we are using every day so we can keep the most Critical Services running for as long as possible but it is going to mean that people dont have access to drinking water. Well be talking to people who know about humanitarian operations in gaza about what happens next and whether the United Nations is taking a side. And well explore the splits in labour caused by keir starmer s statements, which hes now caveated, on israels right to blockade gaza. Also tonight, is there trouble ahead forjoe biden from within his party . Listen, there are two peoples here, palestinians and israelis. We need to show care and solidarity with the Palestinian People and these civilians who are being killed every day in