as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
others may have a different view. either way, the shelling doesn t discriminate. i asked liliya how she copes. i do nothing , she says. i stay home and pray that nothing hits the house . ukraine s victory here is messy and incomplete, and some believe the russians will be back. orla guerin, bbc news, kupiansk. anti government protests in iran have spread to 80 cities and towns triggered by the death of a young woman after she was arrested by the morality police. demonstrations are now in their eighth day. this is amol in northern iran. the governor s office is up in flames. there are reports of police stations
there is little sign of life now but this is a big loss for the russians. some here don t criticise their former occupiers. they treated people normally, oleksander tells me. there was no torture, nothing like that. for us it was no different with them or without them. they were here but it feels like they weren t. they came and then they left. others may have a different view. either way, the shelling doesn t discriminate. i asked liliya how she copes. i do nothing , she says. i stay home and pray that nothing hits the house .