her half a million dollars in damages. tensions rise between russia and lithuania following a ban on the transport of goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad on the baltic coast. after the floods the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. thanks forjoining us. threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. and those claims came from republican officials, some of whom spoke of mr trump s direct involvement. the hearing also heard from election workers, who said they had been falsely accused of carrying out a fake ballot scheme to skew the vote, which had led to them facing intimidation and death threats. we have various groups come by, and they have had, um, video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedophile and a pervert, and a
tensions rise between russia and lithuania, over a ban on goods going into the russian territory of kaliningrad on the baltic coast. after the floods, the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. and those claims came from republican officials, some of whom spoke of mr trump s direct involvement. one of them was the speaker of the arizona house of representatives, rusty bowers. we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedophile and a pervert, and a corrupt politician. and blaring loudspeakers in my neighbourhood, and leaving literature both on my property and arguing and threatenin
of ukrainian grain needed to feed the developing world will start to rot, if export routes are not reopened soon. rock music. back after three years, the iconic glastonbury festival opens its gates to music fans again festival goers hello and welcome. a california jury has found the american comedian bill cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the playboy mansion in 1975 when she was 16 years old. the court also ordered that cosby must payjudy huth, who is now 64, half a million dollars in damages. she spoke of her relief after the victory in court. mark lobel reports. justice forjudy huth, after the man, known to millions as america s dad, bill cosby, is found by a jury in a civil trial to have abused her a0 years ago at the playboy mansion. it has been torture, it has, ripped apart, thrown under the bus and backed over and this to me such a big victory, it really is.- victory, it really is. judy huth testified victory, it really is. judy huth testified that -
we start today with the problem staring at us every time we go to the shops and look at our bank balance: the cost of living crisis. today we ll get the latest estimate of inflation here in the uk for the month of may. we ll go back to april to set the scene: inflation that month was running at 9%, the highest rate here in the uk for a0 years. looking into the future, the bank of england has warned inflation might exceed 11% later this year as the prices of fuel and food put pressure on household budgets. the response by the bank of england has been to raise the cost of borrowing. rates have recently been increased from 1% to 1.25%, the fifth consecutive rise, pushing them to the highest level in 13 years. our business correspondent, emma simpson, has been speaking to the chairman of the supermarket chain asda, lord stuart rose he told her that his customers have been cutting back on their shopping. if you haven t got the money, i cannot eat. iii if you haven t got the mon
lives. loaded into the truck. and glastonbury is back after the pandemic. the crowds are heading to the iconic music festival in england, hoping for sunshine. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore, and 2.30am in afghanistan where humanitarian agencies are scrambling to organise emergency shelter and food aid, following an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people. un staff say medical teams and supplies have been despatched to the worst hit province, paktika. hundreds of houses there were destroyed by the magnitude 6.1 event, and hundreds of homeless families are facing a powerful storm and very heavy rain. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. everythi