he has spent more than seven years in prison in turkey for being a member of isis and also it has been alleged he has been alleged to be the fourth member of the is gang that murdered and tortured western hostages in iraq and syria, which he has denied. as you mentioned, the terror cell was nicknamed the beatles because of the members english accents. satellite images appear to show major damage and a number of destroyed russian warplanes following explosions at an airbase in crimea a russian occupied former part of ukraine. the saky base, shown here before the attack, was rocked by a string of blasts on tuesday, killing one person. this picture taken afterwards suggests at least eight aircraft were damaged or destroyed. the era of cheap flights is over because of soaring fuel prices according to the boss of ryanair. chief executive, michael 0 leary, has told the bbc that the years of buying a seat on a flight for less than £10 has gone. he added that the airline s
are three main the ukrainian population. so they are three main updates, the ukrainian population. so they are three main updates, intelligence update there from the ministry of defence here in the uk. and just one other quick line to bring you news agency reuters, from ukraine itself, and that is from keast s they are, the capital city of ukraine, of course, reporting several blasts in the city and sirens have been going off in kyiv, the capital there, as well. we are going to leave ukraine for a moment and come back to news here in the uk now. ahead of the chancellor s spring statement on the economy this week, rishi sunak has told the bbc he will help households with the cost of living where he can make a difference. among the calls he is facing ahead of the speech on wednesday is to cut fuel duty to help reduce the prices motorists are currently being charged. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. soaring fuel prices at the pump, energy bills going up and up, rising inf
to the uk now and the chancellor, rishi sunak has promised to help people deal with the rising cost of living in his spring statement on wednesday, but warned that sanctions imposed on russia were not cost free. he s facing calls, including from more than 50 conservative backbench mps, to cut fuel duty. labour has backed that proposal, but urged the treasury to do more. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more. soaring fuel prices, inflation pushing up the cost of everyday items, energy bills and national insurance set to rise in april. the list of pressures currently hitting people s pockets. and the chancellor rishi sunak is under pressure as well to help. today he said it would not be easy, but of course he would step in to help people with bills in the coming months and years. i will stand by them in the same way that i have done over the past couple of years. people can see that where we can make a difference, of course we will. you saw that with energy in particular.