with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift off.again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt later to launch its most powerful rocket to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral ahead of take off, which is hoped to be in the next four to six hours. good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev, the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of moscow s house of uni
in the next three to five hours. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. a £2 cap on bus fares across england for three months from january is announced by ministers in the hope it will help people cope with the rising cost of living. a to me, it is a no brainer. there is no point taking the car and then paying for parking fees and everything. it is costing me £15, normally, for a trip, for a day ride for myself and then a day ride for my children. it is extortionate. this will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months of the winter, when we know things are going to be tough. and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when fuel costs are so high. russia s main pipeline transporting gas to europe through germany will now not reopen as planned. russian state energy firm gazprom said it had found an oil leak in a turbine on nord stream 1, meaning it
israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggressively with ground operations in the south. the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they re targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports from the official palestinian news agency put the number of dead at 50 it blamed an israeli air strike. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest from jerusalem.