in ukraine while russia threatens to cut off power supplies to the plant. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in america. el shafee el sheikh was among a group of british i.s members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. james foley was an american journalist murdered in 2014 at the hands of the group. his mother diane foley has been speaking outside the court about the sentencing of el shafee elsheikh. let this sentencing make clear to all who dare to kidnap, torture or kill any american citizen abroad that usjustice will find you wherever you are and that our govt will hold
we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
it shocked me a little bit. more trouble at liverpool city council. another government commissioner moves in after a damning report. sir alex ferguson testifies in defence of ryan giggs at the ex footballer s trial on assault and coercive behaviour charges. finland s prime minister takes a drugs test after a video of her partying raises concerns. another sparkling evening at the european championships in munich, with a british gold and silver in the men s 200 metres. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the brazilian midfielder casemiro s heading to manchester united. a fee of around £50 million has been agreed with real madrid. good evening. a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in america. el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria and became known as the beatles because of their english accents, a name given to
political violence. with philadelphia s independence hall as a backdrop and flanked by two marines he frames the critical midterm elections as a choice between democracy and extremism. this morning the white house is pushing back on criticism that the president s speech was political. officials saying it was, quote, entirely about democracy. let s go straight to the white house, cnn s jeremy diamond is there. how do they feel about how it went, jeremy? reporter: john, biden s message last night was unmistakable democracy is under assault and president trump and his allies are the ones assaulting it. last night s rare prime time address wasn t just a warning about donald trump and trumpism, it was also a very clear call to action, call to action for voters to act and make their voices heard in the midterm elections. equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. reporter: president biden issuing an urgent call to americans an
could be vacant by 2030. an investigation is under way into the charity set up in honour of the fundraiser and army veteran captain sir tom moore. buckingham palace won t publish the results of an inquiry into the handling of allegations that the duchess of sussex bullied members of staff. we are nearly there around the stumps. wow, look at this. amazing! and the ancient trees that have been growing since the middle ages. campaigners say we should do more to protect them. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a big day for katie boulter awaits. she s one of six british in action at wimbledon and she is first on centre court shortly. good afternoon. the uk is giving ukraine an extra billion pounds in military aid almost doubling british support for the fight against russia. the uk is the second biggest donor to ukraine after the united states, and borisjohnson says it s transforming ukraine s defences . well, since russia s invasion, the uk has sent a total of £3.8 billio