In ukraine feels very close. i know what war means says this restaurant owner who grew up in war torn former yugoslavia. he fully supports ukraine and helps refugees coming over the border. without the refinery he says businesses like his would go under. the race is now on to find alternatives to russian energy so that germany can turn off the taps. a german perspective on how to be in itself off of russian coal, gas and oil. and just to let you know that at 16:30 bst - that s 15:30 gmt on thursday,
Military. there submarine service is a particularly praiseworthy example, but like military society, they. in ukraine, they come mainly from two areas. that means that they are joining on contract for money and something to do. and they bring with them into uniform baggage, and that baggage is a number of things. the first is they are brought up on propaganda, which particularly dehumanizes the enemy, and we know that means. the next thing, they are brought up around threats, doubts, uncertainties themselves. by and large, their poorly educated and their utterly uncertain about what is the truth. they are. they also tend to see themselves as victims, not aggressors, and they don t really therefore confront reality and they don t take her sponsor lettie. it s not the russian way.
I ll be answering your questions on the war in ukraine, live from kyiv. there ll be a range of panellists to answering questions on a range of aspects of the conflict. you can get in touch on twitter, using the hashtag bbc your questions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc. co. uk. seniorjudges have been hearing challenges to prison sentences of five calories. a punishment that means he would never leave jail. lawyers are also looking to give a whole term sentence to the stepmother of arthur hughes, the six year old who died after being abused at the family home in the west midlands. we will speak to our home and legal affairs correspondent. this is a complex series of appeals here where it s part of the high
Restriction of their development so far, having been institutionalised probably from birth. what further issues will they face if they are unable to flourish and live with the proper care and support they need? it is such a sad and heartbreaking situation, and the message that everybody right across the board has neglected these children and overlooked their situation and needs. ., , needs. dan johnson, thanks very much. breaking news now, the us central bank, the federal reserve, has raised interest rates by .5%, the most aggressive such increase in more than 20 years. moves intended to tackle rapidly rising prices fuelled by the war in ukraine and new lockdowns in china. inflation in the us is in a a0 year high, president biden has received some criticism for the stimulus he injected into the economy when he became president last year in an attempt to overcome the economic effects of covid. that rate rise will be looked at closely in this
Which is why it s the only site in germany to still use russian oil so berlin is now looking at a new law to allow the german state to take over such sites. the difficulty facing this oil refinery really illustrates the dilemma that germany is in. how do you ween yourself off russian energy while at the same time avoiding destroying the german economy? the german government says that s now possible with coal. it could be possible to move away from russian oil. the big challenge of the future is russian gas. before the invasion of ukraine, germany got most of its oil, coal, and gas from russia. since then, berlin has managed to reduce dependency on moscow and now wants a ban on russian oil and coal this year and on russian gas by 202a. with poland just the other side of the river, the war