amid an exceptionally dense barrage fired at kyiv on tuesday. kyiv said air defences intercepted the hypersonic missiles, which russia has claimed can overcome all existing air defence systems. they were among 18 missiles of different types fired at the city in a short space of time. the us state of north carolina has passed legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. it comes after the state s republican controlled general assembly overrode a veto from the democratic governor. the law bans abortions after the first trimester, except in cases of rape, incest, life limiting fatal anomalies and medical emergencies. the car making giant behind the vauxhall brand in the uk has urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement, warning that otherwise there could be significantjob losses in its british plants. the company, stella ntis,
hello and welcome to bbc news. i have the top stories. with british supermarket prices spiralling fast, rishi sunak is promising more seasonal visas for farming. promising more seasonal visas forfarming. that promising more seasonal visas for farming. that story coming up for farming. that story coming up later on. but first, one of the world s biggest car makers, stella ntis, which produces vauxhall cars here in the uk, has urged the government to renegotiate part of its eu trade deal or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, whose brands also include peugeot, citroen, chrysler and fiat, says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the surge in the cost of raw materials has made some of the conditions of the post brexit deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. electric vehicle manufacturing is supposed to be the future of the car industry, replacing these
company, stella ntis, scrapped plans to build its new astra model there. oil prices rose on monday after 0pec+ that s members of oil rich nations and their partners cancelled talks on a new output deal. that means the current production limits will remain. this follows a public rift between saudi arabia and the united arab emirates last week on a proposal to extend output curbs. more now on the gang behind a colossal ransomware attack. the group known as revil is demanding $70 million paid in bitcoin in return for a universal decryptor that it says will unlock the files of all victims. revil claims its malware, which initially targeted the us it firm kaseya, has hit one million systems. this number has not been verified and the exact total of victims is unknown.