us federal agents discover the longest and most sophisticated tunnel of its kind used to smuggle drugs across the mexican border. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved, in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions, normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which they say show surrender. but the ukrain
an unnamed conservative mp, arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, has been released on bail pending further police enquiries. the evacuation of the steelworks in mariupol continues. ukrainian officials say they are doing everything possible and impossible to save the remaining fighters. nearly half of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the uk in the past year have come from abroad. industry leaders have questioned whether the levels of international recruitment are sustainable. and, in a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border with its own rail track, electricity, and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. welcome to bbc news. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the price
investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from
but it is warm, not quite as warm as yesterday which was the warmest day of the year so far. but i think easily, even with the hazy skies, temperatures will widely reach the low 20s across england and in other parts of the country i think the high teens can be expected early this afternoon. so, pleasant enough for the next few hours. then, things will change and the weather could get quite dramatic later today, when we are expecting thundery downpours to sweep into parts of the uk. it will be coming in from the south, there is a separate band of rain heading to northern ireland, another one will reach the south of the country. so i think late afternoon, we will see those clouds really starting to increase in the west and the south, and the met office warns that particularly south eastern parts of the country are in for local torrential downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and even large hailstones. so, this is for south eastern areas, for a few hours, not everywhere, bu