as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there s a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded . yesterday, the bank warned of a recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% a 42 year high and that the value of people s incomes is falli
engagement and working together to take on challenges of regional security including addressing the threat posed by the democratic people s republic of korea. as monkeypox spreads worldwide, uk doctors say it could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. polls close in parts of australia as two political veterans battle it out for the country s top job. and could this be the first of record breaking heatwaves across europe? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. relations were already difficult after finland applied to join nato, prompted by the war in ukraine. now moscow has taken action against its neighbour over energy supplies. russia s energy giant, gazprom has switched off gas deliveries it says finland is refusing to comply with a demand that it pay for energy in roubles. meanwhile, the british foreign secretary has said she wants to see ukraine s neighbour moldova armed with nato standard military equipment to guard
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Least dennis may disagree on the boats issue. We should have just told the echr this is none of your business, rather like we did on prisoner voting, we should. Problem is the should. The problem is the Strasbourg Court historically always overreaches its own powers. Um, always overreaches its own powers. Um, and so i think our own sovereign parliament, just as we did on prisoner voting from time to time , would be from time to time, would be within our rights to say this is nothing do you. And if nothing to do with you. And if they accept that, we they dont accept that, then we should they dont accept that, then we sho Denis Macshane do you disagree . Yes , because prisoner voting yes, because prisoner voting was never. Prisoner voting was never a convention of the council of europe. Europe. It was a proposal. It was a proposal. And we said, no thanks. I discussed it with home secretaries. Theyre just very nervous of pubuc theyre just very nervous of Public Opinion in switzerland, oth
of record temperatures. hamas releases two more hostages their families are overjoyed, but many in israel are still waiting to hear news of their relatives. the israel gaza truce continues as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, visits the region, in search of a longer ceasefire. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid 19 inquiry he said many many lives could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a toxic culture in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here s o