takeaways, restaurants and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates and bowls from october, as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched missile strikes across the country hitting residential areas, as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of ukraine into an emergency blackout. this is the city of dnipro, where at least five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine s president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, a residential. building was destroyed as a result of this russian strike. dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is sti
a great gaping hole. as you can see, rescue workers and volunteers worked frantically for hours, trying to find survivors, but as night fell, the official number of those killed or injured began to rise inexorably. sirens did sound several times during the afternoon here in dnipro. people were advised to go to their shelters but it s been months since something like this happened here, so it s likely that plenty of people were in their apartments not underground. this all came on a day when russia once again launched attacks all over ukraine, clearly aimed at disabling the country s power grid. with a piece of the country s energy infrastructure not that farfrom here, it s possible that that and not the apartment block was the target of this strike. but it s been two weeks since the last wave of russian attacks on critical infrastructure and people here and in the west had started to wonder if russia might be running out of missiles or thinking of changing its strategy. it se
as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. iran s state media has reported that a british iranian national, alireza akbari, has been executed. mr akbari, who was a former deputy defence minister for iran, was detained three years ago and charged with spying for the united kingdom. the british government says the execution was politically motivated and will not go unchallenged. in the last few hours the uk s prime minister rishi sunak says. i am appalled by the execution of british iranian citizen alireza akbari in iran. this was a callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime with no respect for the human rights of their own people. my thoughts are with alireza s friends and family. a little earlier, we heard from bbc monitoring journalist khosro isfahani who has been watching
and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. brazil s supreme court will investigate the role of the former president, jair bolsonaro, in the storming of government buildings by his supporters last weekend. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. hello and welcome. iran has executed a british iranian man on charges of spying for the uk. alireza akbari, who was iran s deputy defence minister, was detained in 2019. he d denied passing sensitive information to the british government and said he was forced to confess after being tortured. the british prime minsiter rishi sunak says he s appalled by what he described as a callous and cowardly act. this report is from our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning despite repeated last minute appeals