breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. turning to the war in ukraine now, and the us secretary of state has called president putin s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . speaking in finland, antony blinken said the war had only strengthened the very alliances russia had sought to weaken nato and the eu. finland, of course, is the latest country to join the security alliance. mr blinken made clear that a strong ukraine was the only way to achieve a lasting peace. precisely because we have no illusions about putin s aspirations, we believe the prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger ukraine, capable of deterring and defending against any future aggression. meanwhile, in ukraine itself, president zelensky has threatened to prosecute local officials if there is any repeat of the failure to open air raid shelters, which contributed to the deaths of three people in kyiv on thurs
stays fine and largely dry into the weekend and the warmest weather towards the west and a little bit cooler towards eastern areas. take care. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye, the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evning will london irish be the third premiership rugby club to fall into the financial abyss? with their future on the line, they re given more time to complete a takeover. the world number two beaten by the world number 172 the french open has its first big shock. a gang who made millions by illegally streaming premier league football to thousands of people have beenjailed. also coming up on sportsday. adam peaty, on what he calls his self distructive spiral in an interview with the bbc and
lots of things happening, but the big thing that happened on thursday was the government not launching, but updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2015, which they marked by releasing and we have got so much news to chew over, lots of things happening in westminster at the moment, but the big thing that happened on thursday as the government launching, well, updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. which they marked by releasing pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and more pages of documents with all sorts of charts and dates and pledges and consultations. we will talk about that. and the way that rishi sunak marked it was by saying this on a visit to oxfordshire. we have decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our carbon emissions have been reduced by over 40%, much more than all the other countries we compete with. at the same time we have grown our economy. so we have a good track recor