is spilling over to some mammals, according to research in the uk. animal health officials have detected the disease in otters and foxes. more targeted testing and surveillance is to be carried out but the risk to humans is described as very low. here s claire marshall. more than 200 million birds have died as a result of the worst avian flu outbreak in global history. now the virus is being found in mammals. in the uk in a small number of foxes. they could have eaten infected birds. it s also been found in a handful of otters, another animal likely to encounter diseased birds. we were given rare access to the government lab in surrey at the heart of the uk s fight against avian flu. this is where they test and monitor changes in the virus. this buzzard has been sent in. it is not infected. it s ten times as many
southeastwards, the rain fizzling all the while. and this big, strong area of high pressure is going to build its way in across the uk for sunday. so, yes, we will be left in some colder air, but we will also have bright skies overhead, largely clear skies and lots of sunshine. bit of cloud lurking across the far southwest, a bit of cloud in the north of scotland as well. temperatures down a little bit, eight or nine degrees. and then into next week, broadly speaking, quite a chilly feel to the weather. dry in many places, some rain at times in the north and west.
condemned the attack. translation: this is the centre of the city. j only civilians live here, which is why any attempts to justify this are futile at the very least. oleksii goncharenko, a member of ukraine s parliament. he s from the southern port city of odesa, but is currently in the us. i began by asking him about the eu plan to train ukrainian soldiers. it s it s very important, and definitely that makes a difference that we have a lot of manpower, people who want to fight for the country. but they are untrained icy specialists, designers, we even have belly dancers coming down. and to be effective, they notjust need high morale, but to be trained. so we are thankfulfor all morale, but to be trained. so we are thankful for all countries, including the united kingdom and other countries providing training
of february, because that is the date the defence minister has said the kremlin could be preparing a major offensive. using ukraine is ready to combat that? do you think? ready to combat that? do you think? , ~ ., , ready to combat that? do you think? , ~ . , ., , ., ., , think? yes, ukraine is ready for any develoiiin think? yes, ukraine is ready for any developing of think? yes, ukraine is ready for any developing of the think? yes, ukraine is ready for any developing of the situation, - think? yes, ukraine is ready for any developing of the situation, but - think? yes, ukraine is ready for any developing of the situation, but we | developing of the situation, but we ask our partners to help us to give us weaponry quicker and when i hear that canada said, we will give ukraine fourtanks, united kingdom is saying 14 tanks, i m very thankful. four is better than zero, 14 is better than zero, but we know how many russia had at this time in the invasion, from ii,000 20,000, so w
extraordinary that the uk economy isn t expected to rebound to its pre pandemic size until 2026. it is extraordinary, actually. now, of course, you may have to conclude that covid has had bigger long run effects than we thought it would, particularly in terms of things like the labour supply, people choosing to come out of participating in the labour force. but you re right, it is quite remarkable, in that sense. today s bank of england rate rise will have knock on effects for people with mortgages, credit card debt and bank loans. those with a typical tracker mortgage will pay about £49 or $60 more a month, while those on a variable mortgage will pay an extra £31 a month. here s one homeowner. i was kind of hoping that the days of nervously checking the bank balance once you get a couple of weeks into the month were gone, but they re kind of back with a vengeance now, and it s back to the days of, you know, panicking every time there s an unexpected bill.