nominations in the scottish national partly leadership national party leadership race close at midday, with humza yousaf, kate forbes and ash regan expected to appear on the ballot paper. and new research for the bbc suggests the price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years for uk consumers with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine will do everything it can to defeat russia this year in a statement marking the anniversary of vladimir putin s full scale invasion. ceremonies are taking place across the country remebering those killed or forced to flee from the conflict. here in the uk, rishi sunak will urge allies to increase military support to ukraine, during a meeting of g7 countries. there will also be a minute s silence across the uk at 11 o clock. ourfirst report comes from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. a thud, marking the
Through what is moving and why and weigh up the latest prediction that the Pound Sterling is due for a bounce back. Powering the future. Well be getting the inside track on a business which hopes to provide Young Companies with cheap Renewable Energy. And today we want to know, how green is your energy, and does it matter . Or when it comes to choosing a supplier, is it all about price . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. It isa it is a packed agenda as per usual, so it is a packed agenda as per usual, so lets get started. We begin in south africa, where president jacob zuma is under pressure because a No Confidence Vote in his leadership is being considered by the parliaments speaker. Its because of the contorversial Cabinet Reshuffle last week which saw the respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and many other Cabinet Members sacked. Thats had a big impact. Lets talk you through the reaction. Within hours of mr gordhans removal, the south african currency, the rand, fel
the good news from the manufacturers, they are providing security updates for at least five years, so people don t need to worry about changing their device, the software will continue to update. you are battling the vast marketing and advertising budgets of the big phone companies who frankly, want people to buy those new phones? yes. people to buy those new phones? yes, i people to buy those new phones? yes, i understand people to buy those new phones? yes, i understand there people to buy those new phones? ya: i understand there has to people to buy those new phones? 123 i understand there has to be a balance and there is always new technology coming out. we have seen the flip and the folding devices coming out and early adapters are seeing what benefit that can have for them. seeing what benefit that can have forthem. but seeing what benefit that can have for them. but there are plenty of people who are happy to keep their device for longer, as long as they know they can get th
that their country and culture are not forgotten. callum tulley, bbc news. you can watch the full interview with that group of young ukrainians at 7.50 tonight on bbc three s the catch up , orfind it on bbc iplayer. a uk tech company is calling for a new mobile phone repair apprenticeship scheme to meet soaring demand as more people choose to fix rather than replace their phones. smartphones generate around 146 million tonnes of c02 per year but the majority of this comes from the manufacturing process. by hanging onto phones longer people can save money and the planet. i m joined now by the group s founder adam whitehouse. thank you very much for talking to us today. to what extent is there a shortage of people able to carry out phone repairs?