the un warns that global food shortages and mass hunger in poorer countries could follow russia s invasion of ukraine. soul legend diana ross, queen and duran duran are among the star studded line up for the queen s platinum jubilee concert. and, we will meet the couple who have won £181; million on the euro millions lottery. britain s biggest ever lottery win. they go public with a press conference in just over half an hour. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next april. charities say they want benefits to increase now to help people. last night the chancellor rushi sunak warned the next few months will tough, as he spoke to business leaders. inflation to business leaders. in the uk has hit a a0 year inflation in the uk has hit a a0 year high of 9%. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thank you. high
in ukraine a russian solider pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. we have a special report on the taliban s vice and virtue enforcers who have returned to the streets of cable. tonight with the context, former conservative ministerjustine greening and democratic strategist mary ann marsh. hello. welcome to the programme. inflation has hit a ao year high. figures out today showed the rate at which prices are rising jumped 9% in the 12 months to april, up from 7% in march. that is driven by the cost of household energy that rose on average £700 last month. and for millions of people wages are not keeping up. the average pay rise excluding bonuses in the three months to march was 4.2%, which meant given the rate of inflation british workers suffered a fifth consecutive cut to real term wages. the inflationary problems are not unique to the uk, farfrom it, but uk now has the highest rate of inflation of any g7 country an
ministers have turned on the bank of england over rising inflation. the independent says britain has failed to deliver almost 250 million pounds in green projects aimed at reaching net zero. football now and the fa cup is on the front of the sunday times after liverpool beat chelsea six five on penalties at wembley. but the mail on sunday has a different angle on the game saying liverpool fans sparked widespread outrage for booing prince william and the national anthem before kick off. so let s begin. will start with the observer. hi, our crumbling schools a risk to life officials warned number ten. the observer has officials warned number ten. tue: observer has got officials warned number ten. tte: observer has got hold of the department for education weekly update from the end of march this year. which says that the condition of so many school buildings is so bad that many are dangerous and a risk to life. and that they are in urgent need of about £13 billion, they
And speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look whats on tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Were live injerusalem, reporting on the continuing trauma of both sides in the israel gaza conflict. The un is warning a deal agreed yesterday to get aid into gaza, with an initial 20 lorries loaded with food, water and medicine ready to go, is inadequate. Humanitarian agencies say the hope is the convoys from egypt can begin rolling tomorrow, but over 2 Million People need help, as israel continues its bombing campaign, targeting members of hamas responsible for the murders of around 1,400 israelis 12 days ago. Hamas is a group designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Meanwhile, israel is learning every day more horrific details of the atrocities hamas committed, revising the number of hostages taken to 203. Well have more on the dire situation in gaza. Well report on rishi sunak s visit here to show solidarity with israel, describing hamas as repre