a generous international aid plan will be needed to repair and rebuild this devastated country. but for now ukraine s priority isjust to keep patching up as much infrastructure as possible so it can continue to wage its war of survival. with me now is yulia kibkalo from the media initiative of human rights, who is in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia where she has been welcoming civilians who were evacuated from the besieged azovstal steel plant in mariupol. thank you for speaking to us this morning. first, add they have been arriving, what have they been telling you about what they have experience? what has clive been like in those tunnels? just experience? what has clive been like in those tunnels? in those tunnels? just like their were lots of in those tunnels? just like their were lots of people in those tunnels? just like their were lots of people and - in those tunnels? just like their were lots of people and they i in those tunnels? just like theirl were lots of people and
on its promise to relocate 20,000 afghans who worked with nato forces, to the uk, according to an ex army boss. general sirjohn mccoll, who served in afghanistan, described the situation as appalling. the ministry of defence said more than 9,000 afghans and their dependants have been relocated so far. let s get more on this from our correspondent, sima kotecha. watmore have we heard on this? this is a scathing attack on the government who was not only deputy supreme commander of nato in europe, but he was also the uk s special envoy to afghanistan when hamid karzai was the president there. he was president in afghanistan from 2001 to 2006, and today he is saying at the government is accusing them of failing on their promise to relocate those afghans who fought alongside nato forces during the war there. he says that a commitment was made, and that that promise has been
increased, we have an older population each year, there are more demands on the nhs, and more demands for treatment and a lot of it was held up during the pandemic, including a certain amount of cancer care, as well as routine operations, so all of that added together creates a bigger workload, but only a fairly finite number of nhs staff, although there are plans, certainly, to recruit more, but it will take time. , . ~ to recruit more, but it will take time. , ., ,, , ., , to recruit more, but it will take time. , ., ,, i. , . indeed, thank you. let s return to the situation in ukraine and the desperate negotiation to help evacuate hundreds of civilians from mariupol in the south east. it is called the world s attention. across the donbas region in the east of the country, many thousands of people remain trapped on the frontlines of war. rescue operations are under way, often led by volunteers, taking enormous personal risks to save others. andrew harding reports.
their highest level in 13 years. our economics correspondent andy verity can tell us whether the increase in the us was expected or a bit of a shock. i think it was broadly expected that they would do a big hike in rates and they are expected to do a couple more. inflation in the united states is 8.5%. in the euro area it is 7.5%. in this country, it is relatively mild so far, the latest figure was 7%. nevertheless, we can expect it to rise further. if you look at the cost of raw materials, they have gone up by a record in the last year, up by 20%, and that is largely because of the cost of fuel but also other raw materials like steel, for example, and wood. and this all started before the war in ukraine. you had a reopening of the global economy post pandemic when demand was suppressed. suddenly, demand surged back and supply couldn t rise to match it that is when prices take off. the theory behind raising interest rates is that you take some of the heat out of the economy as a way
our correspondent, joe inwood is in the western city of lviv. he said there had been air raid sirens there this morning and described the mood in the city. i think lviv is a city that have felt a lot more secure over the last few weeks, over the course of this war. this is a sanctuary city where people have come to flee from the fighting rather than feeling like they might be involved in it, but that peace has on occasion been shattered by missiles that have landed. as you say, about 36 hours ago we had three strike around the city. a couple behind me, and one in that direction. i should say, they were around the city, not in the city. that is because what the russians have been doing here is not targeting civilian populations per se, but targeting infrastructure. they have hit civilians, i should say, but the things they have been targeting it seems are power supplies, rail infrastructure, that kind of thing, because what they are trying to do is disable the flow of weapons and equipm