and smashed, but not trashed. why more of us are fixing rather than replacing our damaged devices. we ll be getting a masterclass in gadget repair. hello. let s return to our top story it s exactly a year ago today that russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine, beginning europe s biggest conflict since world war ii. tens of thousands killed on both sides, and an estimated 13 million people displaced from their homes or made refugees abroad. the economic impact has been global with soaring energy and food prices fuelling a cost of living crisis around the world. for russia, sanctions and growing isolation from internationalfinance. more on that in a moment. and for ukraine itself a struggle to stave off economic collapse. unfortunately, the damage done by russian aggression for ukraine is tremendous. last year, we lost particularly more than 30% of our gdp. we suffered a lot. we lost part of our territory. but we are still capable, we re still able and we still c
terms if they refuse to appear for sentencing. nominations for the snp 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 with the rate of food price rises still running at almost 17%. good morning and welcome to bbc news. 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. our first report comes from james waterhouse. a thud, marking the moment when ukraine and the world. air raid siren sounds. ..changed foreve
and syria are dwindling. tonight with the context, tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent and amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director. we begin tonight in the skies over north america, where no less than three unidentified flying objects have been shot down in the last three days. the us says it has not yet been able to identify the objects but wreckage recovery operations are continuing. but after a military commander said he could not rule out that the objects were extra terrestrials over the weekend today the white house sort today the white house sought to address the question on everyone s minds. there is no, again, no indication of aliens or extra terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. again, there is no indication of aliens or aliens or terrestrial activity with these recent take downs. we wanted to make sure that the american people knew that, all of you knew that, and it was important for us to say that from
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and making a splash the olympians who ve joined forces with campaigners trying to stop pools and leisure centres closing because of soaring energy bills. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we ll get the latest from bristol as the england lionesses look to extend their winning run in the deciding match at the arnold clark cup. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. the uk s biggest retailer, tesco, has become the latest supermarket to impose limits on the sale of some fruit and vegetables. customers will not be allowed to buy more than three peppers, cucumbers or packs of tomatoes, for example. aldi is also introducing limits. asda and morrisons did the same yesterday. the shortages are being blamed partly on temporary supply challenges because of adverse weather conditions abroad. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. if you ve been to the supermarket, chances are you ll have seen this. a shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and s