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
welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
Clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. Those are the headlines on bbc news. Now on bbc news, zelensky The Making Of A president. For weeks, Volodomyr Zelensky has been leading from the front as ukraine resists russias invasion. Explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraines enemies. Sobs. And demanding more from her allies. A war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. Russias advance has stalled, and in places it has been pushed back. Applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. I think your leadership has been extraordinary. But it wasnt always like this. Before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. In 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy knowing that zelensky could become president of ukraine. I wouldnt say he had policies, he had dire
be the most powerful flash of light ever seen from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from earth. now on bbc news, ourworld: fighting putin s propaganda. tv rain, russia s last remaining opposition tv station, was forced off air in march 2022. our world follows senior presenters trying to relaunch tv rain from exile. in march, russia s last independent tv station went off air. tv rain opposed russia s war in ukraine and challenged the kremlin s propaganda machine. this narrative about massive support of this war is false, so that is what they did to us. the journalists of tv rain, including senior presenters katya and tikhon were forced to flee the country. our world joins the power couple on their mission to relaunch the channel from exile. i am scared to death. can they fight the kremlin? they believe their weapon is the truth. it s june 2022. among them, tikhon dzyadko, from moscow. he s editor in chief of tv rain, russia s last independent tv channel. his wi
hundreds of thousands are on the move, looking for food. most of the adults here and around these most of the adults here and around these camps are women. and that is because these camps are women. and that is because of these camps are women. and that is because of somalia s conflict, which is ground because of somalia s conflict, which is ground on because of somalia s conflict, which is ground on for three decades or so in one is ground on for three decades or so in one form is ground on for three decades or so in one form or another. and after a string of gains by ukrainian forces, russia vows to take back all areas of annexed territory recaptured in recent days. liz truss has given her first major speech as prime minister to her party exactly four weeks since taking over as conservative leader. but already her leadership is being tested. she s facing a revolt from within her party over her economic plans and has been forced to reverse one of her key polici