the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 80s is hearing its final evidence. 30,000 people are thought to have been infected with hiv or hepatitis c. it s this life that i was living perfectly happily and then it went, everything went. it was cataclysmic. energy companies are asked by the regulator to suspend the forced installation of prepayment meters in households that are behind with their bills. the us believes this is a chinese surveillance balloon it s been spotted over several american states. beijing has appealed for calm following the sightings. and, trying to make football greener. how teams and fans will get together this weekend, to try to reduce the carbon footprint of the game. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can britain s davis cup team overcome the altitude in bogota, and special balls, to beat colombia this weekend? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the partner of a woman who s now been missing in lancashire for a week, says
of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
devastated after losing her libel case against coleen rooney. welcome to bbc news. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack which is thought to have killed them. ukraine and russia have accused each other of the deaths. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen and i do not recommend that people watch this is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and, in among them, many, many charred bodies. there are also other bodies not burned, but bloodied, lying outside on the grou
should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. two people are arrested, after a nine year old girl died in a suspected stabbing. and i m in birmingham, as we head into a huge weekend of sporting action. hosts england made it a golden start to the commonwealth games. alex yee stormed to victory in the triathlon with more medals up for grabs this evening. and how the lionesses are inspiring at the next generation as england prepare to take on germany in the euros finals on sunday. and coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we ll round up all the action on day one of the commonwealth games, including a look at the 3x3 basaketball, which is making it s debut. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her t