more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh
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Since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwhile, more than 5,500 civilans are thought to have been killed in the fighting. uk defence ministerjames heappey says it s a conflict that is not going away. today is ukrainian independence day but celebration events have been banned in the capital, kyiv. it s because of fears of renewed strikes by russian forces. president zelensky has issued a rallying cry to the ukrainian people, saying victory is the only way for the war to end. with the latest, here s our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. as history has shown, the more russia tries to pull ukraine in,