Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. Its been described as the new High Speed Railway that will form the backbone of britains transport network. But there are now questions over the future of the h52 project which had planned to connect london, the midlands and the north of england. The uk government says it would be crazy not to review the project given soaring costs due to the war in ukraine and a rise in inflation. Defence secretary, and former transport minister grant shapps told the bbc the government would need to make serious decisions on how affordable it is. The hs2 project was originally due to link london with manchester and leeds, via birmingham. There is speculation that the link between birmingham and manchester may be under threat as costs have increased significantly. The line to leeds has already been scrapped. With more, heres our political correspondent, jessica parker. Hsz hs2 is this enormous rail project, and they actually already scrapped a bit of the leg of the line t
By its Ethnic Armenian population. This week, Azerbaijani Forces overwhelmed the Ethnic Armenian separatists, forcing them to surrender. Now, fears are growing of a potential humanitarian catastrophe. That region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan. Tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. The red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the first they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. The red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the First Time Since azerbaijan captured the disputed territory four days ago. The organisations spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. The organisation spokesperson said the shipment contains basic staples like wheat. An indication of how dire the situation is, none of food or medical supplies in the convoy that we sent today to draw about medical supplies but al
The United States and ukraines other allies are, quote, Directly At War with moscow. Lavrov also blamed the collapse of the black sea grain deal on ukraine. He further criticized kyiv s peace plan as, not feasible or realistic. Heres mr lavrov addressing the Un General Assembly on saturday. Translation the collective west has a calling card and its long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, written ones and legally binding ones, and then they just dont fulfil them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. My colleague Samantha Simmons spoke earlier to phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. He said there was a lot missing from mr lavrov s address. You cannot mention the ukrain