next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting in munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a political strategy to win the peace. to and a political strategy to win the eace. ., ., ~ ., , peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery. peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles - more artillery, armoured vehicles and more air defence. now is the moment to double down on our military support. when putin started this war, he gambled our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve. we proved him wrong the
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
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted level, in a package of measures unveiled by the government. the wholesale cost of gas and electricity is to be capped for non domestic customers from first octoberfor six months in an attempt to stop companies from going bust. hospitals, schools and places like community halls and churches will also receive the support. industry groups welcomed the package though warned that further support may be needed after the winter. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. meet emma simpson has more. a pub owner, trying to s his meet a pub owner, trying to serve his customers and wondering how to keep the lights on. sean was facing a £170,000 increase in energy costs. he is relieved the government has given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased to given him a big helping hand. we are very plea
parts of nova scotia in the coming days so we will hear more about the storm system. first we have cloud across the north west of uk moving into scotland and threatening outbreaks of rain but away from the north west for most it is a fine afternoon with variable cloud and sunny spells. the best of the sunshine in southern england, southern wales and parts of eastern scotland. the cloud melting away into the evening with a bit more sunshine ending the day. temperatures up to the high 20s so feeling pleasantly warm. 0vernight tonight a band of rain is slow moving and will take two days to cross the uk. it moves into scotland and northern ireland bringing heavy rain overnight and eventually it starts to move into cumbria. pretty mild, 1a or 15 degrees in the north west. england and wales time, 12 degrees. 0n and wales time, 12 degrees. on thursday the weather front moves into england and wales with heavy rain for a into england and wales with heavy rainfora time into england and