on all federal workers and large companies. but is the governor s order legal? we ll speak to the mayor of austin. hello, welcome to the programme. how did the uk a country that, pre covid, had been held in such high regard for its pandemic preparedness, end up with one of the highest death tolls per capita of any large economy? the first official report into what went wrong was released today, a joint inquiry by two parliamentary committees, and it comes to some damning conclusions. the committees, led by two conservatives, said the failures amounted to one of the worst public health failures in uk history. thejohnson government had followed the science so unquestioningly that politicians and scientists fell victim to a form of groupthink despite the fact the groupthink was fatalistic and flawed. the crisis exposed major deficiencies in the machinery of government , with public bodies unable to share vital information and scientific advice impaired by a lack of transp
smart metre? she says she was going begin. to talk to somebody but she hung up 20 years since the start of uk after 45 minutes and the virtual military operations in afghanistan, chat person because you obviously go we hear about the impact on those who served and their families. online and to a live chat says they the queen has launched the baton are not available at the moment. relay for next year s commonwealth games which will take it s a very difficult time, there is concern about energy so it is not surprised to hear it s difficult to place in birmingham. get through. i suspect she s talking about per calendar month. this is what we were talking about because the wholesale market was really quite cheap around 12 months ago, people could get really, really good good afternoon, and fixed deals and now they are coming welcome to bbc news. to the end of those, they are being moved on to the price cap standard businesses and analysts are warning that the sharp rise in energy
but an adviser to president zelenskyy just said this, quote, sooner or later debts will have to be paid back. that is why disarming the belgorod vor on nez depots is a absolutely natural process. karma is a cruel thing. russia is escalating its economic attacks beyond ukraine into the west. it shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria. they ve shut those off because the nations refuse to pay for the gas in rubles. this is significant. both countries rely on russian energy, they are nato members, and both have aided in the ukrainian defense. in the meantime ukraine now admitting it is taking significant losses in the east as the russians are intensifying attacks there in this new strategic bombardment of the area. and in the south a second missile strike overnight on a strategic bridge near odesa, this is actually video from the first strike. new images coming in moments ago showing the damage there, this is a rail and road bridge and it s the only link between the
newsroom. good evening. we begin president biden. just moments ago, air force one landed in the uk. next stop, london where mr. biden begins they week-long trip. i don t think it s ready for membership in nato, but here s the deal. i spent, as you know, a great deal of time holding nato together, because i believe it s had an overwhelming objective since he launched 185 thousand troops in ukraine, and that was to break nato. he was confident he could break nato. so holding nato together is really critical. i don t think there is unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. cnn s ar dlette saenz joinses. reporter: president biden is making his way to london in a short bit, where he is said to meet with rischi sunak, as well as a meeting with king charles. but the center is the nato summit in lit waynia, where russia s war against ukraine is expected to be the main focal point. the president is ho
been diagnosed with cancer and is postponing public duties. he left the hospital a week ago after treatment for an enlarged prostate. joining us is nbc s molly hunter. i understand the palace has just released a statement. what are they saying? chris, that s right. we just got the statement. i m just reading it for the first time as well. the big thing to understand, as you know, we covered the king s health scare last week which was really presented as a routine procedure. he was only in the hospital for three nights. he was in the london clinic right here in central london. right now we have the statement from buckingham palace. it says during the king s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement of owes that s what we knew. we knew he had gone into the hospital for what he and the palace called a routine procedure. a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. this is coming directly from buckingham pa