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germany is set for months of coalition talks after a knife edge election result. poor parts of the country will spend longer on the nhs waiting list. the united states cruise to a record win over europe in golf s ryder cup. good afternoon. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers to resolve the petrol crisis, after a weekend of panic buying. there ve been more long queues today outside petrol stations, with thousands closed or running dry because of a shortage of fuel delivery drivers. ministers are urging people only to fill up when they need to. the government is issuing temporary visas in the hope of bringing in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. it s also suspended competition law, so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, the queues began to form. drivers seemingly desperate to fill their tanks. but 40 nhs desperate to ....
to choose is fundamental. and as people across the uk prepare to go to the polls on thursday, we hear how the race for power at stormont could bring seismic change in northern ireland. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has hinted he may be prepared to do more to address the rising cost of living but he has dismissed fresh calls for a windfall tax on energy companies. it comes as bp announced it made almost five billion pounds in underlying profits for the first quarter of the year more than double the figure for the same period last year. rising prices and energy bills are expected to be a big issue in the elections across the uk this week. here s our business editor simonjack. bp has driven straight into the middle of a political and economic storm is the soaring cost of fuel and energy has emptied the pockets of consumers and filled the coffers of those who sell it. bp recorded its highest profits in the decade, adding fuel to the far over whether ....
i m alex marquardt in for boris sanchez. so good to have you here. up first, we have new developments on russia s war in ukraine, from multiple regions around the country. in the southern part of ukraine, officials are describing the situation as increasingly hostile. in fact, they say russian forces were engaged by the loss of moskva. the u.s. said ukrainian missiles sunk that ship. several vessels in ukraine have come under heavy fire and that includes from cluster bombs. this comes as russia is stepping up their attacks on eastern ukraine. you can see it there on the map. sources saying russian president vladimir putin ordering his troops to press forward in that area. they appear to be shelling that area quite heavily ahead what is believed to be a planned ground offensive. a cnn team captured the shelling of a market in eastern ukraine today. take a look at this. now, new military aid from the u.s. which will include helicopters is set to start arriving i ....
an exit poll has suggested that, as expected, president putin is heading for a landslide win, taking nearly 88% of the vote. the final day of voting saw large queues form at some polling stations, in an apparent show of dissent. allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. there were no protest chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. a rights monitoring group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the russian embassy in berlin to vote. she was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. after voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. she also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. a russian election official says more than eight million russians cas ....
and he is a fairly small legal team and is accompanied by three lawyers and is accompanied by three lawyers and their potentially for different cases in the works and only three lawyers and this is a massive challenge for anybody and that s referencing a lot of fundraising taking place as well and the expense of these legal battles, we will see it it is interesting to note that jack smith could have had six other people in this indictment and he chose not to add one theory out there from legal experts is that he wanted to focus only on donald trump for now with the goal of a speedy trial and trying to move this to the court as quickly as possible every no special counsel of said publicly that they hope for a speedy trial in this case. to that they hope for a speedy trial in this case. ., ., ., ., this case. to remain unnamed and un-indictable this case. to remain unnamed and un-indictable into this case. to remain unnamed and un-indictable into the this case. to r ....