here in the uk, 2022 saw the highest number of excess deaths outside the covid pandemic in half a century. and france tries again to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. it s an unpopular reform that didn t go well last time it tried. we ll be live in paris. we start in ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine s army is facing an extremely difficult situation as fighting continues in the eastern donbas region. the focus is the salt mining town of soledar. the uk defence ministry says it s likely that russian forces including wagner group mercenaries now control most of the town. we ll be taking a look at why it s become central to this conflict. but first, here s president zelensky. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. this is what madness loo
hallowe en on record, that was nearly 2a degrees but 18 is still round five degrees above where we should be. it is warmer there this evening but there will be be many a hallowe en costume needing waterproof. heavy shower, pushing northwards, that could give minor flooding, that will continue to work northwards but on the southern edge we could sigh strong winds, tighter s bars through the english channel. it will be a wild night there. but another mild night, nine to round 13 celsius as we start tomorrow morning. so into tuesday we go. start with cloud, rain, scotland, northern, eastern england, thenit scotland, northern, eastern england, then it will be a case of ever changing skies through wales, the midlands and southern england, a blustery day with a mixture of sunshine and shower, northern ireland a better day, a lot for in the way of drier weather. some of the way of drier weather. some of the driest conditions through the afternoon, temperatures down on today, but sti
to this policy to this country. this is a shambles and it is shambles the home secretary has no one but shambles the home secretary has no one but herself to blame. next week s train one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes are - one but herself to blame. iiiril week s train strikes are expected to knock out half of britain s railway lines barely a fifth of trains running. the european union launches legal action over plans to scrap parts of the pros brexit deal for northern ireland. the government says it s disappointed. an our shrinking coastline, a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. good afternoon. yorkshire county cricket club and a number of individuals have been charged by the england and wales cricket board after an investigation into racism and other allegations at the club. the investigation follows allegations of racism made by forme