welcome to the programme. in a week s time, it will be one year since russia invaded ukraine, and world leaders are gathering in europe. us vice president kamala harris has arrived in germany for the munich security conference, which starts tomorrow. european leaders rishi sunak, olaf scholz, emmanuel macron will all be there, as will nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg and a vast array of key defence and intelligence officials. discussions in munich will be accutely focused on the danger of a further offensive from russia, especially after the leader of belarus, alexander lukashenko a key putin ally spoke to members of the western media, including our russia editor steve rosenberg. few people know vladimir putin as well as he does alexander lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of belarus. he s agreed to take questions about the war in ukraine and his role in it. one year ago, i say, you let russia use your country as a staging ground for invading ukraine. are you
hello, and welcome to bbc news. new year celebrations are taking place across western europe and africa. crowds are in the streets of capitals from warsaw and stockholm in the east to brussels, paris, madrid and also edinburgh and london, where 2023 is now an hour old. it s the first time since the pandemic began that large scale events have taken place. greg mckenzie has been soaking up greg mckenzie has been soaking up the atmosphere amongst the many thousands of revellers. i am absolutely speechless. that was a 12 minute spectacular. the biggest fireworks display in the entire europe having taken placejust a few minutes ago. an incredible way to start the new year. big ben, the bogs of the big ben started as did the fireworks over here at the london eye. iconic around the world. a12 minute spectacular extravaganza. i am actually speechless having watched it right here and just behind us are hundreds of thousands of people who managed to get tickets and now you can hear the
heavily redacted court document used forjust the search of donald trump s home. tributes paid to nine year old olivia pratt korbel. good evening. it s been confirmed that energy bills will soar by 80% in october for tens of millions of people in england, scotland and wales, causing real hardship for many who are already coping with a steep rise in the cost of living. it s the result of the regulator ofgem increasing its price cap that s the maximum amount that people on a standard variable tariff can be charged per unit of energy. the bbc s business editor, simonjack, reports. abby dezso is a single mum living in ipswich. the energy price rise will hit her hard. she has a part timejob which earns her £1000 a month, but her energy bill is going up from £80 to £250 in october, which she will struggle to find. is there anything you can cut? honestly. . . no. as she looks at her stretched budget, her primary concern is for her children. you don t want them to go without, so
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