today we investigate how much the president is on top of that and whether right now authorities in washington are getting overwhelmed by this but the president s remarks on high gasoline prices that had a lot of folks going back to george h w bush and how he was startled at the innovativeness of cash register scanners. is this something the president should worry about? happy weekend. if you go to the grocery store the department store or an auto store where prices go up, up, and away and the acknowledgment that it is going to get worse but we don t know how much worse. we are getting an idea from lucas tomlinson, an official washington response to this, all hands on deck. it is not often we talk turkey but the highest inflation in 30 years, thanksgiving turkey will cost more than any time this century. americans feeling the squeeze at the pump. president biden recognizing the skyrocketing costs. you pay this much for gallatin of gas, some parts of california paying $4.50
the growing economies here, so it s natural that the uk, you know, wants to have a presence and a say and be involved in this really important region. important new data from the uk shows that one in six of those most critically ill with covid 19 are pregnant women who ve not received a vaccine. and captain kirk takes a real life journey into space the 90 year old actor william shatner explains why. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in morning in singapore and 1am in istanbul, where turkish authorities have boosted security on their border with iran and warned they won t accept an influx of migrants and refugees fleeing the taliban in afghanistan. many afghans make the journey through iran to turkey hoping to travel onwards to other european countries. turkey already has the world s biggest refugee population of around 4 million people. our international correspondent orla guerin has been to the turkish border province of van and se
of our destroyers. no call for that. it is unsafe, it is unprofessional. martha: john kirby also called the move in a later comment increasingly aggressive, so what does all of this mean. i will talk to former defense secretary mark esper standing by with his thoughts, and eric shawn with the latest news on this in new york. hi, eric. hi, martha, showing that they are showing an increase level of aggressiveness against the assets in the pacific. after the chinese warship intercepted a u.s. guided missile destroyer in the taiwan strait, the shocking incident happened on saturday and crossed dangerously close to the ball of our ship. and then there was this, passing the surveillance plane occurred ten days ago causing the cockpit and our guys, they had to shake because of the turbulence. and the white house at the last hour, saying that the administration in his view is to prepare to face beijing s growing aggression. when you have pieces of metal that size whether it is
with incidents in the weeks leading up to her death. and one month since the devastating earthquakes killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria conditions are still desperate. we begin with the war in ukraine. the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says military commanders support digging in further, and continuing to defend the eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports ukrainian troops may have been preparing to withdraw from the city, which russia has been trying to capture for months. fierce fighting is seeing battles happening from street to street. this is where bakhmut is located. the all out assault here by russia has led to the loss of many thousands of men, that s despite the us pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. lets dive deeper, here s a detailed picture of the current situation from the think tank, the institute for the study of war. you can see bakhmut in the large circle in the top right of the screen. the red shaded a
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and ”pm in london it s 6am in singapore, and ”pm in london where the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he won t stand in the race to replace liz truss next week. he said will not run, despite claiming to have enough mps nominating him. inset 0n)it leaves the way clear for the former it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered in the statement he says. it leaves the way clear for the former chancellor rishi sunak, who today formally entered the contest, and who is presently the clear frontrunner. he joins the leader of the commons penny mourdant in the race. rishi sunak has tweeted after boris jonnson made that announcement, he says. he added. damien has been following the story and joins us now. what exactly happened to borisjonnson? what changed his mind? happened to boris jonnson? what changed his mind? happened t