deputy foreign minister. the chancellor has brought forward by three weeks a fiscal statement he was to deliver in november, in a bid to reassure the financial markets. tonight with the context, the former labour mp and cabinet minister caroline flint and the republican strategist rina shah. welcome to the programme. the french president, emmanuel macron who has tried to maintain an open channel with moscow said today s strikes on ukraine signalled a profound change in the conduct of the war. in a televised address, vladimir putin said he personally had ordered the strikes as revenge for the weekend s attack on the kerch bridge. the targets, he said, were ukraine s energy, command and communication, structures. but as so often is the case, the missiles landed on busy intersections, in parks and tourist areas of kyiv, with an intensity not seen since the early days of the war. there were strikes across the country from the east to the west. ukraine s major cities were
president vladimir putin, has accused nato of having imperial ambitions. and said its members had no interest in the well being of ukrainians. farmers across the uk are cutting back on food production, as they struggle with soaring costs, according to a study by the national farmers union. it found that a third of farmers say they re cutting back on crops, such as wheat, for food, because fertiliser has trebled in price. instead they are planning to grow wheat for animal feed because it needs less fertiliser. our business editor simonjack reports. if ukraine is the breadbasket of the world, lincolnshire is the breadbasket of britain. it produces one eighth of the uk s food, but there is a chill wind blowing through the farming industry. rising costs, labour shortages and pressure from supermarkets is causing a crisis of confidence. we ve got this massive shortage from ukraine and russia. andrew ward says a quadrupling of fertiliser prices mean his crop could be down this yea
at least 18 were killed and more than 30 are still missing. britain s farmers cutting back on the amount of food they produce as costs soar. u nfortu nately we a re costs soar. unfortunately we are not put enough money at this moment in time to cover or cost of production and every single pig we re selling we are losing in the region of around if not more. emma rather emma raducanu is outgunned by garcia. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rain hampers play on the third day in taunton but england s women are still in control against south africa in their one off, four day test. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. the duke and duchess of cambridge have paid tribute to dame deborah james they described her as an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman, whose legacy will live on. charities have also praised dame deborah s work as a cancer campaigner, blogger, and broadcaster. she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. last month she launched the bow
are also off the shelves. in new york, the singer r kelly is given a 30 year sentence for sexually abusing women and children. and on day three of the championship, britain s andy murray and emma raducanu are both out of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel: late wickets help england s women s cause in their one off test with south africa, but they have just one day left to salvage a result. welcome to bbc news at ten. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a direct threat to their security, and said that ukraine can count on nato s support for as long as it takes. today s words, at the leaders summit in madrid, mark a significant beefing up of nato s approach. a quick reminder about the importance of nato here. the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance between 30 member states founded in 1949, whose members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries, as
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