Lets start with italy, which will begin to ease its covid Restrictions Today as infections in the Country Fall and its Vaccination Effort accelerates. So far 16 Million italians have received the first dose and nearly Five Million are fully vaccinated. Prime minister Mario Draghi is also set to announce his plans to parliament to spend 220 Billion Euro to restore the countrys battered economy. Itll Cover Everything from high Speed Rail links to the digitisation of the public administration. Italys economy is desperate for a boost. In october last year, the countrys public debt hit a massive 2. 6 trillion euro. Its a familiar tale, isnt it . Im joined by Lorenzo Codogno, formerly Chief Economist to the treasury in italy, now founder and Chief Economist of Lorenzo Codogno advisors. First of all, italy is easing restrictions an important Step Forward . Restrictions an important Step Forward . Step forward . Yes, i think Mario Draghi Step Forward . Yes, i think Mario Draghi has Step Forwar
in england, scotland and wales a new report shows that nursery now costs almost £15,000 for the youngest children. protesters in israel prepare for another day of mass demonstrations against proposed reforms to the judicial system. weather warnings for heavy snow in central and northern england. the cold conditions are expected to last until the weekend. hello. this is bbc news. a warm welcome to viewers here in the uk and right around the world including thosejoining us on pbs america. ukraine says russia has fired at least 80 missiles at targets across the country, as part of an overnight bombardment the most significant wave of attacks since the anniversary of the invasion was marked two weeks ago. the targets were across ukraine, from kharkiv in the north to 0desa in the south. at least three people are reported dead in kherson. president zelensky in a statement on telegram said ten regions in all had been hit. he added that russia would not avoid responsibility.
at west ham last night. and the travel show heads to the church of the holy sepulchre injerusalem. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has sought to play down talk of a landslide general election victory after the conservatives made major gains at local elections. the tories gained 500 seats and seized control of ii councils, with the gains mostly coming at the expense of labour and ukip. the tory leader said she would fight for every vote on 8thjune to strengthen her hand in brexit talks. labour leaderjeremy corbyn said his party faced a challenge on a historic scale to win back power, but insisted he could close the gap on the tories. meanwhile, the lib dems say they would raise income tax by a penny in the pound to raise £6 billion for nhs and social care. the conservatives did well in the book for six metropolitan mayers. metropolitan mayers. andy street was the victor in a tight contest for mayor in the west midla
for most could see some temperature records broken. know when you re so hot in northern europe. only 20 degrees the top temperature across the uk. cloud has been moving in gci’oss the uk. cloud has been moving in across the atlantic today bringing some rain that for the heaviest along the south coast. further south it is wet and also quite windy. great conditions and some really quite heavy rain. that will push its way through the midlands toward east anglia. some drier interludes around, a few breaks in the cloud. drying up in northern ireland as well, the brain moving north into central and southern scotland. but northern scotland and beyond to the bright weather into the afternoon. the rain is on the move, it will move north and east. eventually some rain in the north of scotland. most of the persistent rain clearing away overnight but we will see many showers coming in on that breeze through the western side of the uk. so what for some first thing but not cold by any st