cities and infrastructure. the supreme court considers whether the scottish government in holyrood can call an independence referendum without the agreement of westminster. and the prince and princess of wales at radio 1 s newsbeat recording a special episode on mental health. as we said at the start of this special newsbeat, this is all about having a meaningful conversation on mental health, but it shouldn t stop here. absolutely, because talking about mental health is so important. coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is given an england central contract despite not playing international cricket for the last 18 months, so they re hoping the fast bowler will be back in the next year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has made a fresh move to try to calm investors, saying it will buy more government bonds after warning of a material risk on the markets to financial stability. uk bonds are also known as gilts, and they allow t
continues, the bank of england is forced to step in again. let s start with the war in ukraine we ve seen a second day of russian missile strikes across the country. have a look at this map. it shows all the places that have been hit since monday morning. we ll take a closer look at the damage done in a moment. but first, let s look at the international response. an emergency meeting of g7 leaders that s the group of rich countries has warned russia that irresponsible nuclear rhetoric is threatening global peace. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, had this message. translation: i ask you to increase yourjoint efforts to help financially to create the air shield for ukraine. millions of people will be grateful to the group of seven. now this is the statement issued by the g7 after its meeting. these pictures released earlier by the russian ministry of defence show a little of what s been going on. more cruise missiles launched what they describe as a massive
thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or nine in the south. thanks, tomasz. that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust newsnight is just starting with victory on babies too but now the prime minister says tax cuts are coming . when, how might that affect you, and will it mean the overall tax burden is going to come down in the short term or not? this parliament has seen the biggest tax burden in peacetime. rishi sunak claims he s a low t
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