Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the supply side, there is a process called halving, part of the bitcoin protocol, only a certain number are issued, and once every four years, a reward for bitcoin miners, that number decreases. That may also have an impact on what investors think the supply will be. All of this i think you can safely say is leading to that craze for laser eyes, the meme that bitcoin fund is used when they are feeling optimistic about it. ~. , they are feeling optimistic about it. We will come back to it. Michelle.
the countdown is on to the launch of the most powerful rocket ever built. this place has a new name now. or rather an old one bannau brycheiniog, and it s all change for the brecon beacons as the national park will now be known by its welsh language name only. and coming up on bbc news, after arsenal dropped points at west ham, will it be the gunners or manchester city who are crowned premier league champions? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in russia, a leading critic of president putin has been sentenced to 25 years in jail the longest sentence any opposition figure has received so far. vladimir kara murza has been convicted for treason and other charges linked to his criticism of the war in ukraine. mr kara murza, who has british citizenship, is the latest of a series of opponents of president putin to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. the foreign office has condemned his conviction and sentencing as politically motivated and has pointed o
kara murza. we will have more on all of those stories here in a moment. let s round up to the sports news. thank you, good afternoon. we start with football and the premier league where liverpool can keep their hopes of playing european football next season alive, with a win at leeds this evening. it won t be easy though forjurgen klopp s side against a leeds team fighting for premier league survival just two points above the drop zone. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a position that we don t want to be in the table. that means we have to act a little bit like this, we have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that s how it is. the things we have tried so far this season didn t work out properly, especially not consistently, and that s what we have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our home record isn t as bad as the away record but we play away. anyway, i m looking forward to the game. it is important to be strong in thi
northern ireland secretary who had a big role in the good friday agreement. negotiators said tackling misogyny is integral to peace building. misogyny is integral to peace buildin: . ~ misogyny is integral to peace buildinu. ~ ., , ., misogyny is integral to peace buildinu. ., ., building. when you transform a society from building. when you transform a society from conflict, building. when you transform a society from conflict, that - building. when you transform a society from conflict, that is . building. when you transform a l society from conflict, that is part of it. you need to change attitudes as well, that women are not subordinate and they are not objects to make derogatory comments about and that they are citizens and have and that they are citizens and have a very important role to play. dozens of international delegates are marking a quarter century since the peace deal. stories are being revised and retold to give women rightful respect. chris page, bbc news, belfast.
through violence. i suppose the role of women in that was underplayed over the years, which is nothing new in irish history, of course. what do you think of the women on the ground? hillary clinton says she wants to give proper recognition to women who helped to end the violence. she s giving medals to 25, including all former party leaders and government ministers. there s also a posthumous award for mo mowlam, the northern ireland secretary who had a big role in the good friday agreement. negotiators said tackling misogyny is integral to peace building. when you transform a society from conflict, that s part of it. you need to change those attitudes as well, that women are not subordinate and they re not objects to make derogatory comments about and that they are citizens and have a very important role to play. dozens of international delegates