enough of this week s shopping and not enough of this week s salary, that is the enough of this week s salary, that is the real enough of this week s salary, that is the real impact of inflation and that s is the real impact of inflation and that s why is the real impact of inflation and that s why the prime minister is absolutely right to target it. i support absolutely right to target it. i support him in that ambition. but i also think support him in that ambition. but i also think there is a big decision we have also think there is a big decision we have to also think there is a big decision we have to make is a country about what we have to make is a country about what sort we have to make is a country about what sort of we have to make is a country about what sort of country we want to be. we can what sort of country we want to be. we can either be a high tax, high regulation we can either be a high tax, high regulation country a bit like our eur
this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
in 20km of from anaklia, the ochamchira military base is under construction now. the government says it is reviving the port project. it denies acting in russian s interests. absurd. it s absurd. but it admits georgia is under constant threat from its northern neighbour. in the last 30 years, we had three wars with russia. if there is something, we are there alone, fighting russians. we do not have the nato security umbrella. we do not have the eu s economic solidarity. but what georgians might get by the end of this year is eu candidate status. like ukrainians, they see themselves as victims of russian aggression, and while ukraine s success in the black sea has exposed russia s vulnerabilities, russia s establishment of a new naval base on occupied georgian territory demonstrates its continued dominance in this region. so let s take a look at some of the front pages. the daily mail, will the tories ever give up fighting each other and start fighting labour? andj lo looking
dials down the heating as the palace tries to save money. the guardian, crisis talks with thames water as it faces a £10 billion deficit. and that picture on the right hand side of guardian makes it clear that the england wicketkeeper does have the protester in his grasp, it is not an optical illusion. the daily mail, nhs doctors are allowed to do private work on strike days, that is an exclusive. furious medical union lets consultants on 128,000 on a 48 hour walk out. lets consultants on 128,000 on a 48 hourwalk out. news lets consultants on 128,000 on a 48 hour walk out. news that madonna postpones a tour after intensive care stay. and moving on to the independent. uk taxpayers could bail out failing water firm owned by china and abu dhabi. and abu dhabi. that s all from us tonight. i m back tomorow. till then, goodnight.
but no sign yet any of this will make the french government change their minds. nick beake, bbc news, paris. thousands of nurses in england are preparing to return to work after the biggest strike so far in the long running dispute with the government over pay and conditions. the industrial action that affected accident and emergency and cancer care for the first time, ends in the next hour. the government says its optimistic unions will agree on the 5% pay rise tomorow, and called this strike by the royal college of nursing premature ahead of the wider discussions. the head of the rcn warned they would keep the pressure up with further strikes if needs be. for those nurses who are losing a day s pay and standing on picket lines. should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i wont even have to ask them to do that. they will immediately remove themselves from picket