in turn devalue the currency. that in turn cause more inflation. that s basic supply and demand. before we get into the specifics of the legislation, keep in mind, life is already so expensive in this country that we literally have bread lines in major cities. we spoke to volunteers in one food bank in camden, new jersey, and said many people can t afford rice and beans. look at all these people. this line runs almost around the block here. yeah, things cost more. so people that otherwise, you know, you look people well dressed in line, that, you know, typically would not be at a food bank, but they are. prepandemic we were at abundance, feeding about 90,000 people per week. now we re at 140,000 per week. rice, pasta, beans. we re also finding that finding those items for us is getting to be very expensive as well. i want to again show the line of folks here. this is all sorts of folks, families, single people, a lot of these people would not in a line to try to get s
involved, notjust for tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, not just for the tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. barristers will walk out of courts across england and wales in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. nhs patients in england who have been waiting more than two years for surgery are being offered hospital treatment in other parts of the country. have you been waiting up to two years for treatment? would you prepared to travel to another part of the country if it meant you could have your treatment sooner? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. and coming up in sport. we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today in
strategy, undersecretary state blanket and under the national security adviser but also under president biden has been fairly straight and forth right now. i think this is some free ranging by speaker pelosi. doesn t have a reputational impact in the united states? of course it does. but beneath the surface, as we all know, the administration is desperately trying to stop talk speaker pelosi out of it. as a friend and partner of the united states but now heading a think tank, i would also urge speaker pelosi simply to postpone the visit, send some other congressional representatives at this stage. they are so many tender boxes at the world of the moment. why unnecessarily add an additional tinderbox when we ve got so much else we are wrestling with?- else we are wrestling with? kevin, thank yom the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us has offered a substantial deal to russia, aimed at freeing american detainees brittney griner and paul whelan. mr blinken sa
in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.