the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years, to combat surging inflation. and, spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave. authorities are warning of water shortages. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new us aid for ukraine, worth a billion dollars, has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels. the us defence secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and reasses
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The Wagner chief claimed his forces have taken over the military headquarters of Rostov-on-Don, which oversees the fighting in Ukraine. Prigozhin has called this a "march for justice"
Wellhead lies. until next time, see you soon, bye bye. world headlines. well, we re certainly turning up the heat over the next couple of days. for southern parts of the uk, this is going to be a short lived heat wave. and this is the peak by friday, london and the southeast up to around 33 34 celsius. look at the average so we re significantly higher compared to what we would normally see this time of the year. not unprecedented the record is actually a little above 35 celsius. so we re not beating any records, but it s not that far away, if you think about it. now, this is what s happening on the satellite picture. here s the heat coming in from the south. we ve got cooler air in the north atlantic that cooler air will eventually win, i think by the time we get to saturday into sunday, things will start cooling off and storms will come our way as well, but not in the short term. this is what it looks like thursday morning clear skies across england and wales, a bit more