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the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute that this is a city that is being intensely fought over. we start here in the uk, where the prime minister rishi sunak has set out his priorities for 2023 in his first major speech of the year. lets have a listen to some of what he had to say. first, we will have inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs and opportunity right across...

and our other main story tonight. a special report from bakhmut in eastern ukraine the site of fierce fighting from which almost all the citys residents have fled. we are walking over shards of glass. pretty much every second you hear the sound of artillery fire. you can tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over. sir. tell every minute this city is being intensely fought over.— intensely fought over. sir, you do not have the _ intensely fought over. sir, you do not h...

paid their last respects to the former pope — benedict 16th — before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. its seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault...

more people fell, i lost erend. | more people fell, i lost friend. i turn more people fell, i lost erend. i turn around more people fell, i lost friend. i turn around and | the you cant come told the crowd, you cant come this way. people are dying. and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to the protesters in iran. its official — the left of centre luis ignacio lula da silva — commonly known as lula, has won brazils presidential election — snatching victory by a tin...

fighting intensifies around the ukrainian city of kherson, as kyiv steps up the counter offensive, trying to recapture the southern city from russian forces. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika — and political ones known as glasnost or openness — ...

we hear from the secretary of health on how the islands are coping. also in the programme: a battle for the future of the us republican party is under way in the cowboy state, wyoming, as a prominent critic of donald trump tries to fight off a primary challenge. ive never agreed with one thing liz cheney has ever said but i respected how she fought for democracy. she is standing for principal and she is saying, i dont care if i lose myjob, im going to do the right thing. # give me a si...

the russian invasion. the vessel was chartered by the world food programme, to supply countries at risk from starvation. to ukraine now, where the army says it has destroyed command posts and ammunition depots on the second day of its counterattack against the russians in the south. the military says ukrainian forces are targeting bridges which provide russias army with a lifeline to its troops around kherson. lets get more now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. these co...

four days after the author salman rushdie was stabbed, we speak to the man who was with him on stage — and was attacked at the same time. welcome to bbc news — we start in the united states where president biden has signed into law the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, includes more than four hundred billion dollars of new spending. the bill — which marks a major victory for the biden administration — also...

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Im anna foster. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded th...