investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from
this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. prices in the uk are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, as inflation hits 9%. alongside fuel and food, soaring energy costs are driving the increase. these are a broad based price increases, but a large part of it is energy and energy affects the prices of everything, the cost of distribution, transport and manufacture. an unnamed conservative mp, arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, has been released on bail pending further police enquiries. the international criminal court has sent its biggest team ever to
30%. of the sea, that is just a crazy amount and it is becoming very difficult forfarmers to crazy amount and it is becoming very difficult for farmers to produce a product that we are used to, and their margins are being squeezed very tightly. 0bviously with that becomes many difficulties. in the future we are going to see a definite reduction of uk producers because they margins are just so small, it s starting to get to a point where it is not ready worth it for them. and obviously, i think something that you have got to take into consideration in terms of meat is it is notjust an on or off product. 0nce is it is notjust an on or off product. once an animal is on the ground, it has got to be looked after, it has to go right through to the end process. that can take up to 15 months, really. with all the rising and increases in fuel, fertiliser, and feed costs which are astronomical, is definitely becoming difficult for the producers. just astronomical, is definitely becoming difficul
of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the uk in the past year have come from abroad. india and the philippines are the countries which are supplying the most. it comes as the uk has struggled to increase the number of home grown nurses joining the register. with me now is pat cullen, chief executive at the royal college of nursing. good to have you with us. can you give us your view about why we are finding it so difficult to recruit and retain nurses in this country? you are right in saying that of the a8,000 nurses thatjoin the register in the last year, half of those nurses have come from overseas countries and it is those countries outside the european economic area which is interesting. international nurses come here from countries that the world health organization have
northern ireland hurt. uk and the eu with the voice of northern ireland hurt. what are the challenaes northern ireland hurt. what are the challenges you northern ireland hurt. what are the challenges you identify northern ireland hurt. what are the challenges you identify and - northern ireland hurt. what are the challenges you identify and you i challenges you identify and you think could be addressed? the expectation think could be addressed? tia: expectation from the think could be addressed? ti2 expectation from the eu at the time was that when the protocol signed supply change would likely shift to a new supply chain. that has largely been done in a number of areas. we still have about 20% of manufacturers saying their gb suppliers, because of the complexity and publications involved, moving those goods through the sea border. that needs to be improved. there s lots of movement from uk to northern ireland that has no impact on the eu market but are critical for households a