more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh
shifts in terms of positions on the ground in the east and in the south of the country. it doesn t seem we will see any kind of solution in terms of fighting but also in terms of diplomacy at least in the near future. let s go to maria drutska, a political observer who works in the ukrainian defence sector. she joins us from kyiv. thank you for talking to us today. i know you were on independence square yesterday. our you avoiding there today? there have been warnings to ukrainians not to go there. that today? there have been warnings to ukrainians not to go there. ukrainians not to go there. that is correct. i visited ukrainians not to go there. that is correct. i visited independence - correct. ivisited independence square yesterday and i passed by so called russia equipment parade. that is not how they planned to do it. our government does not encourage us to go to the public places, so i am as well staying away