as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
the fissures open, the technology of this keeps advancing. the results, well, with the rock broken up, the gases released and flushed all the way back up here to the surface. lifting the ban means applications for new shale gas drilling can now be made by exploration and production companies. fracking in the uk has been a controversial subject because of its association with minor earthquakes. the ban was put in place in 2019 after oil and gas exploration company cuadrilla s fracking site in lancashire, recorded more than 120 tremors although most were too small to be felt. the shadow energy secretary s responded to mr rees mogg s announcement. the 2019 manifesto on which he and every member of the party opposite stood said this, mr speaker, we will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely. they are lifting the ban, but they can t supply the evidence. it comes as the british geological survey published a new scientific review into frack