the ukraine accuses russia of blowing up a crucial dam on the dnipro river unleashing a flood of water. moscow denies involvement and says kyiv has sabotaged its own dam. a dramatic day in london as prince harry takes on the tabloid press at the high court. he says, the papers behaviour had put him into a downward spiral . and on patrol with the taliban the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium poppy growing in afghanistan. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. dpj tour has agreed to merge with the the pga tour had a feud with lviv but it has now decided to merge with it. top professionals like phil mickelson left dpj tour but they were still permitted to play in the majors. players like rory mcilroy were highly critical of phil mickelson at the time but in a joint statement with the dp world tour, the former rival said they would implement a plan to grow these combined commercial businesses and dr
we ll find out later which city will host the eurovision song contest next year in place of ukraine. and our european champions, the lionnesses, take on the united states in a friendly this evening. good afternoon, in the last hour. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following a complaint of serious misconduct . the former trade minister has also had the tory whip suspended pending an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. the prime minister s office said liz had taken direct action after being informed. joining me now is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. what more can you tell us about this and about downing street reaction? we had a first statement from the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party via the conservative party from the width s office saying, burns had had the whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspended, the conservative whip suspe
her life to illness. herfamily rejects the claim. downing street intervenes and stops the launch of a public information campaign on reducing energy use this winter. in the uk city that will host next year s eurovision song contest has been announced after the contest was moved from ukraine. moved from ukraine. liverpool! congratulations! warm welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has told the bbc that he echoes president biden s warning that any use of nuclear weapons would lead to armageddon, and has urged russians to stand up against the war. it comes as ukrainian troops continue making steady progress in reclaiming land occupied by russian forces in the east and south of the country. our world affairs editor, john simpson, has been speaking to president zelensky in the presidential palace in kyiv. hello. mr zelensky made a rare misstep yesterday. he was reported as calling on nato to stage a pre emptive strike on russia to stop the russians using tactical nuclear weapo
when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
to early for speculation. earlier i put that to victoria scholar is head of investment at interactive investor. the uk money markets, they are anticipating rate cuts next year but not untiljune, that is when the first rate cut is pencilled in. that was actually pushed back after today s decision, from the previous estimation that the bank of england would cut rates in may. financial markets are pricing in a one percentage point move of rate cuts in 2024, that would get down to 4.25% from where it is now. but the governor was a lot more cautious than the markets, he says the markets have their own view and he thinks it is too early to speculate about rate cuts. clearly, he s been about rate cuts. clearly, he s been a lot more dependent on the data. i think this main takeaway is that the bank of england is being more cautious in its outlook than the fed. it cautious in its outlook than the fed. , , . fed. it is interesting that the lan . ua . e fed. it is interesting that the l