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
You can see, they are the really the backdrop of the stage, sitting listening two of these speeches. Chris makes the point is you can see that most of them are in conventional political gear. They have their smart clothes on, their suits and ties. Except that is for sir keir starmer, who has lost his tie and jacket and he has rolled up his sleeves nearly to his elbows. Chris our Political Editor says it is not hot in there. He says this is a deliberate look from sir keir focused he says on getting stuff done. We know there will be no new policies, it will be sir keir setting out six pledges as his pitch before what we know will be a general election probably this year. He is promising to deliver economic stability, that nhs waiting times, create a new Border Security, and, set up a publicly owned firm called Great British energy, crackdown on anti social behaviour, and also recruit 6500 new teachers. As you can see there are a large number of people in there, watching these speeches. T
Slovakias cabinet is meeting this morning to discuss the political implications. Mr fico was shot several times as he was leaving a government meeting yesterday, in what the Interior Minister described as a politically motivated attack. Local media are reporting that a man in his 70s has been charged with attempted murder. Speaking outside of the hospital where mr fico is receiving treatment, deputy prime minster Robert Kalinak gave an update on his condition. Translation over the course of the night, the doctors managed to stabilise the patient s condition. And at this moment, further procedures are under way that should aim towards improvement of his condition. The situation is really serious. Live to the slovak capital, bratislava, and our correspondent bethany bell. Bethany, hello to you. Lets start with that news that we received that local media are reporting that a mild in his 70s has been charged with attempted milder, do we know any more than that . With attempted milder, do w
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