Reporting undercover, as we reveal the full scale of the covid crisis overwhelming indias hospitals. And in tonights football Manchester United and arsenal look to make it through to the Europa League final. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, Alun Wynjones will captain the British And Irish Lions in theirsummertour of south africa, as their 37 man squad is announced. Good evening from the bbc election studio. Polling stations have just closed after a day of voting in england, scotland and wales, in the biggest test of opinion since the General Election of 2019. Some of todays contests should have taken place last year but were delayed because of the pandemic. The results will be closely watched not only for the state of the parties and their leaders, but also for their potential impact on the future of the United Kingdom. In scotland, voters have been electing a new Scottish Parliament, with 129 members, and in wales theyre electing a new senedd or welsh parliament, wi
Talks in brussels about eu country as well as a post Brexit Trade Deal are continuing overnight, switzerland, norway, after a British Government source said the eus offer iceland and liechtenstein, will face new restrictions, including on receiving remained unacceptable. Medical treatment. With more, heres our Consumer Affairs correspondent, a decision is due sometime on sunday about whether enough progress has been made to carry on negotiaions. Both sides have warned that no deal is now the most likely outcome. Our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. In brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uks chief negotiator. He is locked in talks Behind Closed Doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. But indications tonight are not positive. A government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, talks are continuing as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. The mood around the talks, like the weat
The nhs launches its biggest ever Vaccination Campaign against the illness. At least 50 people are killed in a Suicide Bomb Attack in a mosque in the afghan city of kunduz. Nobel peace prize 2021. And two journalists from the philippines and russia are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for theirfight in defence of free speech. And coming up on the bbc news channel, they have arrived and the rebuild is already under way. Newcastles new owners are on tyneside as the club begins its new era. Good evening. The uk Steel Industry has said the government has failed to offer any immediate help to deal with the rising price of gas after a meeting with the business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng this afternoon. The head of uk steel, which represents the industry, said he was baffled that mr kwarteng did not provide solutions during ameeting with leaders of Energy Intensive companies which are struggling. The cost of natural gas has been at a record high, and businesses which are not protected by the price
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But the city council has confirmed a 15 year old boy was killed. Odesas airport was targeted in a seperate attack on saturday. Now on bbc news Stephen Sackur is in brataslava with hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk from bratislava. Im Stephen Sackur. The longer the ukraine war goes on, the higher the stakes become. Slovakia is a Front Line State, currently hosting Tens Of Thousands of ukrainian refugees and funnelling weapons to kyiv. Now Vladimir Putin has warned that outside interference could be met by lightning retaliation. My guest is slovakias Prime Minister, eduard heger. So how much risk is slovakia prepared to take . Prime minister eduard heger, welcome. Thank you very much for the invitation. Here we are in bratislava. Slovakia is on the front lines of this ukraine war. You share a land border. You have taken Tens Of Thousands of refugees. You are Funnelling Arms Into Ukraine for the kyiv government. Do you feel that, as this war continues week by week, month by month, that the da