investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from
of the new nurses and midwives registered to work in the uk in the past year have come from abroad. india and the philippines are the countries which are supplying the most. it comes as the uk has struggled to increase the number of home grown nurses joining the register. with me now is pat cullen, chief executive at the royal college of nursing. good to have you with us. can you give us your view about why we are finding it so difficult to recruit and retain nurses in this country? you are right in saying that of the a8,000 nurses thatjoin the register in the last year, half of those nurses have come from overseas countries and it is those countries outside the european economic area which is interesting. international nurses come here from countries that the world health organization have