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it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley who left the british army in march died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he s the second british man to die fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family he had been involved in training at the start of this but that had changed because he was in the city of severodonetsk which is very much the ....
and as for western sanctions and global brands leaving russia, we are very tough people you can t scare us. then the very first mcdonald s restaurant opened right here 32 years ago, that was a hugely powerful symbol, a symbol of russia embracing western culture, western ideas, western food. what s happening here today with the departure of mcdonald s and its russian replacement, that s a symbol too, but a symbol of how russia and the west are now moving apart. over in the kremlin, no burgers but a hefty serving of patriotism. at a ceremony vladimir putin called on russians to devote themselves to the motherland, but he will know that western sanctions are having an impact. here s one example. russian tv reports that due to sanctions russian car makers can t import key components, so the new lada s being made without any airbags or an anti lock braking system. taxi driver nikita thinks the russian economy is in for a bumpy ride. the prices in roubles, they became rid ....
hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines. the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he s been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. ministers order a review into whether a 5 pence cut in fuel duty is being passed on quickly enough to drivers. it s horrendous. i don t know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time, and it s a huge cost to everybody. it comes as a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. voting ends in most of france in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. and queen elizabeth the second becomes the world s seco ....
hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m s era sarah mulkerrins. joe root hits 150 as they back to back against new zealand. dan evans rounds off a perfect week. and linn grant becomes the first female winner on the dp world tour after victory in scandinavia. welcome along to sportsday. day three was all about england s batters as they dominated play at trent bridge. starting the day on 90 for one, they were looking at a hefty first endings told her a 553. play ended with a root in on 163. in the foothills of new zealand s vast first innings total, england had to bat, so why not enjoy it? alex lees made his highest score for england, but 67 felt like a disappointment, such was the context. this was a day of opportunity, and lees knew it. both teams dropped several catches. this was a tough one but it was joe root, and therefore to be regretted by new zealand. 0llie pope was guiding his way to 100. england backing his talent, giving him responsibility, and this is h ....
i loved gymnastics when i started. i had a real passion for it, and my coach and the culture within the gym was just. it was horrible. and a month after mcdonald s pulled out of russia because of ukraine, a homegrown version opens called tasty and that s it. good evening. days after the cost of filling an average family car hit a record £100, ministers have sought an urgent review into whether the government s 5 pence cut in fuel duty, introduced in the spring, is being passed on in full to drivers. as the cost of energy, food and fuel spirals upwards, the competition and markets authority is to examine the fuel market for local variations in petrol and diesel prices. it comes at the start of a busy week for the government, with new post brexit legislation set to dominate the agenda. more on that in a moment, but first here s our political correspondent helen catt. the cost of filling up has been going up, and up. this week, the cost of a full tank for an average famil ....