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tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby — players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, so—called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so—called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covena...

there was a time, before the war in ukraine, when europe thought about its place in the world, and how it could become less dependent on the united states. as washington turned inwards, and administrations refocused us foreign policy towards asia, france and germany talked about the need for "strategic autonomy". but today in warsaw, at a meeting of the bucharest 9, it was the american president sat at the head of the table. all nine members of this group were part of the former soviet union or the defunct warsaw pact. the commitment of the united states to nato, i've said it too man...

president of the eurasia group a political risk consultancy. welcome to the programme. the leaders of the united states, the uk and australia are in san diego today setting out how the three countries intend to work together to build the next generation of australian nuclear submarines. the aukus pact announced 18 months ago, has big strategic implictions for the asia pacific region. by 2030 australia will become just the seventh nation in the world to operate nuclear subs with the uk and us providing consultation on technology for their production. in the meantime australia will bec...

those weather seems tomorrow. this feature running in off the near continent will be the fly in the ointment because most of the country will have another dry and sunny day, with fresh breezes again. there is the cloud, outbreaks of rain getting in to east anglia and the south—east through the afternoon period. a bit of a disappointment for part two of the day. the wind is quite gusty for many areas, especially southern and eastern parts of england. it will be cooler along north sea coasts. temperatures, nine, ten, maybe 11. elsewhere, the low to mid—teens with western scotland f...

welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% — the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i'm afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that ...