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got within a0 feet of the vice president. uk interest rates hit their highest level for 13 years, in a bid to stem the pace of soaring prices. and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin's closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he's repeated the offici...

and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin's closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he's repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it's a "special military operation". mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for ...

Under intense pressure. This was not so long ago. This isntjust about one minister its about the stability of the government, and about brexit. Priti patel is a big supporter of brexit. This began with priti patel Holding Meetings with senior israeli officials during what was supposed to be a Summer Holiday and we were told by downing street that she hadnt told the Prime Minister. That breaks the ministerial code. Then we had an apology from priti patel. It seems theresa may accepted. Then last night we found out there were more meetings. That was from a report in the sun newspaper. And it sai...

Extraordinary in these swamps — a slab of peat that's two metres deep and as large as england. it's the biggest of its kind anywhere in the world, and that makes it incredibly important when it comes to climate change. if all this carbon is released into the atmosphere, it's going to we can say accelerate the global change, climate change. and do you think that is a realistic threat? i think it's a threat, yeah. the congo peatlands have been quietly trapping and storing carbon dioxide for thousands of years, but humans could change all that — fast. these vast peatlands are already under th...