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good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it s absolutely freezing here, but you can see that the volcano tonight is illuminated, and all through the day, we got a glimpse of the power of this force of nature. as you say, there is no immediate risk to life. that is certainly what the authorities are saying here today, and the direction of the lava seems to be moving away from the built up areas, but certainly they are not taking anythin ....
ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what ....
freezing temperatures. the uk economy at a standstill new figures show even though we narrowly avoided falling into recession in 2022, there was no growth at all in the final three months of the year. elon musk s spacex carries out a key test on what s set to become the most powerful rocket system ever built. and a new video game set in the world of harry potter is released amid controversy surrounding the character s creatorjk rowling s views on transgender people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. four days after two deadly earthquakes struck turkey, devastating a large swathe of the south east of the country as well as northern syria, some survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. this is the scene live from gazantiep in southern turkey. in freezing cold temperatures, and with hun ....
go nuclear and go large, go with sizewell c those were the words of outgoing prime minister borisjohnson on thursday as he pledged £700 million of uk taxpayers money to help build a new nuclear plant at sizewell in suffolk. he said it s vital that the uk becomes more energy independent as soaring oil and gas prices have left millions facing fuel poverty this winter. but critics argue that the money would be better spent on wind, solar, or even just better insulation for our homes. and it could take 15 years and many billions of pounds before this new nuclear plant is up and running. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has more. the outgoing prime minister want to go nuclear. he would like to give the green light to a new power station here in sisal in suffolk. he is spreading £700 million which will set off a chain reaction with companies in turn pledging more cash for the project. the deal is not done yet. he said nuclear power as part of a strategy to improve the ....