as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
Costs on families. And thats why i think what were announcing today it is a break from the past. It is a change. Its a different way to approach these decisions. Britains Opposition Labour Party has condemned mr sunak s move, and vowed to stick to the governments original net zero strategy. And the Scottish National party, which holds power in scotland, has also criticised the Uk Governments change of course. Earlier, i spoke to the First Minister of scotland, humza yousaf. First minister, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. I want to start with the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak s announcement today on climate goals. The uk has been a leader on battling Climate Change. Where does this decision leave the uk . Well, it very firmly takes the uk out of the Global Consensus. The Global Consensus is we need to do more to tackle Climate Change. And the reason why scotland has been invited, for the first time, to the un for the Climate Ambition Summit is because we are showing leaders
Break from the past. It is a change. Its a different way to approach these decisions. Britains 0pposition Labour Party has condemned mr sunak s move and vowed to stick to the governments original net zero strategy. And the Scottish National party, which holds power in scotland, has also criticised the Uk Governments change of course. Earlier i spoke to the First Minister of scotland, humza yousaf. First minister, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. I want to start with the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak s announcement today on climate goals. The uk has been a leader on battling Climate Change. Where does this decision leave the uk . Well, it very firmly takes the uk out of the Global Consensus. The Global Consensus is we need to do more to tackle Climate Change. And the reason why scotland has been invited, for the first time, to the un for the Climate Ambition Summit is because we are showing leadership. So the same day we are showing leadership, the same day the whole world i
but tickets are now sold out. this video shows large queues at the russian georgian border. lengthy tailbacks have also been reported at russia s borders with kazakhstan and mongolia. the bbc s reyhan demetrie is on the russian georgian border and sent this report. there is a small trickle of cars that are entering georgia. and that is extraordinary, given what is happening on the other side. there is a telegram channel which was created specifically dedicated to these border crossings, with tens of thousands of subscribers, and they have been posting videos that are showing long queues on the other side. people we ve spoken to, many of them are young men, are saying that they decided to leave russia following vladimir putin s call for partial mobilisation. many of them look tired, they said they had to wait for up to 11 hours to cross the border. they said there was no