again try to end the protests that have now raged for seven weeks. we start with a special report from ukraine as russia has again targeted ukraine s energy infrastructure in a wave of missile strikes across the country, including the capital, kyiv, where the mayor says four out of five people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired at least 50 missiles, but it was able to shoot down most of them. our international editor jeremy bowen has spent the last week travelling through ukraine from the frontline battlefields of the donbas, to the villages in kherson, where some of russia s best troops are concentrated to try to stop the ukrainian offensive. his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thousands. this is bakhmut, under heavy shelling. at the moment, the centre of the artillery war in donbas. more than 70
what we re learning about that call. and the intensifying war of words between the u.s. and russia. top u.s. officials warning vladimir putin of catastrophic consequences just days after the russian leader issued a thinly veiled nuclear threat. all that playing out as outrage builds forcing hundreds of thousands of reservists into combat. the growing desperation leading to violence at an enlistment center. we begin with the threat from hurricane ian. we just got an update on its track and intensity. sam brock is in tampa, florida, and metrologist bill karins has a look at what we can expect. first to you, sam. i understand a mandatory evacuation is being called for the county where you are. what can you tell us? reporter: the threat is starting to feel a whole lot more real. right now for residents of this county in tampa, we re in tampa, hillsboro county is 1.5 million people. we found out that mandatory evacuations have been issued for portions of the county, zones a
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secretary for it and i resigned. the home secretary has for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been mounting i for it and i resigned. the home secretary has been mounting a | secretary has been mounting a spirited defence on both counts to mps in the house of commons. also tonight. a special report from the front line of the fighting in ukraine and the devastation it leaves behind. look at it. desolation. this is what months of attritional warfare does to a town. could there be a shortage of turkeys this christmas as new restrictions come in to fight the uk s largest ever bird flu outbreak? and how our unseasonably warm autumn may look beautiful but is jeopardising ecosystems, confusing plants and animals. and coming up on the bbc news channel. on the eve of the women s rugby league world cup, host england prepare to take on south america s first ever qualifiers, brazil. we start the night with a special report