hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub, and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. ukraine s counteroffensives have slowed, but for ukrainians, progress is still progress. traces of occupation are being removed, and quickly. lyman was a logistics hub for russia s invasi
voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in the country s most right wing government since the second world war the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax, which the government has announced it is cutting, but that they would keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister bor
we start this hour with some breaking news and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but an official said most of the deaths happened when the crowd stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what more can you tell us? this incident occurred what more can you tell us? this incident occurred after - what more can you tell us? ti 3 incident occurred after a football match. it was between two teams. the fighting is reported to have started when thousands of people rushed onto the pitch. the home team lost 2-3. the pitch. the home team lost 2 3. there is dramatic footage on social media where you can see people rushing onto the pitch. police have said 127 people have been killed and one health official have said people died of chaos, overcrowding, trampling and suffocated. large numbers of people reported to be in
said the authorities will re evaluate safety at football matches and consider not allowing spectators. this is after the stampede we think has killed 129 people. and the chief security minister is saying the football stadium was beyond capacity. our news reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. this happened on saturday night between arema and persebaya and when the home team lost, that is when trouble began because fans rushed onto the pitch. police said they began firing tear gas because they said it was a dangerous situation and they needed to control things. after the release of tear gas people began scrambling, trying to leave the stadium. the death toll now is a 129 people, many reported to have died because of trampling and suffocation. around 180 people have been hospitalised and is expected the fatalities will continue to rise. , , ., ., rise. lets bring in jonathan head. rise. lets bring in jonathan head- just rise. lets bring in jonathan he
the palestinian health ministry says 2a people, including six children, are now known to have died in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel is targeting the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, and says it expects the offensive to last a week. the british foreign secretary, liz truss, said britain stood by israel s right to defend itself, but has called for a swift end to the violence, which has broken more than a year of relative calm. from jerusalem, here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. explosion. the full force of israel s new military operation in gaza. this building hitjust minutes after a warning strike. palestinians racing away. a year of relative calm now shattered. this is where one of the first israeli air strikes killed an islamichhad commander, leaving his neighbour in shock. we were safe in our home. we were thrown out of it by the bomb , says maryam. why didn t they warn us? tonight islamichhad fired heavy barrages of rockets in re