hello and welcome to bbc news. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums onjoining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondent, james waterhouse, reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being
there are warnings of a potential threat to life and property as super typhoon noru hits the philippines, with forecasted winds of up to 200 kilometres an hour. good afternoon. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of income tax which the tories are abolishing but keep the 1p cut in basic rate income tax also announced by ministers. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. 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 borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big p
And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in seven years. And coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017s big film releases including the sequel to blade runner, thats the year in film in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, in the last few minutes stansted had is closed again. M25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at Stansted Airport, which has suffered delays due to a closed runway, and reamins closed
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