obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency. and directions from emergency officials russia prepares to formally annex four more territories of ukraine with a signing ceremony in moscow. the west has condemned the vote as a sham. a fourth leak is discovered in the nord stream gas pipeline in the baltic. nato calls it a deliberate act of sabotage. #asl # as i walked to the valley of the saido of death, i take a look at my life. tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio, who s died at the age of 59. we have three major stories to cover tonight. parts of florida are being devastated by hurricane ian, the storm s being described as a once in a 500 year event. russia is preparing for a ceremony in red square on friday when it ll formally annex occupied ukrainian territories in defiance of international law. but first, we start here in the uk. the prime minister liz truss has been defending her econ
More aid for ukraine something opposed by some hard right house republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house we had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga wanted.
uk rally that his party will become the voice of opposition. a short time ago, keir starmer was taking questions at hitchin football club. this is what he had to say when asked if he was worried that his mandate to be prime minister could be wide but shallow. we have taken this party, we have changed it and here we stand on the monday before the election ready to change our country for the better. so my track record as a leader is clear. yes, what we re asking now is for the opportunity to do the same for our country. and yes, we face the same challenge, which is a version of, look, the country is broken, almost nothing is working better than it was when the tories started. is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? yes, it is. we have that determination, that intention and in five years time we will be able to look back and say you are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone. i ll be very, very happy
To take on the all blacks. Coming up on sports day on bbc news, well look ahead to the womens cricket world cup. Hosts england start things off tomorrow against india in derby, looking to reclaim the trophy they last won eight years ago. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The cladding and insulation on Grenfell Tower has failed initial fire safety tests, according to the police. They say they are now looking at criminal offences, including manslaughter, and documents and materials have been seized from a number of organisations. At least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze at the tower block last week. The nationwide hunt for high rise buildings with Flammable Cladding continues. The government says 1a buildings across nine local authorities in england have the potentially dangerous cladding, none in wales or scotland, one building is being checked in Northern Ireland. Tom symonds reports. In the first horrifying minutes of the disaster, a resident o