hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin
one metre above sea level, and we are talking about storm surges of at least three to 3.5 metres, that has the potential for some catastrophic damage and it will also produce 500 to 600 millimetres of rain, which ails our rain into significance, really. but we ve seen sharp showers across the north and east. this rain down to the south west will slide away over the next few hours. we keep the show is going perhaps to the coast throughout the night. inland, clearerskies, the coast throughout the night. inland, clearer skies, a touch on the chilly side first thing tomorrow morning. but hopefully fewer showers around and the wind is not quite as strong as we go into tomorrow. this area could bring a rash of sharp showers by the end of the afternoon. we start with a few showers across aberdeenshire and with that northerly wind, although a little bit lighter, a few showers running down through wales and south west england. through edinburgh, down towards newcastle, some of the sho
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the 100 nominations by tory mps needed to enter the race to be the next prime minister. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job after losing to liz truss over the summer. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from holiday, as supporters rally behind a potential comeback by the former prime minister. but so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 100 backers. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, has more. are you running for leadership? he s got the numbers to get on the ballot paper. and rishi sunak is expected to declare his candidacy soon. the former chancellor now has more than 100 mps publicly backing him to be the prime minister. the big question in westminster is now if
16 taken to hospital hundreds of people ran for safety. as italy s prime minister suggests global warming played a part in sunday s deadly avalanche in the dolomites, we look at the extreme climate events across the globe that are all linked to climate change. and scientists discover a new species of giant water lily the largest in the world hiding in plain sight for almost 180 years. let s start the united states, where shots have been fired at the start of an independence day parade north of chicago. he also confirmed that it is still currently an active incident. we are now being told six people died in highland park during the independent state parade. six 16 people are said to be in hospital, police say it is still an active shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust shooting situation. it started at 10am local time just ten shooting situation. it started at 10am local timejust ten minutes into the parade. one reporter at the scene said they had seen fiv