hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. this is being called a gamble for growth. is it a gamble that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble. i have real doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng
and 12 after long years of tory failure, didn t they just show their true colours, yesterday? cheering. their driving ideology make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. and how one of the world s most streamed performers bad bunny has used his fame to draw attention to the issues facing his native puerto rico. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 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. the us presidentjoe biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to i
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an hour causes extensive flooding and mudslides. the uk opposition leader, sir keir starmer, will set out to his party conference the dividing lines between labour and the new conservative government. after 12 long years of tory failure, didn t theyjust show their true colours yesterday? crowd: yes! their driving ideology, make the rich richer and do nothing for working people. # puerto rico, esta bien, cabron.# and how one of the world s most streamed performers, bad bunny, has used his fame to draw attention to the issues facing his native puerto rico. reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referenda 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. in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums ha
coming out of court yesterday. so more on that in a moment, but it has been a no good, terrible, very bad week for the ex-president and his legal team. his own hand picked special master telling him he can t just declassify documents with his mind. he s got to have proof. he can t just make wild accusations the fbi somehow planted evidence during that search of mar-a-lago. he s got to say exactly what he claims they planted. and oh, there is the new york state attorney general filing a monster civil fraud lawsuit against trump, three of his adault children, and the trump organization, one that could cost them a quarter of a billion dollars. remember that? it s been quite a week. and there s more. tonight the intelligence community has restarted its review of the potential damage from those classified documents being moved to mar-a-lago. and ahead of the january 6th committee hearing next week committee member jamie raskin says they have more to reveal about roger stone as w