but russia s president putin says the missile strike is retaliation for what he called a terrorist attack by ukraine on a key bridge in crimea. we ll have the latest from kyiv and moscow and asking whether russia is now escalating the war. also this lunchtime. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng bows to pressure and brings forward his plan for balancing the government s finances. striking barristers deliver their verdict on a government pay offer they will accept it and go back to work. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others, as her trial begins in manchester. and the scourge of plastic fishing nets that trap wildlife in our seas could a new recycling plan offer a solution? and coming up on the bbc news channel, sprinter cj ujah is banned for nearly two years after testing positive for two banned substances at last year s tokyo olympic games. good afternoon. they re trying to wipe us off the face of the earth the words of ukr
get on touch with me on twitter. a man is due in court this morning charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. another man is charged with assisting an offender. the king and queen consort will undertake their firstjoint public engagements today since the end of the period of royal mourning for the queen. an investigation s underway after at least 125 were killed in a crush at a football match in indonesia one of the world s worst stadium disasters. no outright winner in the brazilian election left wing candidate luiz inacio lula da silva and right wingerjair bolsonaro will go to a second round run off. the man who makes his living from doodling talks to us. good morning. the government has this morning performed a huge turn and abandoned its plan to scrap the 45 pence top rate of income tax. the announcement from chancellor kwasi kwarteng came just a day after the prime minister liz truss backed the policy. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the