political mood. a week to until the us mid term elections, iam laura trevalyan in the battleground state of pennsylvania, reporting from scranton, the hometown of presidentjoe biden. we start with a special report from ukraine as russia has again targeted ukraine s energy infrastructure in a wave of missile strikes across the country including the capital kyiv where the mayor says four out of five people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired at least 50 missiles but it was able to shoot most of them down. our international editor jeremy bowen has spent the last week travelling through ukraine from the frontline battlefields of the donbas to the villages in kherson, where some of russia s best troops are concentrated to try to stop the ukrainian offensive. his report contains some deeply distressing details. for ukrainians, this is a fight for national survival. the hardest test any nation can face. it upends every life. it has ended the lives of thous
of cyber attacks from russia. and brazilian leader jair bolsonaro is expected to address the nation today for the first time since losing the presidential run off to his left wing rival. the chief inspector of prisons has said the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today says back in july the facility at manston was working reasonably well , but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched . working reasonably well, despite a number of risks. meanwhile, the home secretary has been accused of using inflammatory language about migrants. suella braverman told the commons she wanted to stop what she called an invasion on our southern coast. she told mps the current asylum system is broken and illegal migration is out of control. labour accused her of being unfit for office, whilst one refugee charity called the home secretary s comments indefensible. it follows criticism
situation with no simple solutions, but we are going to do everything we canto but we are going to do everything we can to restore order and security to our borders can to restore order and security to our borders. we can to restore order and security to our borders our borders. we will be live in manston and our borders. we will be live in manston and westminster - our borders. we will be live in | manston and westminster with our borders. we will be live in - manston and westminster with the latest. also this lunchtime. more debate about a windfall tax, after the oil giant bp reports global profits of more than £7 billion in the three months to september. the former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp, after revealing he s to appear on i m a celebrity.get me out of here!. it is that man again, chrisjordan! england s men s cricketers keep their world cup hopes alive, with a crucial victory against new zealand. and from the hand of go
time for a look at the weather prospects with helen willetts. ferocious was the word to describe the winds last night in the south, but i want to look at october s rainfall because although it has been average, we are heading in the right direction, if you like. it has actually been well above average in northern ireland and the rainfall figures for last night and yesterday are still being collated. changeable describes our weather for the next few days, another area of deep pressure barrels and tomorrow. that rain hangs around in the south. more low pressure on thursday before finally, a drier day on friday, but it doesn t last, with more rain waiting in the wings. heading in the right direction, as i say. this chart shows the accumulation of rainfall over the coming few days. the blues get deeper as that rainfall the total up, perhaps as much as 50 millimetres in many places by the end of the week, particularly higher ground, but a good 20 or 30 at lower levels. the showers