violent anti government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party s annual conference. he s condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, economics , which he says are gambling with the finances of every family in the country. the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kickstart economic growth. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. labour has been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far more stark. applause arriving in liverpool, the labour leade
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The conscription have intensified. the conscription commissariat. all of a sudden, people are trying to set them on fire or throw molotov cocktails at these centres. so, the reality of bureaucratically organising this conscription is also something that is a mirror mismanagement. the limited resources that the regional managers have. anecdotally we know that some villages which only have 150 people will have received a quota of ten people, ten men, they have to provide. and there are not that many men in a lot of these villages because they are dying. that is the demographic reality of russia. indeed, the optics are not good because the people are also amassing on the borders with georgia