subtly international divert its path and save every life on earth. there s been international condemnation of the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine onjoining russia. the g7 the group of seven wealthiest nations have called the votes a sham, as reports emerged of russian forces intimidating people into voting. 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 percent of ukraine s territory. voting is expected to run until tuesday, and the results seem almost certain to go in moscow s favour. these pictures, filmed in russian occupied donetsk, show representatives taking polling cards to people in their own homes. our correspondent hugo bachega is following developments from kyiv. ukraine has dismissed this so called referendum as a farce and says it has no legitimacy and western countries have dismissed the vote as a propa
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government s mini budget is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could do with a boost. bills are going up and interest rates are rising. across the country as a whole, the economy has been growing too slowly. and the chancellor has come up with a very bold solution tax cuts worth billions of pounds. he plans to cut the basic rate of income tax to 19p and the pound in england, wales and northern ireland next april and abolish the 45p top rate of tack for people ear
the economy with the biggest tax cuts in four decades. at spitalfields market in east london, they are taking stock of a mini budget that s ignored a massive shift in political direction. what do you make of moves like reversing the national insurance rise? will that help, do you think? i think it probably will help. to a degree. but it depends what bracket you are in in terms of income. yeah, i think it will help. i mean, it does not even touch the sides. i don t know. we will see. there is a lot to take in. the treasury is cutting the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p from april next year. it is abolishing the 45p top tax rate for people who earn over £150,000, as well as reversing the national insurance rise from november, and cancelling a corporation tax rise planned for next year. stamp duty will be scrapped below £250,000. the government will borrow to fund it. £231; billion this year. there is criticism from opposition politicians that those with the most are
temperatures across the northern hemisphere. details and a live report from rome. plus the forecast from the cnn weather center. we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still on despite a russian missile strike on its port city of odesa. now these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world desperately needs through its ports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. listen to this. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwanted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t involve russia and their broken promises. the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sen
this afternoon further north and west you are. top temperature is likely to peak between 12 and 18 celsius. any showers through the evening will tends to fade away and we will have clear skies across england and wales, temperatures will follow shortly. more cloud to the far north west, temperatures likely to hold into double figures, it will be a chilly start to sunday morning and hopefully it will be a sparkling one as well. lots of sunshine around first thing on sunday. the cloud will continue to bring a few showers into north west scotland and eventually a weather front or heavy and persistent rain as we go through the day. top temperatures to sunday afternoon, 13 18. that weatherfront is going to introduce much colder and windier conditions on monday and as you can see, a notable difference to the feel the weather.