translation: to be with its own | people to be with it s motherland. meanwhile an attack on a civilian convoy in one of the four annexed regions, zaporizhzhia, leaves at least 23 people dead. a bbc investigation has found big regional differences in the number of fines issued to parents whose children missed school in england without a valid reason. some local authorities handed out thousands of fines in the last academic year, in other areas there were none. when we sign up to train with the dogs we know one day this day is coming. saying good bye to sammy, the story of a retiring guide dog and how hard it is to get another one. and coming up later in the hour viola davis the are among an all star cast in the women king. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of this week s big cinema releases in the film review at 5:45. a coroner has found that unsafe content on social media platforms her own life five years ago. the inquest into molly s death had heard she
fall with octoberpest. i can octoberfest. i can almost set my clock to the show, it s a good old time. will: it s a fun time. sausages, mustard, sauerkraut. rachel: i think rick s still going, it s a theme from yesterday, right? [laughter] pete: yeah. rick and and will and i did some extra extracurricular team building after the show, we celebrated and watched texas mow down oklahoma. will: yes, we did. pete: and we mowed down just a few adult beverages, but we got to know each other just a little bit better. will: which means we might have gotten a little bit of a head start on the competition for later today where we re going to have a stein-holding competition pete: does that mean we hold it will: i have been to germany for octoberfest, and that s what you do. rachel: are you going to be a beer maid? pete: maybe. [laughter] will: how many, if that s case rachel: my arms are pete: i think we re going to see who can hold the glass up the longest maybe? if. will: real
the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress , are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics have all chosen to head for the key battleground state of pennsylvania. but within the past hour, not one but two democratic presidents barack obama and joe biden have been holding a joint rally in philadelphia. let s have a listen. this isn t referendum this year, it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the beginning, my objective when i ran for president is to build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. it s a fundamental shift compared to the oz and the maga, republican trickle down economics. booing. no, really. if fair economy that gives working people if fair economy that gives working people a if fair economy that gives worki
the us federal reserve ona charge! uk sales of electric cars overtook diesels last year for the first time. but it s still a long road to recovery for the auto industry. a wave of strike action, a growing cost of living crisis and huge pressure on health services just some of the problems mounting up for the uk this winter. so on wednesday prime minister rishi sunak used his first major speech of the year to promise to fix the uk economy. alongside pledges to tackle long waiting lists for medical treatment and stop illegal immigration mr sunak said he d slash the rate of inflation, restore growth and cut government debt. first, government debt. we will halve inflation this first, we will halve inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security. second, we will grow the economy, creating better paid jobs an opportunity right across the country. third, we will make sure our national debt is falling, so that we can secure the future of public ser
in port charlotte is just north of where ian made land fall. they were hit from above and below. the storm surge flooded the emergency room and tore apart the fourth floor roof which is where theic intensive care unit is. doctors there forced to evacuate the hospital s sickest patients. the top of the hour, ian is posing a serious flash flooding risk. it movesin closer to orlando. the he feblgts are being felt along the west coast. this is video here from daytona beach. this morning we haveon an nbc tm covering it all over florida. standing by to give us live updates of the impact of ian. we re getting a clear look at just how hard hurricane ian hit cuba. let s bring in our reporter. what more can you tell us about the conditions on the island. good morning. what s going on in cuba is an unmitigated disaster. and as we remember that ian slammed into cuba, a cat 3 hurricane focusing primarily on this area. it is the center of cuban f cigars. it was devastating. as of t