of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
to harmful content online. disorder in leicester between muslim and hindu communities one man is jailed for ten months. rail workers resume strike action in october, affecting the conservative party conference and the london marathon. and more than 28 million people in the uk saw the queen s state funeral on tv yesterday, making it one of the most watched live broadcasts in british history. hello, good evening. the prime minister, liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult and unpopular decisions to help get the uk economy growing. in her first bbc interview since she became prime minister, liz truss said by focusing on economic growth, the uk will be more attractive to investors. and she defended plans to lift the cap on bankers bonuses at a time when cost of living pressures are increasing. she was speaking during her first foreign trip as prime minister, as the government prepares to make a series of major announcements now the official period of mourning for the
conviction of adnan syed, we speak to a man who taught him law in prison. tonight with the context, democratic strategist mary anne marsh and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. welcome. world leaders are in new york for a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia s invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events today have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referenda onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. international condemnation has been swift. joe biden s national security adviser called it a sign of russia s weakness, while the french president, emmanuel macron, has said the referendums will have no legal consequence. translation: it sjust another provocation which, in my view, | does not cha
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as well for western scotland. see how the rain works its way eastwards pretty quickly. the skies brightening up from the north west but that will be loads of showers today across north western areas. some of the showers will be falling as snow across the hills of scotland in particular, where we are looking at some significant accumulations of snow. it is already snowing heavily here. 10 15 centimetres possible above 300m in elevation, they are some of the higher level routes that we haven t scotland, but nevertheless there is the risk of seeing some destructive weather here through the day. it will be a cold day, temperatures 4 seven celsius pretty widely, still hanging onto some nines and tens in the south, where it will probably start to feel a bit cooler here towards the end of the afternoon. 0vernight tonight, showers continue to feed in on those gusty north westerly winds. later in the evening, the showers clear off, the evening, the showers clear off, the skies clear and it tur