territory. here in the uk, pressure on the tech giants as a coroner rules social media did play a part in the suicide of molly russell.here in the uk, pressure on the tech hurricane ian has made landfall in south carolina after devastating florida. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with using its land by force. after it announced the annexation of four regions in ukraine it is the biggest regions of ukraine that are in part controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremli
posting on social media messages that gleefully note the blast came a day after putin s 70th birthday, and it is seen as a shocking rebuke of both putin and the russian military. meantime, the white house is defending president biden s strong wording on thursday that we face greatest risk of, quote, armageddon since the 1962 the cuban missile crisis. all as the september jobs report raise new concerns about the directions of the economy and a potential recession. we have fox news team live coverage, lucas tomlinson is with president biden in delaware. but first, let s go to trey yints on that major blow on that long bridge to cry crimea that that is basically that has basically been taken out of commission. how will it affect supply lines, treysome. reporter: eric, good afternoon. a massive explosion if early this morning destroyed the only bridge between russia and crimea, something that will certainly affect those supply lines. the blast decimating the car and train por
its highest level since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. biden saying about putin, quote, he s not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapon as he continues to lose ground in ukraine. we also have an important snapshot of the u.s. economy that we must discuss. u.s. employers have added 263,000 jobs this september. a modest slowdown from august. a slowdown that could actually be good news, though. the federal reserve looking for the jobs market to cool off to help fight stush stubborn inflation. and arlette saenz is live. the president laid out this warning last night. should people be expecting another walk back from the white house then today? reporter: well, kate, so far no official walk-back from the white house. but u.s. officials have said that they have not seen any evidence that russian president vladimir putin has decided to move forward with using a nuclear weapon. but still, the president s comments that he
That the admission of ukraine to nato the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , could trigger world war three. Meanwhile, turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in this war. Buy does all of this lead the people of ukraine . Could p still prevail miss with me in the studio is our security correspondent frank gardner, and orysia lutsevych, head of the Ukraine Forum at chatham house. And wee are also delighted to welcome professor kata ryna wolczuk, from the university of birminghams centre for russian, european and eurasian studies, Drjustin Bronk is a Senior Research fellow at the london based military think tank rusi, he is an expert in airpower and technology, and from the bbc s Russia Service olga ivshina. Well be hearing from each of our special panel in a few minutes, but first frank is going to set the tone for this discussion by reminding us of the key recent developments and statements and what they might tell us about the risks of escalation. The war in ukraine is intensify
mind? that s really the subtext of all the conversations about whether the russian president is actually willing to drive humanity to the brink of a nuclear disaster. i bet it s keeping president biden up at night. how about you? how are you sleeping since president biden used the word armageddon ? i ll ask how close he thinks we are to the brink and what options are on the table in our exclusive interview. as biden noted n ukraine, putin s choices, his options are narrowing. translator: we will defend our land by all means at our disposal. we ll do everything to ensure the security of our people. breaking ut our putin-english, english-putin dictionary, what he means by land is ukraine. our people, he means the ukrainians who have taken up arms to stop him. when he says about the by any means at our disposal, that s rhetoric that has gone nuclear. translator: is u.s. is is the only country in the world to have used nuclear weapons on two occasions, resulting in the des