FreeIng up space was the only way to avert a crIsIs, after the PrIson PopulatIon reached record levels. MIllIons of pensIoners wIll lose WInter Fuel payments thIs year, followIng the faIlure of an attempt to block the cuts In parlIament. Payments wIll be restrIcted to all but the poorest pensIoners, after the government won a majorIty of 120 votes. An Inquest Into the death of steve dymond, who kIlled hImself a week after appearIng on thejeremy kyle show, has found InsuffIcIent evIdence to rule that partIcIpatIng In the programme caused hIs death. The coronor ruled hIs death was a suIcIde. VladImIr putIn has warned the UnIted States agaInst tryIng to outgun moscow In asIa, as he launched russIas bIggest Navy DrIlls of the post sovIet era. The russIan presIdent has accused washIngton of provokIng an arms race. If You ArejustjoInIng us, welcome to the programme. All eyes then, on phIladelpIa and the natIonal ConstItutIon Centre wHere tonIght, Donald Trump and Kamala HarrIs wIll debate fo
Steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were greeted with a show. Well, its one way to bang the drum for russian elections. There is voting, too,
and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we ll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we ll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let s see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 the epicentre in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake 130km north of the first one. these pictures show buildings collapsing in south east turkey. the country has declared a state of emergency. here s president erdogan. translation: we do not know how far the number of dead and injured - will rise as debris removal works continue in many buildings in the earthquake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this disaster with the least loss of life
the democratic strategist mary anne marsh and david yelland, formerly editor of the sun, deputy editor of the new york post, and now running his own communications, advisory firm. welcome to the programme. it will take several days to develop a full picture of the devestation across turkey and north west syria. but it is highly likely the death toll, which stands at more than 3,500, will rise. the first earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, struck at 4.20 this morning, while most people were in their beds, 20 miles from the city of gaziantep. note the time strap, on the footage from this security camera. the shelves rattled continuously for over a0 seconds. and that gives you a fair idea of what was happening outside. the emergency teams say at least 3,000 buildings have collapsed across eight provinces in turkey. here s the before and after, the gazientep castle, walls that have stood for over 1500 years. in daylight, the badly damaged housing blocks were still falling. this one in
Of food and water left for two million palestinians. Well keep our Eye Onjoint Base Andrew where us President Joe Biden is about to leave for israel. There has already been again reaction tonight from egypt and canada, Justin Trudeau said an attack on any hospital is a war crime. On the panel tonight, author and journalist rachel shabi, and from washington, columnist and broadcaster carrie sheffield. Good evening. The Al Ahli Baptist hospital is well known in gaza not far, in fact, from the bbc office. And in recent days, it would have been one of the places in gaza city in which hundreds of families would seek refuge. But tonight the reports are that hundreds have been killed, some still under the rubble, after a devastating explosion. Hamas says an israeli air strike hit the Main Building in which people were sheltering, the Health Ministry says as many as 1000 people may have been killed or injured. The Pictures Emerging Show A Scene Of Utter chaos with bloodied and maimed casualtie