annexed the area. russia s defence ministry admits its troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled. it isjust troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled. it is just 2a hours after donetsk was formally annexed by moscow. as conservatives gather in birmingham for their annual conference, prime minister liz truss admits there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. a man held in iran for nearly five years on spying charges before being released alongside nazanin zaghari ratcliffe says he s dedicating his london marathon run to the people of iran and its prisoners. more than 50,000 rail workers are taking industrial action today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. some parts of the country are still seeing trains, and others none at all. 0ur
will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train, so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map sh
at its fastest rate in a0 years, welcome to this special edition of your questions answered. over the next half hour, we ll be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions that individuals, and communities, are finding. so, we ve got a panel of experts. sarah pennells is a consumerfinance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uk s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is co ordinator at the independent food aid network, which provides help to those at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis. and mercedes osborne is a mortgage expert at pointers financial based in exeter. welcome to all of you. and also with us this week, our climate editorjustin rowlatt, who s out and about giving tips to householders on simple measures that may help reduce energy use. we ll be withjustin a bit later. and as you can see, we ve got a whole range of topics lined up. but first, here s our
three in the afternoon. a fourth leak is discovered in the nord stream 2 gas pipeline in the baltic, nato calls it a deliberate act of sabotage. and tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio who has died at the age of 59 in los angeles. coming up on the bbc news channel. it is victory for warwickshire on the final day of the county championship, which means relegation for yorkshire. good evening and welcome to the programme. the prime minister has insisted that her tax cutting plans are right for the economy and she will not be changing course. in her first interview since the chancellor s mini budget last friday, liz truss argued that record in the pound and record rapidly rising borrowing costs in the uk are part of a global crisis that has been sparked by the war in ukraine and she said the government s strategy would support people and businesses hit by rising energy prices. here is our economics editor faisal islam. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor,
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