and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood, a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s, has died in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician. joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest. it s opinion. but pele led, others stand on
hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin
highs reaching around 18 or 19 degrees across parts of the south of the uk. very mild for the time of year. and that s bbc news at ten on monday the 17th of october. stay with us here on the bbc news channel [i continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. you re watching bbc news i m james reynolds. more now on the news that prime minister says she is sorry and accepts responsibility for the mistakes that have been made in her tax cutting plans as her new chancellor announced he was tearing almost all of them up. in an interview tonight with our political editor chris mason liz truss acknowledged that her plans had gone too far and too fast but insisted she wasn t going anywhere and said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. the prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason. prime minister, who is to blame for this mess? first of all i do want to accept responsibility