as a life threatening injury. ukraine has accused russia of continuing its offensive despite president putin announcing a 36 hour ceasefire to mark the russian orthodox christmas. ukraine never agreed to a truce and has dismissed it as a cynical ploy by the russians to resupply their forces. now on bbc news, the big cases: killing my children s abuser. a warning, this programme contains themes some viewers may find distressing. i had taken the law into my own hands, i have done that. in 2014, sarah sands and her young sons moved into a maisonette on this estate, their first proper home. maisonette on this estate, theirfirst proper home. her their first proper home. her elder son their first proper home. her elder son bradley their first proper home. her elder son bradley wasn t much older than his twin brothers, alfie and greece, so from the start they were always close. family had been on a council waiting list for years, and sarah hoped their new home would finally give
300,000 additional troops will be called up to fight. this comes as russia has suffered ahumiliating losses to ukraine with troops retreating from territory. putin used his most direct language to date regarding the possible use of nuclear weapons. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, our independence and freedom will be ensured. those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. the comments come across the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. president biden set to speak just hours for now, as multiple kremlin backed authorities announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissed the moves as a sham driven by fear of defeat. i want to bring in kylie atwood here in new york, nick paton walsh is live in ukraine for us. this speech we thought it was going to happen yesterday, i
it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. now on bbc news a programme called the big cases: killing my children s abuser. a warning this programme contains themes some viewers may find distressing. a woman has been jailed for stabbing to death a convicted paedophile. paedophiles tear lives apart. that s what they do. her children had been sexually abused. were you glad he was dead? yes. oh, yeah, definitely. she stabbed michael pleasted repeatedly. he bled to death. 20 minutes later she re emerged. you can see the knife. i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. did a man need to die? did children need to be hurt for the truth to come out? i think i had the knife in my left hand, and i remember him trying to grab it. i had taken the law into my own hands, i had done that. in 2014, sarah sands and her young sons moved into a maisonette on this estate, t
the world. i m whitney wild. the death toll from that huge winter storm keeps rising. it is now up to 62 deaths across 11 states. of those by far the greatest share were in erie county, new york, where at least 37 people died. a horrible storm with too many deaths. we know without the work of these first responders and others, more people would have died. first responders are still checking on callers they couldn t reach in buffalo which was buried under nearly 52 inches of snow. overnight buffalo lifted a driving ban. cnn s miguel marquez has more on the digout. reporter: buffalo digging out. officials here responding to criticism they should have done more. 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts for three hours straight with less than a quarter mile visibility. monique alexander died in the storm on christmas eve. a buffalo native who had been through many snowstorms here thought this one was the same. we were waiting for her to come home. i knew something was wrong right a
full swing across several states. and overnight fierce debates, candidates in ohio, georgia, iowa and utah going toe-to-toe in heating rounds. feature policy arguments and personal jabs. and a new pledge, president biden promising to keep abortion rights front and center if democrats could keep control of the congress for another two years. let s begin this hour with cnn s jeremy diamond at the white house. so let s pick up there. you have new reporting about how president biden is hoping to take action on abortion while also keeping the economy front and center. what is the white house saying? reporter: yeah, exactly. bianna. with three weeks left until election day, president biden is trying to push those issues. the democrats view is it is favorable to them in voter s minds and today we re expecting according to a democratic official for the president to make a new promise as it relates to abortion rights in a speech this afternoon at howard theater here in washington, d