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hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
thanks so much. violent anti government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people. at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether tojoin russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. a leading think tank the resolution foundation has said that middle income earners stand to lose the most money from the tax policies announced yesterday by the government with the very richest benefitting most. but the government insists the tax cuts are fair to all and will get the economy growing. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, reports. a bit more money for everyone will get businesses investing and people spending that s the government s aim but at this market in buckinghamshire there s scepticism about who will benefit most from these tax cuts. well, the higher end will be a lot better off, but the lower end, what is it, a penny? it s nothing. considering the cost of li
violent anti government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party s annual conference. he s condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled yesterday, economics , which he says are gambling with the finances of every family in the country. the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kickstart economic growth. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. labour has been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far more stark. applause arriving in liverpool, the labour leade