a global recession is all but inevitable. and, the first woman to win the booker prize twice, have condemned the referendums being held in parts of ukraine to decide whether they want to join russia. it added the votes, which are being organised by moscow backed officials, are a breach of the united nations charter. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around fifteen% of ukraine s territory. voting is expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow s favour. these pictures, filmed in russian occupied donetsk, show representatives taking polling cards to people in their own homes. here, at least, it is not a secret ballot. meanwhile russia is continuing to mobilise its reserve troops, which isn t going entirely smoothly. with the latest, here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. it was the moment the kremlin t
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now on bbc news, it s time for the media show. hello. the queen s funeral was the combination of days of coverage cummination of days of coverage across the british media. the new culture secretary called the bbc s efforts phenomenal and spot on . so, did the media get the tone right? were a range of views about the monarchy represented? and amid the pageantry and commentary, was there room forjournalism? i m joined by marcus ryder, who s head of external consultancies in the lenny henry centre for media diversity, baroness stowell, who s conservative chair of the house of lords communication and digital select committee, lord vaizey, a former culture secretary who was in the david cameron government at the time of the 2012 olympics, emily bell, professor of professional practice at the columbia university and graduate school ofjournalism, and stefanie bolzen is the uk correspondent of germany s die welt newspaper. welcome to you all, thank you so much for coming on the me
the pound has hit a 37 year low against the dollar after the uk the bodies of 71 migrants have been found after the boat they were travelling in sank off syria s coast. it s not clear what caused the accident. hello and a warm welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and journalist james lewer and the sun s chief political correspondent natasha clark. let s talk a look at tomorrow s front pages. today s mini budget dominates the front pages. the mail calls it a true tory budget, and says the £45 billion package has been welcomed by business leaders. but the independent calls the plans robin hood in reverse , as the highest earners are expected to see the biggest tax cut benefits. the i says that markets were spooked by a surge in government borrowing to pay for the biggest tax cuts since 1972. the market s reaction is on the front of the financial times, too. the pound slumped to its lowest level against the do
more than seventy migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of syria our correspondent is with the rescue operation. and the first woman to win the booker prize twice the celebrated author dame hilary mantel has died at the age of 70 officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referenda on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referenda saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cover around fifteen percent of ukraine s territory. votes are are expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in m