making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and introducing 0ptimus the tech billionaire elon musk presents the latest prototype of a humanoid robot which he hopes will eliminate poverty. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to be pressing ahead with its efforts to liberate russian held areas of the country. that s despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. the ukrainian military now says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman. and the ukrainian flag has been raised on the outskirts. it s impossible to independently verify the claims. 0ur correspondent, hugo bachega, is following developments from kyiv. ukrainians are saying that this changes nothing, everything that happened in moscow yesterday was a farce, that the annou
satellite image, a deep area of low pressure that has been working its way eastwards through the course of the day. for many, under leaden skies it was the colours of autumn lifting proceedings. but it s not just the cloud and rain, it s the wind today, and it is windy certainly through irish sea coast, the west scotland, north of england and eastern scotland as well. gales or severe gale force gusts with met office warning is in force. for the next few hours the band of rain is still with us across parts of eastern scotland, the north of england and through wales and drifting eastwards, eventually reaching the south east. further west, the heavy rain has cleared but heavy showers are now in play and once again windy and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. this evening, the rain still with us in the south east, lingering here overnight tonight and into tomorrow. elsewhere some clear skies will stop once again a few showers and perhaps longer spells of rain in the far north. te
and that does suggest a real intelligence failure by the russian side. britain, meanwhile, isjust starting to get over the extraordinary last few days when the world s leaders came to london to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. i think the leaders enjoyed the fact that they were going to the most extraordinary diplomatic reception in buckingham palace. and how are iran s women responding to the increasingly brutal crackdown on the way they dress? what s fascinating about these protests is seeing these young, brave women who are not scared. president putin has given his clearest warning yet that he could use nuclear weapons if ukraine attacks russian territory. and he s going to turn four regions of russian occupied ukraine into russian territory. the areas, that is, which the ukrainian forces are starting to recapture. and president putin is getting legislation passed to make it possible to introduce partial mobilisation in russia and martial law if necessary. the
amanda renteria and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. hello welcome to the programme. government forces in ukraine are trying to seize the initiative before the arrival of winter. a counter offensive is already under way in the south of the country, around kherson, the only city that russian forces have captured west of the strategically important dnipro river. but the ukrainians are now preparing to expand that operation in the donbas to the east and also around kharkiv in the north. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist in the donbas to the east and also around kharkiv in the north. our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have had exclusive access to a unit of ukrainian troops, near the front line. in donbas, there will be no harvest. as russian shells fall, about us these fields and furrows are instead ploughed gun tracks and fighting men. ukraine s national guard leads us thro