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Explosion we understand that he was unharmed. Lets speak to Michael Bociurkiw a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council welcome to the programme. I want if you can talk us through the scale of this russian attack . the scale of this russian attack . H,.. the scale of this russian attack .. ,. the scale of this russian attack . ~ attack . Good to be with you. A very massive attack . Good to be with you. A very massive one, attack . Good to be with you. A very massive one, yesterday i attack . Good to be with you. A l very massive one, yesterday was one of them are silent days since the start of russias full scale invasion, we are talking about 200 incoming, a mix of missiles and iranian built drones, far to the west and north as well but especially here in kyiv as well. Just in the past few hours and the past hour or so a loud explosion was heard here in kyiv. I dont know if there was a defence striking a Russian Rocket in the air or a direct hit but we do know that Critical Infrastructur
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Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister says the governments first budget in october will be painful. Sir keir starmer was speaking in the rose garden at Downing Street ahead of parliaments return next week. He said labour had inherited an economic and societal black hole, but the conservatives called the Speech A Distraction from the promises he had no intention of keeping. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller reports. On Hannah Miller reports. A Beautiful Day in the down street on a Beautiful Day in the Downing Street garden, the Prime Ministers message was not so sunny. Looking ahead to the autumn and signalling unpopular announcements to come. There is a budget coming in october. It is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavy a burden. I will have to turn to the country and make big asks of you as well. He country and make big asks of you as well.. well. H
Intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in arare move mr putin also mentioned the Opposition Figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. Six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress us, | want to intimidate us, suppress us, Our Will Want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and want to intimidate us, suppress us, ourwilland our want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have our will and our conscience, they have never our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it and never have never been able to do it and never wilt then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be