annexed the area. russia s defence ministry admits its troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled. it isjust troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled. it is just 2a hours after donetsk was formally annexed by moscow. as conservatives gather in birmingham for their annual conference, prime minister liz truss admits there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. a man held in iran for nearly five years on spying charges before being released alongside nazanin zaghari ratcliffe says he s dedicating his london marathon run to the people of iran and its prisoners. more than 50,000 rail workers are taking industrial action today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. some parts of the country are still seeing trains, and others none at all. 0ur
left a financial hole and changed the way people travel. we want to give our staff a pay increase, but it has to be self funding from within the industry, because we can t afford to keep taking more taxpayers money. so meaningful reform means that we can generate money, that we can then say to government, we believe that this is a sensible deal, that we can give our staff a pay increase. rail bosses and unions say they ll keep talking, but more strikes could be coming down the line. let s cross to london euston, where we can speak to our correspondent sanchia berg. it looks like they have locked you out, sanchia? yes, that s right. the station is closed. they are not allowing people in and out, no trains have been coming in and out throughout most of the day, and in fact on won t start up again until about seven or 8am. as you said, the picture across the country, as here, is that this strike has affected