conviction of adnan syed, we speak to a man who taught him law in prison. tonight with the context, democratic strategist mary anne marsh and brian taylor, political commentator and columnist of the herald newspaper. welcome. world leaders are in new york for a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia s invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events today have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referenda onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. international condemnation has been swift. joe biden s national security adviser called it a sign of russia s weakness, while the french president, emmanuel macron, has said the referendums will have no legal consequence. translation: it sjust another provocation which, in my view, | does not cha
cheering thank you for putting your faith in me to thank you for putting your faith in me to lead thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great conservative party liz truss will become prime minister tomorrow what s her answer to some major questions facing the uk? i will act immediately on bills and on energy supply. he ll have to leave number 10 first have we heard the last of him? he will be a great loss to politics, but hopefully it ll only be a temporary loss. and will prime minister truss be able to unite her party after all of this? £40 billion more borrowing. i that is the country s credit card, i it s on children and grandchildren. it has been a busy summer and a busy first day back. i m joined by gerard lyons, wes streeting, sebastien payne and isabel hardman. we ll bring you all the developments as they happen. first let s show you how the results looked. just over 57% to liz truss, just over, actuallyjust under 43% to rishi sunak. and let s l
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millions of households are urged to turn off their lights and appliances to tackle an energy crisis. and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to bbc news. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. hello. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declare
of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a criminal act. russia s special operation has resulted in tho