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 russia s defence ministry admits its troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled. it isjust troops have withdrawn to avoid being encircled.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
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. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. shutters down, empty platforms it s the most disruptive train strike yet. i ve got no train, so now i m having to. i ve just rung my husband, he s got to drive two hours, well, longer than that, down to here, to pick me up. everything has gone up in price so they need to be paid for the work they are doing. but i don t like the strike, no. so, for my money, 100% behind them, all power to them, - and i hope they win. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to raise money for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant changing her plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart. i couldn t even begin to think of how we would get there. ijust worried, until we knew what our plan was, ijust panicked. the red lines on this map sh
a man has been charged with murdering nine year old 0livia pratt korbel five weeks after she was shot in the chest at her home in liverpool. 34 year old thomas cashman is accused of killing 0livia, who died after convicted burglar joseph nee was chased into herfamily s property in dovecot in august. at a press conference in liverpool this evening, maria corr from the crown prosecution service outlined the charges. let s hear what she said. the crown prosecution service has authorised merseyside police to charge thomas cashman, 3a, from grenadier drive, west derby, with the murder of a nine year old 0livia pratt korbel. also, the attempted murder ofjoseph nee and cheryl korbel on the 22nd of august 2022. cashman additionally has been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. i have further authorised the police to charge paul russell, 40, from snowbury road west derby, with assisting an offender. i, on behalf of cps mersey cheshire, have
in several sectors of the frontline near the city of kherson which has been occupied by moscow since the early days of the invasion. it comes as ukrainian forces launch a long awaited counter offensive in the south of the country. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s homes at the end of the uk s hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating drought for east af
said the authorities will re evaluate safety at football matches and consider not allowing spectators. this is after the stampede we think has killed 129 people. and the chief security minister is saying the football stadium was beyond capacity. our news reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. this happened on saturday night between arema and persebaya and when the home team lost, that is when trouble began because fans rushed onto the pitch. police said they began firing tear gas because they said it was a dangerous situation and they needed to control things. after the release of tear gas people began scrambling, trying to leave the stadium. the death toll now is a 129 people, many reported to have died because of trampling and suffocation. around 180 people have been hospitalised and is expected the fatalities will continue to rise. , , ., ., rise. lets bring in jonathan head. rise. lets bring in jonathan head- just rise. lets bring in jonathan he