legalise same sex marriage. the new family code which is the culmination of efforts by a coalition of lgbtq activists, would help gay couples adopt children and also allow surrogate pregnancies. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost economic
i m amara walker. in the dark, intensified attacks by russia leave more than a half a million people without power in ukraine and this morning there are no signs that the attacks are letting pup we ll have the latest. plus, full speed ahead on student debt relief. the white house doubling down against the legal challenges facing a signature program for the biden administration. what it means for millions across the country. a shooting at a hospital in dallas leaves two people dead. we re going to have the latest on the investigation and tell you what we know about the suspect. nasa getting ready to launch a new study on ufos. what could their research reveal? we ll talk about that ahead. it is the start of a new week. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 23rd. thank you so much for waking up with us. we are awake, right, boris? how are you doing? we re awake. we re getting there. warming up. we are warming up. that s right. great to be with you. we re followi
now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start off with you. this is being called a gamble for growth . is it a gamble that s going to pay off, do you think? well, it s certainly a gamble. i hav
for artisanal bakeries. more now on the dramatic win for brazil s former president luiz inacio da silva. as you ve been hearing lula has been re elected after very narrowly defeating the incumbent jair bolsonaro in the second round of voting. celebrating his victory, he said the winners were the brazilian people and he wanted to improve their lives. lula s win marks a return to left wing governance in latin america s largest nation and the challenges facing him are great following a bitter campaign. he will take office onjanuary land faces a huge challenge to unite a deeply divided nation and boost an economy grappling with rising inflation. joining me now isjimena blanco, head of americas research at risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. jimena, goodesy. let s start by mentioning the fact that jair bolsonaro is yet to concede. correct, yes. and he has refused to see some of his closest advisers. you know, earlier in the weekend he did concede to a in brazil that he wo
democrats. okay. to honor those of who you do work and do make this country as great as it is. that do believe in thetali capitalist system and theer american system. you are the ones we celebrate today, that i c celebrate in today s special show. celebrate we have great h guests wave have seen. yea you will love this lwe start with pete hegseth. one of my favorite people in the world is pete hegseth, a great patriot, smart. a fighter. an honor to have you on. you have written a book that is sk tho greatly important. i don t know how you timedit it. for the american mind, uprooting a century of miseducation, this appliesin to everything going on today. if the radical left hass control of education, can k-12 in brain washingil our children it is over.why why did you write this book. boo i don t want it to be over. like you.e only an educate the populous is a free populous, that is what your founders understood, that is also what the left knows. you wrote a book thatt contrib