and a hollywood comeback the golden globes return to television screens after being dropped due to a lack of diversity. and twilight of the tigris. why climate change is having a devastating impact on one of the world s most famous rivers. the globe. western leaders are warning president putin not to attempt areas of the country said they would hold referendums on becoming part of russia. there are plans for votes to take place in donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions here in red but a chorus of leaders at the un general assembly in new york said such ballots would be a sham. more on the implications of such a move in a moment, but it does come as russia has suffered a series of setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine recently. and in areas newly liberated by ukrainian forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum a warning, orla s r
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president putin has announced a partial military mobilisation to help fight the war ukraine. in a television address, president putin said the west wanted the end of russia just as it had brought the soviet union to an end. it comes a day after russian occupied territories in ukraine announced votes on joining russia. that mobilisation the first since world war ii is aimed at those with previous military experience and begins today. 300,000 reservists will also be called up to reinforce the russian military in ukraine. mr putin also said that he would support independence in areas of eastern ukraine currently controlled by russia backed separatists. here s some of what president putin said in his address on russian television. translation: | repeat, | we are talking of a partial mobilisation only. 0nly people in the military reserve will be drafted. the priority will be on people who served in the armed
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing
fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab her family say they ve good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating, she and cabinet meeting, she and the new chancellor speaking at that meeting and the chancellor was setting out his plan, his thoughts on spending cuts which he said were on the way, he said that departments should agree those spending cuts by the end oaf week so a tight timetable there, and, they were meeting of course after he tore up most of that mini budget, the liz truss economic policy, t
and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co