the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
Hell co chair a meeting with georgia meloni, the Prime Minister of italy, which has already seen more than 100,000 migrants land on its shores this year, five times the number that the uk has had. Live now to granada, and our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. The issue of migration is hardly a new one, so how likely is it that the summit today will get anywhere close to the creative europe Wide Solutions that the british Prime Minister is calling for . The summit here in spain minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is a minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is a loose minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is a loose one. Minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is a loose one. It minister is calling for . The summit here in spain is a loose one. It has| here in spain is a loose one. It has very little agenda, there is no secretariat and no communique at the end. It simply an oppo
Boycotted the meeting complaining of pro armenian bias. Migration is the other big topic up for discussion. Prime minister rishi sunak is on his way he wants more action on illegal migration and hell ask for, what he calls creative europe wide solutions. Hell co chair a meeting with georgia meloni, the Prime Minister of italy, which has already seen more than 100,000 migrants land on its shores this year five times the number whove reached the uk. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale, whos at that summit in granada with more. The summit here in spain is a very loose one. It has very little agenda, there is no secretariat and no communique at the end. It simply an opportunity for leaders from the eu and non eu countries to get together and share ideas to try to have some discussion about where they can go on the big issues of the day. As you say, ukraine is a big one. Also immigration. The british Prime Minister, rishi sunak, is co chairing a meeting with the italian Prime M
Who will set out his economic plans in next months Autumn Statement he has said tax cuts are virtually impossible at present. Live now to manchester to speak to our political correspondent, nick eardley. The focus will be on the Economy Today and tax cuts and some people asking for higher wages as well. Good morning. There will be higher wages for a lotta people because the government is confirming today the National Wage will go up to £11, not a huge surprise because the government follows the recommendations it gets pretty much every opportunity. You are also right tax continues to be a debate within the conservative party, different wings calling for different wings calling for different things. The chancellor saying steady as she goes for the moment, some of the allies of liz truss, they are still around and making those arguments, saying we need to go faster and be bolder with tax cuts and one man involved in drawing up the policy on this is the Chief Secretary to the treasury. T
Playing under a peaceful sky at last. Just two weeks ago, these children were hiding in bomb shelters. 15 year old macias says everything still feels like a bad dream. When on 19 september, azerbaijan launched its Military Offensive to establish full control over nagorno karabakh, he was at school in his hometown of martuni. Translation at around 2pm, we finished lessons at school. | i was On My Way Home with a friend. We heard loud banging. At first, i thought it was a military exercise. Then the explosions started to happen, one after another. We ran to the nearby Police Station to hide in the basement to save our lives. Macias is sheltering in the centre in the outskirts of goris with his parents, siblings and his aunt. Everyone here is traumatised by the violence and the sudden uprooting from their homes. We didnt imagine that all this would happen to us, says lucina, the mother of four. We have been abandoned, were alone, she says. The armenian authorities have provided temporary