is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the treasury select committee to bring you his economic plans. we will have updates about shortly. a hearing is under way at the supreme court on whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. there is at the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface and it s exactly a0 years since henry viii s flagship the mary rose was raised from the bottom of the solent after 437 years under the sea. we can now go straight to the nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg to his reaction on those russian strikes in ukraine yesterday and today. we strikes in ukraine yesterday and toda . ~ . today. we will further increase the -rotection today. we will further increase the protection of today. we will further increase the protection of our today. we will further increase the protection of our critical p
unleashing a new wave of deadly drone attacks and ukraine has a new problem to the north. plus a deadly fire at a iranian prison as protesters across that country grow. the journalist who was wrong wrongfully imprisoned for a year and a half is our guest. and k pop bts putting musical careers on hold taking on a very different job. that is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. kyiv under attack this morning once again. russian forces started yet another week of strikes on civilians across ukraine. [ sound of gunfire ] explosions as you see could be heard in the capitol as russia launched a barrage of kamikaze drone attacks. four people were killed according to the city s mayor so far. rescue operations are still underway at this hour to try to pull people from the rubble. ukraine has accused iran of supplying russia with the drones but iran denies it and now a new concern at ukraine s northern border. russian troops are now in belar
we really haven t got the detail. and i m geeta guru murthy in the studio our other headlines. the un security council hears calls for a security zone to shield ukraine s zaporizhzhia power plant, which is under russian control. reports say documents seized by fbi agents at donald trump s home include highly sensitive nuclear papers of a foreign power. welcome to the heart of british government where politicians hope to make the weather politically but they cannot do much about the weather we are experiencing at the moment. . , , , ., moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, the moment. excuse the sunshine and shadows. certainly, the cabinet i shadows. certainly, the cabinet misses me in down the street a few minutes ago were in sunshine and the smiles which is entirely understandable, many of them around the cabinet table for the first time. the new politically office yesterday and begins to get her feet un
hurricane. meantime, hundreds of thousands of people now without power in canada, as fiona makes landfall there. this powerful storm is not letting up after you may recall it left a wave of destruction in puerto rico. we re going to have the latest on that storm s track. and it sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. nasa gets ready to slam a refri refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. we ll tell you why and give you the latest details on this fascinating mission. it is finally here. the weekend. thank you so much for sharing part of it with us. saturday, september 24th. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. and yes, everyone, thank you so much for waking up with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to. and a lot of storm coverage. two major storms to talk about this morning. first, hurricane fiona now a post-tropical cyclone making landfall in eastern canada. and we re seeing our first images of the storm as it make the landfall this m
the soaring cost of petrol and diesel and the competition watchdog launches an investigation into the way prices at the pump are regulated. way prices at the pump are regulated- way prices at the pump are reaulated. , ., ., . and in the wimbledon men s semi final, britain s cameron norrie loses in four sets to novak djokovic. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. they share their impressions of the reasons for boris johnson s departure and the reasons for who and what come next. welcome to bbc news and apologies for my sneezing fit. really caught me unawares that time. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and his deputy, angela rayner, have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign