a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. and from a dead rat to an exploding martini glass. the bbc gets rare access into the cia s secret museum where thousands of exhibits and artefacts mark the agency s 75 year history. hello and welcome to bbc news. voting is under way in italy s general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. opinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first ever female prime minister, and its first far right leader since mussolini, in giorgia meloni. a win for her party would be expected to see the return of silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini to government, two men who ve had ties to russia s president putin. our rome correspondent mark lowen reports. there are some things that italians agree on they ve got the best coffee and food and many they don t. politics is one of them, and it s
vladimir putin of sending russian conscripts to their death in ukraine by forcing them to fight in the war. a british man freed after being held by russian backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. hello and welcome to bbc news. voting is under way in italy s general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. 0pinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first ever female prime minister, and its first far right leader since mussolini, in giorgia meloni. a win for her party would be expected to see the return of silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini to government, two men who ve had ties to russia s president putin. 0ur rome correspondent, mark lowen, reports. there are some things that italians agree on they ve got the best coffee and food and many they don t. politics is one of them, and it s at the fore today in a crunch election. it was sparked injuly when the
leana hosea has this report. tropical storm fiona has battered eastern canada, leaving devastation in its wake. houses were washed into the sea, and hundreds of thousands of people are left without power as winds up to 100 mph bring down power lines. emergency teams are already working to clear the roads of the huge amount of debris and fallen trees left in its wake. two women were reportedly swept into the ocean in newfoundland. the south west tip of newfoundland bore the brunt of the storm. the mayor declared a state of emergency and evacuated parts of the town that were flooded.
now freed in a deal brokered by saudi arabia between russia and ukraine, aiden aslin says he s amazed to be back home and among people who don t want to hurt him. simon jones, bbc news. the military has been deployed to canada s nova scotia province after tropical storm fiona battered the coastline. hundreds of thousands of people across five provinces have been left without power and officials have warned of severe damage to critical infrastructure. leana hosea has this report. tropical storm fiona has battered eastern canada, leaving devastation in its wake. houses were washed into the sea, and hundreds of thousands of people are left without power as winds up to 100 mph bring down power lines. emergency teams are already working to clear the roads of the huge amount of debris and fallen trees left in its wake. two women were reportedly swept into the ocean in newfoundland. port aux basques on the south west tip of newfoundland bore the brunt of the storm.