he s the education secretary, kit malthouse. four years before then he did more junior roles, having been deputy to borisjohnson, not as prime minister, but when he was mayor of london. kit malthouse is seen as a fixer. he becomes the fifth education secretary in a little over a year, a sign ofjust how unstable politics has been. kit malthouse, welcome to political thinking. thank you. i m flattered to be here. well, it s been a roller coaster ride this week, hasn t it? it has been a challenging week, as they say. i think that s the euphemism that politicians use. but hopefully things will settle, although i have to say it comes. i mean, i got elected in 2015 and it s been a pretty much a roller coaster ride since 2016. so leadership elections, general elections, referendums, pandemics, wars, it s been a, you know, a bit of a roller coaster. so i sort of feel a bit seasoned towards it. and to be honest with you, nick, ifind myself a bit surprised that people are surprised be
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lemann, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. alina frolova is a former deputy defence minister of ukraine and is now the deputy chairman of the centre for defence strategy think tank. she told me more about the significance of this development. you know, that yesterday russia declared its so call
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub, and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. ukraine s counteroffensives have slowed, but for ukrainians, progress is still progress. traces of occupation are being removed, and quickly. lyman was a logistics hub for russia s invasi
and arguably what russia may do, in terms of retaliation, against civilians in ukraine? well, actually, yesterday was zaporizhzhia, today it is kupiansk who has the same situation. the civilians, 20 who are dead, 13 children, no one stay alive so, yes, obviously russia are starting to hit specifically the civilians. they know where they are located because this is actually established routes for driving people between occupied and non occupied territories, and they are hitting specifically there, like paying back for the counteroffensive we did. gas has begun flowing down a new pipeline from norway to poland that will give central and eastern europe another alternative option to russian energy. poland had been dependent on russia
tomorrow s sunday times newspaper reports that prime minister liz truss ordered him not to take part but the palace says the decision was taken in the spirit of mutual friendship and respect . you are watching bbc news, the headlines this hour: russian troops withdraw from a strategic east ukraine town to avoid being surrounded by the ukrainian military. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still suffering widespread power outages in the wake of hurricane ian. the two frontrunners in brazil s highly polarised presidential election have been holding their final rallies ahead of sunday s vote. all major polls have put former leftist president luiz inacio lula de silva ahead of right wing incumbant, jair bolsonaro, but anxiety over a contested outcome remains. laura trevelyan reports from rio dejaneiro. welcome to rio on this final day of campaigning in brazil s presidential election,