economic direction, the biggest tax cuts and a half a century in a bid to kickstart growth. and the first woman to win back the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantell dies at the age of 70. welcome to bbc news. the g7, the group of seven wealthiest nations, have condemned the referendums being held in parts of ukraine to decide whether they want to join russia. it added the votes, which are being organised by moscow backed officials, are a breach of the united nations charter. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around 15 per cent of ukraine s territory. voting is expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow s favour. these pictures, filmed in russian occupied donetsk, show representatives taking polling cards to people in their own homes. here, at least, it is not a secret ballot. m
competitive match. she competitive match. could have stopped me a long, she could have stopped me a long, long time ago, but she didn t. she kept going and allowed me to play. it s amazing. thank you. cheering and applause. hello, welcome to the programme. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes, just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014 but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums, saying they are just a sham and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. votes are are expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow
match in the laver cup in london, they lost in a deciding tiebreak. we are back in half an hour. now on bbc news, our world. when it comes to the fight against the coronavirus, one country stands alone. elsewhere, vaccines have meant learning to live with the virus. not in china. this is my lowest point virus. not in china. this is my lowest point and, virus. not in china. this is my lowest point and, you - virus. not in china. this is my lowest point and, you know, l virus. not in china. this is my. lowest point and, you know, as a man i can t do anything. each outbreak is still being met with strict measures to return an area to know new infections. it has held back the death rates and stopped hospitals from being swamped. it is also exhausting the population and hammering the economy. with no clear exit strategy, how long can china keep this up? this is the outskirts of beijing and when you cross that river you are actually crossing into neighbouring hubei province and
a global recession is all but inevitable. and, the first woman to win the booker prize twice, have condemned the referendums being held in parts of ukraine to decide whether they want to join russia. it added the votes, which are being organised by moscow backed officials, are a breach of the united nations charter. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south, and cover around fifteen% of ukraine s territory. voting is expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow s favour. these pictures, filmed in russian occupied donetsk, show representatives taking polling cards to people in their own homes. here, at least, it is not a secret ballot. meanwhile russia is continuing to mobilise its reserve troops, which isn t going entirely smoothly. with the latest, here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. it was the moment the kremlin t
at the lack of action taken to end the economic crisis. police have been deployed to remove camps set up outside the presidential palace. that is that for me. tim will be here at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, iam ros hello, i am ros atkins. welcome to this edition of the media show. we are going to talk about tb political debates, because the conservative party leadership races down to two candidates, rishi sunak and liz truss. there have been two debates between then and some of the other candidates already. one got cancelled after some of the candidates declined to take parts. the bbc is planning another with just the final two. the whole process, the way the debates that played out have raised broader questions about how they are organised, how they serve voters and the country as a whole, and how the broadcasters find the experience. we are going to be speaking tojonathan experience. we are going to be speaking to jonathan from experience. w