former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f
pressures will require a stronger response than we perhaps in august. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault. more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st james s park good afternoon. the new chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, who has refused to rule out public spending cuts, and said taxes may have to rise. mr hunt appointed yesterday after kwasi kwarteng was sacked from the job said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of difficult decisions ahead . and in a further problem for the government, the governor of the bank of england has predicted that in order to combat inflation uk interest rates may have to rise even higher than expecte
more than a0 turkish miners are now known to have died following an underground explosion dozens of others were injured. and rugby league world cup hosts england get off to a flying start, crushing samoa in the opening game of the tournament at st james s park. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has indicated there ll be major changes to liz truss entire economic strategy. in a round of interviews this morning, mr hunt said mistakes had been made by the government and warned of what he called very difficult decisions ahead. he suggested taxes could rise to help restore market confidence and also talked about spending cuts. mr hunt was appointed yesterday after the prime minister sacked his predecessor, kwasi kwarteng. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. congratulations, mr chancellor. hours into his newjob, the chancellor was tasked with setting out his stall, it was a very different one from the one the prime minister set out. on wednesday, she said she is abs
photographs of her dead husband and daughter after a fatal helicopter crash. and the scottish city returning cultural artefacts looted from india during british rule in the 19th century. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34 year old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of the islamic state group which terrorised large swathes of iraq and syria between 2014 and 2017. beatings, electrocutions and mock executions were carried out by the jihadists on western hostages, who called their torturers the beatles due to their english accents. elsheikh