deputy foreign minister. the chancellor has brought forward by three weeks a fiscal statement he was to deliver in november, in a bid to reassure the financial markets. tonight with the context, the former labour mp and cabinet minister caroline flint and the republican strategist rina shah. welcome to the programme. the french president, emmanuel macron who has tried to maintain an open channel with moscow said today s strikes on ukraine signalled a profound change in the conduct of the war. in a televised address, vladimir putin said he personally had ordered the strikes as revenge for the weekend s attack on the kerch bridge. the targets, he said, were ukraine s energy, command and communication, structures. but as so often is the case, the missiles landed on busy intersections, in parks and tourist areas of kyiv, with an intensity not seen since the early days of the war. there were strikes across the country from the east to the west. ukraine s major cities were
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a
liverpool a couple of weeks ago. detectives are saying they have arrested two men in the relation of the murder of nine year old olivia. one suspect arrested on suspicion of murder. the men were arrested in the runcorn area in the early hours of the morning to stop a 34 year old man from liverpool arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, he is in police custody and is being questioned by detectives now. and separate the, a 41 year old man from knowsley on merseyside arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, also in custody. the detective chief superintendent leading the inquiry has said, i continue to urge anyone who s information can help our investigation into the tragic murder to come forward so we can bring those responsible to justice. to come forward so we can bring those responsible tojustice. two arrests and one of them, a suspect on suspicion of the murder of olivia pratt korbel, the nine year old girl who died in liverpool. now on bbc news hardtal
To the world. Meanwhile, on wednesday, a Russian Missile attack killed at least 17 people, in the northern ukrainian city of chernihiv, while more than 70 others were injured. And president zelensky, has again called for ukraine to get the same International Military support, as israel. Our correspondent on the ground, james waterhouse, has more. It has been a day of chaos in chernihiv where people have been diving for cover. Missile attacks come with little warning here. You might hear a siren but disclosures will soon follow. Why . This because it is a 70 miles from the border with russia and while chernihiv is farfrom russia and while chernihiv is far from the frontline, it is still subject to russias continued strategy of targeting ukrainian cities in the hope that the populations morale will be quashed to some degree. We are seeing a well rehearsed routine of rescue teams trying to get to people under the rubble but there really is, the civilians, no escaping russias continued inv
energy infrastructure but of course russian forces are continuing to advance taking square kilometre after square kilometre of ukrainian territory. kilometre of ukrainian territory- kilometre of ukrainian territo ., , territory. james waterhouse there. earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda sat down for an exclusive interview with the ukrainian prime minister denys shymal. we saw today the news the speaker of the house mike johnson really of the bill for supported funding for ukraine. more than $61 billion of support. would you think about this? , ., ., , this? first of all, they give havin: this? first of all, they give having me this? first of all, they give having me here this? first of all, they give having me here today. - this? first of all, they give - having me here today. ukraine is continuing fight for freedom and democratic values. we continue and democratic values. we continue to protect european borders. continue to protect european borders. the united states is on