at least 10 people have been killed following another day of protests in iran over the death of a young woman in custody. the father of the british teenager who took her own life after viewing harmful content online tells an inquest how shocked he was after she died to discover the hideous material she d been looking at. and we have a special report from central china as the government continues with its zero covid strategy. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president volodymyr zelensky of ukraine has received a standing ovation after addressing the united nations general assembly in new york. in a pre recorded video speech delivered in english, mr zelensky said russia deserved to be punished for stealing ukrainian territory and murdering civilians. barbara plett reports. mr zelenskyy got a standing ovation, strong support was shown for his appearance, and he had to have a special he was the only leader he was able to give a video address, because
liz truss, has been addressing the un general assembly. in her speech she said her country would give military aid to ukraine until it prevails in its war with russia. she also stressed her support for democracies around the world. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. like a gambler desperate to reverse a losing streak, vladimir putin is raising the stakes as he loses ground in ukraine. he has announced a partial mobilisation for this war which he claims is not a war and is bigging up his threats to go nuclear if necessary. so what does this mean for ukraine and the support it relies on in the west? my guest is ivanna klympush tsintsadze, chair of the ukrainian parliament s eu integration committee. can putin s threats undermine support for kyiv? ivanna klympush tsintsadze mp, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i just wonder that if you have any mixed feelings about
protests spread across the world following the death in custody of a young woman in iran. # starry, starry night. # paint your palate blue and grey. and painting with words. why the hand written lyrics of this famous song could sell for more than $1 million. hello and welcome. the war in ukraine has dominated the united nations general assembly in new york. in his speech, president zelensky said russia must face just punishment for its aggression against his country. he called for a special war tribunal to hold russia accountable and for a compensation fund to make it pay for the war. the new british prime minister, liz truss, promised to sustain military support for ukraine for as long as it took. she said the international alliance remained strong and threats by the russian leader, vladimir putin, would not work. our un correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest. on the second day of the general assembly, there were some strong calls for nations to stand firm in bac
clean up the aviation industry? we get airborne to find out. we start in the us where the central bank has raised the cost of borrowing to its highest level in m years as it tries to rein in soaring prices. the federal reserve hiked its benchmark rate by three quarters of a percentage point to a range of between 3% and 3.75%. the feds chair, jerome powell, warned there were more rises to come, but said there is no painless way to get inflation under control. households and businesses here in the uk are also braced for more expensive borrowing with the bank of england widely expected to announce a hefty rate rise in the next few hours. more on that in a moment. first, let s hearfrom our us business correspondent michelle fleury in new york. the message from the federal reserve unmistakable, we are here to fight inflation, this is the first time us central bank has raised interest rates and smudged in response to prices rising at the fastest pace for four decades, prices r