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and i m chris rogers the other stories on bbc news. several regions of ukraine occupied by russia begin voting in so called referendums on whether to become part of russia. protests continue across iran after the death of a young woman detained by the morality police . her father says they lied about how she died. and some promising news. scientists say a new type of cancer therapy is looking hopeful. hello, i mjoanna gosling, in westminster ahead of the government s mini budget annoncement this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng is expected to unveil tax cuts and increases in public spending as part of plans to boost economic growth. it s not a full budget that s due later this year but it still has some pretty sizeable changes.let s have a look at what could be announced. the chancellor will confirm it will let people keep more of their earnings by cutting national insurance contributions & go through with the plan to cut corporation tax. the government cou ....
voting begins onjoining russia in four areas of ukraine controlled by pro moscow forces a move widely condemned by the west. wales are beaten in belgium in their penultimate game before the world cup. while also in the nation s league, england will tonight be hoping to rediscover their mojo in milan. open to the public the former gas platform, the former gas platform that s been turned into a seaside visitor attraction. we ll be live from the top of it. it is the autumn equinox today. the weather will turn cooler over the next days. today, many places will be dry, showers in the south east and north west. the details here on breakfast. it s friday, the 23rd of september. our main story. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, is setting out a mini budget later this morning. he s expected to announce a series of tax cuts, along with tens of billions of pounds of public spending. it comes after the bank of england raised interest rates to 2.25% the highest level since 2008. consu ....
e mailand on we are alive and you can get as an e mail and on social media. we are alive and you can get as an e mail and on social media. welcome to outside source. russia and china have two explicit messages. one for north korea, stop your missile and nuclear programmes. and one for the us and south korea, stop yourjoint military exercises. first here s vladimir putin. we agreed to actively promote ourjoint initiative based on the russian plan of gradual korean resolution and chinese ideas of parallel freezing of nuclear missile activity of north korea and large scale joint drills of the united states of america and the republic of korea. this all in response to north korea s latest missile test. until now north korea s missile range has been 4000km at most. that s already enough to hit south korea and japan now though now though it claims it s range is close to 7000km. that brings alaska into range, though not the main part of the us. this is serious but doesn t equa ....
on that later. and we ll be getting the inside track on on a business that s been milking big profits around the globe, we re going to be speaking to the boss of arla, one of the world s biggest dairy companies. also, as volvo calls time on the internal combustion engine, are you ready to give up your gas guzzler? get in touch, just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. today, the eu commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to general motors for the $2.5bn sale of its european operations. gm is hoping to off load vauxhall and opel to the psa group, that s the french company, which owns peugeot and citroen. it s easy to see why general motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about $9.1 billion since 2009. if successful, the deal would make psa the continent s second biggest car maker, after volkswagen, and ahead of french rival, renault. opel employs 38,000 people across europe, ....