and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co
light winds, pleasant enough and shower is starting to ease in northern ireland and close to the scottish border. just some linking across the northern and western isles in particular. in terms of the feel of things, 11 to 14 degrees and the stronger winds to the north but further south where the wind remained light is, perhaps those temperatures may peak at around 18, 19 degrees. not bad for this time of year. clear skies by day will allow clear skies through the night, so it is going to turn quite chilly and with lighter winds, we could see some fog forming almost anywhere at risk, england and wales in particular. then some of it could be pretty stubborn to clear away first thing tomorrow morning. chilly start in comparison to the morning just passed across england and wales. a northerly breeze will drive in a few scattered showers across aberdeenshire and early morning fog will live to more sunshine. lovely day in prospect for most of us tomorrow. cloud gathers in to the s
threatening without breaks of rain. overnight tonight, the rain will clear away from scotland and we will be left with a few showers. then, orkney, and aberdeenshire by the end of the night. clear skies allowing temperatures to dip below single figures. laterwe temperatures to dip below single figures. later we will get more moisture coming into that across england and wales. i think that is a recipe for seeing some mist and fog patches. probably the worst of these over wales, the midlands, parts of southern england, as well. any mist and fog could take a while to clear away but otherwise a clear day of weather, lots of sunshine around, a threat of a little rain towards the far south west of england late in the day, and maybe the odd passing shower for the far north east of scotland. for most it is fine and pretty mild. wednesday, another area of low pressure flexes its muscles. the breeze picks up and we see more cloud working in from the south west along with some sporadic
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 could als
battles to salvage her party after a series of u turns. the meeting came hour after she apologised to the states, but she said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election. is it the conservatives into the next general election. the conservatives into the next general election. is it time for liz truss to go? general election. is it time for liz truss to go? cabinet general election. is it time for liz truss to go? cabinet members i truss to go? cabinet members remained truss to go? cabinet members remained tight-lipped - truss to go? cabinet members remained tight-lipped this i truss to go? cabinet members i remained tight-lipped this morning remained tight lipped this morning s and ministers were told by this man that they need to find savings from the departmental budgets as he tries to plug the remaining black hole in the government s finances. he asked most of his predecessor s would be budget, measures that he and alice included a reversal of the 1p and