hello and welcome. many russian citizens are trying to flee the country to escape the military mobilisation announced vladimir putin. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out and there are long queues on other border crossings. they are holding referendums in one of four contested areas on whether they want to join the russian federation. the west describes these as a sham. this isjohn kirby. we believe that these will be sham referenda, they will not be legitimate and they will not be free orfairand they are preordained to allow mr putin to say, look, this is russian territory and now, ukrainian attacks are on the motherland, not on ukrainian territory, which is, of course, not true. and as you heard jake sullivan, our national security adviser, say yesterday, we are not going to recognise that and so many other nations around the world aren t going to recognise that. this is nothing more than a ploy by vladimir putin to try to gain, through some
but most staff think it is. so who s right? we ll be hearing from the ceos of microsoft and linkedin. a new era for britain. that is how the new finance minister chancellor of the exchequer kwasi kwarteng is billing his plan for boosting the uk economy. mr kwarteng will be announcing the full details in the coming hours. but we already know the direction of travel. cut taxes, rip up regulations, and encourage more investment by the private sector. the government s already confirmed massive support for households and businesses to limit soaring energy bills this winter to be paid for by more borrowing. but some critics have questioned the affordability of the plan. and others argue lower taxes will do little to help the poorest in society. coletta smith reports. we will sit in here. i will brin: we will sit in here. i will bring it we will sit in here. i will bring it over we will sit in here. i will bring it over for - we will sit in here. i will bring it over for yo
May. it is important that people don t compare this to your household budget. most experts would agree borrowing big is notjust the right way, but the only way to move forward at the moment. in fact, some argue we should be borrowing even more while interest rates are low and the bounce back looks encouragingly strong, although obviously you cannot go on forever. some big decisions about who gets to pay for it in terms of taxation, decisions for the chancellor. i m glad i have to report on them rather than make those decisions. it will not be easy. than make those decisions. it will not be easy- there s been a huge rise in the number of people who don t have the most basic furniture for their home. one charity in bath says demand for their help has gone up by almost a third during the pandemic. fiona lamdin reports. fiona, this was a shell there was just nothing here, there was underlying concrete. got the carpets, new bed in plastic, lovely chest of drawers, which was just fantasti