president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. d
landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. burkina faso s army captain has ousted military leader paul henri damiba and has dissolved the government. it is the country s second coup in eight months. the first round of brazil s presidential election is approaching. this sunday, people will head to the polls, in a vote billed as the country s most important one since returning to democracy in 1989. hello welcome to bbc news we begin this hour. president putin has announced the illegal annexation of four regions of ukraine that are in part controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied tojoin nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had spar
territory. here in the uk, pressure on the tech giants as a coroner rules social media did play a part in the suicide of molly russell.here in the uk, pressure on the tech hurricane ian has made landfall in south carolina after devastating florida. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with using its land by force. after it announced the annexation of four regions in ukraine it is the biggest regions of ukraine that are in part controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremli
We start with the latest on the Israel Gaza War. The United Nations Security Council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. Its Secretary General warned that the situation there has reached a dangerous new low, as israel prepares for a Ground Offensive. Its a week ago today that hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments launched its attack on israel. During the night the Israeli Military continued, as you can see from these pictures, to hit targets from the air. The Israel Defence forces also released this video of air strikes on what it says are anti tank Missile Launchers in gaza. The army also confirmed it has carried out localised raids inside gaza ahead of its expected Ground Offensive. Officials say the raids were to eliminate the threat of terrorist cells and infrastructure. In other developments, the United Nations estimates than Tens Of Thousands in gaza have fled after the israeli evacuation warning. The original de
Hamas, has urged residents to stay put. More than one Million People are believed to live in the north of gaza. There are warnings that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is deepening, with shortages of food, clean water and electricity strikes from israel are continuing in gaza tonight. These are pictures from the last hour or so. Hamas Officials Say that on friday 70 people, mostly women and children, were killed by israeli air strikes on convoys fleeing gaza city. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says israeli strikes have killed at least 1,900 people in gaza, including 614 children in retaliation for the more than 1300 people who have died in israel since the hamas attack on saturday. So those were pictures from a few minutes ago. Lets show you the situation in gaza right now. Its a little after four in the morning. As weve been reporting, fuel and electricity are in short supply. Residents in the north continue to flee under israeli evacuation orders. Meanwhile, the Palestinia