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legalise same sex marriage. the new family code which is the culmination of efforts by a coalition of lgbtq activists, would help gay couples adopt children and also allow surrogate pregnancies. now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. i m ben brown. we re looking at two of the week s big stories what s happening in russia as men flee the country after president putin s call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use nuclear weapons, and also the british government s announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. well, i m joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news, and latika bourke of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions of pounds. the government says it will boost ec ....
island of luzon has been hit by flooding as a result of heavy rain from super tycoon noru. emergency services in low lying areas have rescued people in low lying areas from the roofs of their houses. noru is the strongest storm to hit the philippines this year. and now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. a few days ago, oleksandr shapoval, one of ukraine s leading ballet dancers, was killed while serving in the ukrainian army fighting the russian invasion. art and culture are not immune from the impact of war. my guest today knows that well. alexei ratmansky is a world renowned choreographer with roots in both russia and ukraine, once director of the bolshoi ballet in moscow, and now putting on a special production of giselle with the united ukrainian ballet, to show the world ukrainian culture lives on. has ballet become a battleground? alexei ratmansky, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, it s an honour to be here. delighted ....
we start with the latest market action and as the trading day began in asia the pound started to slide down nearly 5% at one point against the us dollar that s on top of the 3.6% dive on friday. investors are running for the exits as fears mount the new government s shock and awe tax plans for the uk economy are too big a gamble. on friday the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, announced historic tax cuts, and the biggest increase in borrowing since 1972 to pay for them. there is now calls for the bank of england to take emergency action to calm rattled markets and bolster sterling. so let s look at how the pound is trading now. it has been hovering around just over $1.05 but one hour ago we were looking at the pound buying $1.03 so it has recovered a tiny bit but not much and you can see that the markets in asia are fairly mixed and we have the price of oil edging lower as well. joining me now is simon french, chief economist at panmure gordon. is at panmure gordon. thi ....
Cheering. Russell cook has just run nearly every day for 352 days, covering more than 10,000 miles. Lets go day three. Day four. Day six. The heavens have opened. Hes run through deserts, rainforests, savannahs, mountains and 16 countries. And so far hes raised more than £700,000 for the Running Charity and sandblast. Bit windy. Soon enough, well all be in tunisia, sipping Strawberry Daiquiris on the beach. 0h ho ho hes had complications with his health, visas, the weather. He sneezes. Highs of 39 degrees out here today. Twisted me up . And other man made threats. They said we should go more to the main track. Were going to get blown up over here. Really . Yes. But hes taken it all in his stride. Im too damn ferocious, Boys And Girls in this final stretch, the 27 year old had a little help from his friends a few m ....
Just one or two showers later here. ever changing skies elsewhere, sunshine and showers, most frequent across scotland and down the western coast, one or two spots may avoid showers altogether, but quite breezy compared to of late. strongest winds in the west, gusting up to 50mph. and of course it all adds up to a cool afternoon, and out of the sunshine you will notice temperatures of 10 16, lower than of late, and distinctly chilly in the north east of scotland, 8 degrees cooler than on sunday. through monday night into tuesday, we continue with the strong wind, showers most frequent across northern parts of scotland and a bit cooler particularly in the south and east, but enough of a breeze to stop a frost forming to take this into tuesday. the chart for tuesday, low pressure to the north east of us, trying to move down, sliding towards the south west, a bit closer with a chance of some cloudy conditions, outbreaks of rain close to cornwall and devon but otherwise ....