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reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the ....
they flew right over. i thought they d missed me. and then they turned round and they saved my life. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh will stop carrying out public engagements this autumn. prince philip, who will be 96 next month, made the decision himself with the full support of the queen. the palace says the queen will continue to carry out a full programme of official engagements. the duke of edinburgh is the longest serving consort in british history the prime minister said she offered him the country s deepest gratitude and good wishes. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell‘s report contains some flash photography. arriving at st james‘s palace a short time ago, side by side, as we are accustomed to seeing them, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. but this, come the autumn, will be the exception. the duke has decided, finally, just a few weeks short of hi ....
crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. welcome to bbc newsroom. the foreign secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the public sector pay cap. the limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a government source says borisjohnson 2020, that a government source says boris johnson strongly 2020, that a government source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public finances. how would this pay cap be paid for. i think what it tells us is the chances of being able to stick by the public sector pay cap for the next couple of years looks increasingly remote because we have now had up to six cabinet ministers weather themselves through their intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this i% intermediate trees, saying that they need to look again at this 1% cap. borisjohnson suggesting this can be done without what he calls fiscal ....
1:00am in london and 8:00pm in washington, where the investigation into the trump campaign s links with russia has ta ken another extraordinary twist. donald trumer, the president s son, has released e mails that show he was eager to accept an offer from the russian government to help with the election campaign. he was promised official documents that would incriminate his father s rival, hillary clinton. trumer‘s response if it is what you say, i love it. at the very least, an intent to collude with a foreign power. gavin hewitt reports. congratulations, dad. we love you! donald trumer was at the heart of his father s election campaign. today, he embarked on a high risk strategy. fearing more revelations about a meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer in june of last year, he decided to disclose the e mails between himself and the publicist who arranged the meeting. the e mails raise serious and disturbing questions. the four pages of e mails reveal exchanges ....
the state sponsored doping scandal, in life on the run. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we live here in great yarmouth, where people are collecting sandbags as we speak, preparing for high tide and a possible storm surge in just over one hour s time. but up and down the east coast of england, there are severe flood warnings in place. 17 severe flood warnings, that means a possible threat to life, and another 91 flood warnings that mean immediate action should be taken. here in great yarmouth, 5000 homes are being evacuated by police and military personnel. although many people have said they want to stay in their homes to defend them if they have two. in essex, inj wick, 2500 homes being evacuated there as well. jaywick. from early this morning people in great yarmouth braved the cold and snow to prepare for worse, potentially life threatening, conditions ahead. there are some centres on there you can go to. emergency services knocked on thousands of doors, urg ....