zelensky condemn the russian invasion at the un general assembly. the us leader says it s a shameless violation of the un charter. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. a crime has been committed against ukraine a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the new york state s attorney general files a civil lawsuit against donald trump and three of his children for fraud. and a special report from china on the governments zero covid strategy. we begin in russia where more than a thousand people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin s announced partial mobilisation of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand could be called up to fight in ukraine the first mobilisation of civilians since world war two. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks. addressing the un general assembly, pr
let s get down to business. as promised, we have more for you on the nato summit that will be getting under way in a few hours time. where, as you ve been hearing, finland and sweden have joined the alliance after turkey dropped its opposition against their membership. so, two of the hot topics at the summit are deciding whether russia or china is the biggest threat to world stability currently, and how to share the combined costs of defence security. members are expected to meet the nato target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defence. the uk presently spends 2.1% of its gdp on security, but there have been calls for an increase after russia s invasion of ukraine. michael rowe is vice president of aerospace and defence at frost & sullivan. good morning to you, michael. first of all, finland, sweden joining nato. what does that mean in money terms? good morning- mean in money terms? good morning. when mean in money terms? good morning. when you - mean in money
Fear, and suicide. When we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said that the mental torture that they went through was beyond anything. They said the money actually became secondary for them. Shouting. Nobody saw this coming. Only a fortnight ago, the Us National Security adviser said the middle east was quieter than it had been for years. Israelis were celebrating a religious holiday. Soldiers were on leave. Politicians were taking time off at home. It was uncannily similar to what happened 50 years ago in 1973, when egypt and syria launched their totally unexpected attack on israel in the yom kippur war. Israel survived, but no one s ever forgotten the moment of utter israeli vulnerability, nor the successes of the arab armies, just as no one will forget israels total intelligence blank this time. Israel says hamas deliberately targeted israeli civilians. An american official called it the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. Weve seen clear visual evidence of appal
Wales lose to argentina. And its the end for jonny sexton and ireland, too, as theyre narrowly beaten by new zealand in paris. A rather chilly start to the day. Touchy frost this morning as well. For many of us it will be dry. Some sunshine as well. I will have the details shortly. Its sunday, the 15th of october. Our main story the Israeli Military says its planning an attack on gaza by air, sea and land, as the countrys Prime Minister warns The Next Stage of the war with hamas is coming. More thani million palestinians living in north gaza have been told by israel to evacuate south ahead of the expected Ground Offensive. The World Health Organization has condemned the Evacuation Order, and warned forcing Hospital Patients to relocate would be tantamout to a Death Sentence. Just over a week ago hamas, designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments including the uk, killed 1,300 people in israel and took more than 120 hostage. The Palestinian Health authority says m
Now on bbc news, john simpson presents his program unspun world. Hello, and welcome to unspun world. Im john simpson. Not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, ill be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. But also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. Is there any foolproof way of stopping the Illegal Movement of people . Shouldnt we start thinking further upstream . Are we dealing with Development Issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place . The Us Government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary Americans Care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately . A lot of republican voters, a lot of republican Rank And File members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. A government has gotten too big that if something isnt done very, very soon, that itll be too late to save the country. And in india