but russia s president putin says the missile strike is retaliation for what he called a terrorist attack by ukraine on a key bridge in crimea. we ll have the latest from kyiv and moscow and asking whether russia is now escalating the war. also this lunchtime. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng bows to pressure and brings forward his plan for balancing the government s finances. striking barristers deliver their verdict on a government pay offer they will accept it and go back to work. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others, as her trial begins in manchester. and the scourge of plastic fishing nets that trap wildlife in our seas could a new recycling plan offer a solution? and coming up on the bbc news channel, sprinter cj ujah is banned for nearly two years after testing positive for two banned substances at last year s tokyo olympic games. good afternoon. they re trying to wipe us off the face of the earth the words of ukr
relationship, saying it will be more about equality between the country rather than as she sees it, muscular unionism. officially there is no independence referendum in the offing currently, but later this week there will be the supreme court case where scottish government lawyers will argue the powers to legislate for an independence referendum libint msps at holyrood. uk government lawyers disagree. if there is to be no independence referendum down that route we know the snp plan is to run in the next uk general election as a proxy, at de facto independence referendum. some uncertainty among some of the delegates at conference how that could bring about independence. historically, the snp has talked about oil and what back a de facto independence referendum. some uncertainty among some of the delegates at conference how that could bring about independence. historically, the snp has talked about oil and what bacca did for has moved on, as it talking about renewables. we can expect wit