four days on the run. the escaped pet tiger who left johannesburg residents worrying for their safety. hello and welcome. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has announced she will stand down next month, saying she no longer has enough in the tank after 5.5 challenging years in charge. her party will elect her replacement on sunday. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil sent this report. holding khalil sent this report. back tears, as she made this holding back tears, as she made this announcement. i holding back tears, as she made this announcement. this announcement. i will not be seeking this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. - this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in . this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in ani be seeking re-election. in an emotional be seeking re-election. in an emotional press be seeking re-election. in an emotional press conference i emotional press conference jacinda ardern said she w
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a
parties are pitching their final arguments to voters, with just five days until the midterms and economy and crime are playing high. the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing, in less than 30 years. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. hello. the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg at a rally on thursday. one person died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan s vehicle in the eastern city of wazirabad. his supporters took to the streets in several pakistani cities after the attack. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday s protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. rapid gunfire. footage shared on social media, confirmed by the bbc, shows a conscious imran khan with a bandage on his right leg being ta