circumstances surrounding these claims? you have 60 seconds. as i said that s a lie and, you know, i put it in a book, one thing about my life i ve been very transparent. georgia, senate nominee herschel walker questioned about allegations that he once paid for a former girlfriend s abortion. we re breaking down the key takeaways from that closely watched debate. plus, the republican candidate for governor of arizona, kari lake refuses to say whether she would accept an election loss this november. and russia launches a new round of missile strikes on kyiv. we ll get a live report coming up in just a few moments. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 17th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. air raid signs are again ringing out in kyiv after another round of russian attacks against the ukrainian capital. for the second straight week, emergency crews are on the ground
hello, i m lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that
starting your day and week with us. we ll begin with the war in ukraine. air raid signs are again ringing out in kyiv after another round of russian attacks against the ukrainian capital. for the second straight week, emergency crews are on the ground there responding to the damage reportedly caused by kamikaze drones. u.s. officials say russia s depleted military stockpile is being replenished by iran which is preparing to send even more weapons to vladimir putin s army in the coming days. there s no word yet on any casualties caused by the most recent attacks and joining us now live by phone from kyiv is ukraine bureau chief for the washington post isabel kershudian. are you safe and what is the sense of these latest round of attacks? reporter: yeah, thanks for having me. i am safe. you know, i woke up this morning
coming here with the air raid signs, and the occurrence here and leave, many people taking cover underground was some of the shelters. there is no metro station, but there are some shopping centers under grounds and we did see people taking shelter there. it s very notable that just a week ago, many of the students here at this university town where downing had to be this full-scale rush old russian they were working and now making bomn some cases. walking by a group of students not just making the molotov cocktails, but big jugs that might ve been the roadside bombs to blow up the armor, speaking of, the u.s. officials say that washington is not nearly as far as they would ve liked on day five of the full-scale invasion, but right now the capital is surrounded. we have heard about that russian convoy with hundreds there are also attacks in