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Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im ben brown. Were looking at two of the weeks big stories whats happening in russia as men flee the country after president putins call up of reservists to fight in ukraine and his threat to use Nuclear Weapons, and also the british governments announcement of sweeping tax cuts the most far reaching for half a century. Well, im joined to discuss all this with polly toynbee, columnist from the guardian, Stephanie Baker of bl...

logos, it is going to remain on the very unsettled side. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight. more woe for wales, as they crash out of the rugby world cup, after a masterclass from holders new zealand. still unbeaten — england race into the quarter—finals of the rugby league world cup, with a record win over greece. no haaland, no problem. manchester city top the table with victory over leicester. and georgia taylor—brown defends her super league triathlon series ti...

desperate measures to try to hold the front line. vladimir putin inspecting his troops and firing a rifle himself in a new wartime show of force. also this hour president biden is in the critical midterm battleground state of pennsylvania touting infrastructure spending as many voters are stressed out about inflation and the economy. ill ask former treasury secretary larry summers for his up to the minute assessment of the recession threat. and new turmoil right now in britain after th...

states hits today and that is the legal limit. if congress does not raise that limit, the country risks default which would have almost unmanageable consequences. now the treasury department is taking what are called extraordinary measures to push that date back a bit. but they cant do it forever. this morning cnn has also learned that president biden still plans to announce he is running for re-election. he does plan to announce that bid after the state of union address next month. th...

when he became the first pope to resign and almost 600 years. he cited a quote, lack of strength of mind and body as his reason for stepping down. benedict was born in germany and grew up as the regime was gaining power. after the war. he turned to theological studies and eventually became a professor in 1951. he was ordained as a priest. as work in theology attracted the attention of the archbishop. who asked him to serve his expert assistance at the second vatican council in the sixt...

set. this is what were watching "at this hour." thank you for being here. im kate bolduan. the battle over the nations debt ceiling is upon us. the united states just hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion. and that means that the treasury department must now begin to use a series of what is called extraordinary measures to avoid default. extraordinary measures that are no longer so extraordinary since they have been -- theyve had to be used so often. this is a completely avoidabl...

manning picket lines across much of england and wales. former employees of the welsh rugby union have accused the organisation of having a "toxic" culture of sexism. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life. and well hear from brendan fraser about his oscar—tipped role as a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his family in new film, the whale. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the prime minister has asked his independent ethics adviser to...

and the attacks continue on other cities in the west of ukraine — following up sundays missile strike on zaphorizhzhia. hello and welcome. for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, a warm welcome. there have been multiple explosions in the ukrainian capital, and reports of further strikes across the country. a series of explosions have hit kyiv, the first time the city has been targeted in months. the government says eight people have been killed and many more injured in t...

♪ it is election day in america. hello everyone im anderson cooper welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are looking at live pictures of voters lining up to cast their ballots. polls are open in a majority of states. at this hour six more states are opening their doors to voters. the big question who will control congress. dozens of house races are considered toss ups, republicans need to win 30 competitive seats to win the majority. in the senate th...

a sparkling one to compensate, lots of blue sky and sunshine. in the north and west we continue to see cloud and showers. temperatures will sit perhaps at around 11 to 13 celsius but in the sunshine, we are likely to see temperatures around 15 or 16. that weather front on tuesday takes its time, it will push its way steadily eastwards during wednesday, moving out of scotland and pushing into the north of england and wales as we go through the day on wednesday. here, try and subtle and ...