and a hollywood comeback the golden globes return to television screens after being dropped due to a lack of diversity. and twilight of the tigris. why climate change is having a devastating impact on one of the world s most famous rivers. the globe. western leaders are warning president putin not to attempt areas of the country said they would hold referendums on becoming part of russia. there are plans for votes to take place in donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia regions here in red but a chorus of leaders at the un general assembly in new york said such ballots would be a sham. more on the implications of such a move in a moment, but it does come as russia has suffered a series of setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine recently. and in areas newly liberated by ukrainian forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum a warning, orla s r
elon musk tweets let the good times roll after he buys social media giant twitter for more than a0 billion dollars, and clears out top executives. # .balls of fire!# and jerry lee lewis, a leading figure of rock and roll whose life was marred by scandal and violence has died at the age of 87. the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks although he did not give a date. back in may, for the first time the nationalist party sinn fein won the largest number of seats in the stormont assembly. but the biggest unionist party the dup has refused to restore power sharing, because it says northern ireland s place in the uk has been undermined by the post brexit trade deal signed by boris johnson. that dea
landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. burkina faso s army captain has ousted military leader paul henri damiba and has dissolved the government. it is the country s second coup in eight months. the first round of brazil s presidential election is approaching. this sunday, people will head to the polls, in a vote billed as the country s most important one since returning to democracy in 1989. hello welcome to bbc news we begin this hour. president putin has announced the illegal annexation of four regions of ukraine that are in part controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied tojoin nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had spar
and, jubilation as liverpool is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukrainian authorities say they ve located two burial sites in the eastern town of lyman, which was recently liberated from russia. these images of the burial sites havejust come in. one site is believed to contain about 200 graves of civilians, while another mass grave is believed to contain both civilians and soldiers. the discovery comes as president zelensky says the world must act now to stop russia s nuclear threat. speaking in kyiv to our world affairs editor, john simpson, ukraine s leader warns that russian officials have begun to prepare their society for the possible use of nuclear weapons, although he does not believe the country is ready to use them. here sjohn s report. yesterday, president zelensky alarmed a lot of people by seeming to say he wanted a pre emptive strike to stop russia using battlefield nuclear weapo
he holds up to the podium. i think he might be. let s listen in. still making his way to the stage here. the state of pennsylvania on a knife edge and very significant is this race for the congress, the race has tightened in favour of the republican. after the democratic candidate suffered a stroke in may. and as she struggled at times during recent televised debates with doctor. stay with us on bbc world news. donald trump there responding to the crowds, it must be very cold there now but they are there in droves and he does have many fervent supporters after he s strongly hinted in the past few days that he may make a bid for the presidential race in 2024 and he is considering an announcement on the 14th of november for that. and talking about backing the republican candidates for the state of pennsylvania. for the midterm elections. let s listen in. still taking his time the former president has been speaking together at a rally at the state of pennsylvania this race here