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declared a state of emergency. in cuba the hurricane knocked out the electricity grid leaving the entire country without power. now on bbc news... hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. vladimir putin did not intend to be in the place hes in right now. he didnt want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didnt plan to forcibly mobilise military—age men across russia, and he didnt want to see internal protests spread. but this...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the president of the european commission has said rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe were the result of sabotage. ursula von der leyen has warned of the "strongest possible response" if active european energy infrastructure is attacked. earlier, ukraine accused russia of causing the leaks — in what it described as a "terrorist attack". heres our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nord...

on brazils streets. russia says it will veto any un security council resolution condemning its self—styled referendums in occupied regions of ukraine. the us intends to bring a draft resolution to a vote in the coming days. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken said the west would never acknowledge what he called "bogus referendums." moscow claims almost total support in the vote onjoining russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, considers what these votes will mean �...

the value of the pound has dropped again today by nearly a percent against the dollar as investors digest the warning from the international monetary fund about the uk governments fiscal plans. the imf has openly criticised the plan for widespread tax cuts, warning the measures are likely to fuel the cost—of—living crisis and increase inequality. heres michelle fleury with more details in new york. one of the roles of the international monetary fund is to act as an early economic w...

popov. if putin is growing desperate, what does that mean for russia? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen, for giving me that floor. oh, its a pleasure to have you on the show. if i may, i want to begin with words from the kremlin chief spokesman dmitry peskov, on september 13th, he stated quite clearly there were no plans for any kind of mobilisation in russia. here we are less than two weeks later with a major mobilisation. what happened 7 its not major mo...

after the storm system devastates cuba. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the leaders of denmark, sweden and poland say that rare gas leaks that have hit the nordstream pipelines seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nord stream one is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nord stream two. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornhol...

shinzo abe. mr abe — who was japans longest—serving leader — was shot dead during an election rally injuly. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are author and journalist, susie boniface and sian grifiths, education editor for the sunday times. the financial times leads with comments by the bank of englands chief economist suggesting a big rise in interest rates could be on the way. the times believes such a rise could t...

News in the weekend weather forecast — because, although it will be colder, it is also going to be drier. now, not completely dry — still a few showers around, a few bits and pieces of rain, particularly as we start saturday across northern and eastern areas where we have had a fair amount of cloud. but this slice of clear sky spilling in from the west — thats been allowing temperatures to drop, with some frost and fog, and ice to start saturday morning, with so much water around. where te...

Some of the fog could be slow to clear across southwest scotland and northern england. some rain persisting in the northern isles into the afternoon, the band of cloud persistent as well across eastern counties of england with a few bits and pieces of showery rain. the odd shower out west, but sunshine, too, highs 5—9 degrees. the band of cloud will roll further west on saturday night coming into the midlands, it could bring the odd shower. where we keep coming into the midlands, it could brin...

Hello. after such a wet week, i can bring you some better news in the weekend weather forecast because although it will be colder, it is also going to be drier. now, not completely dry — still a few showers around, a few bits and pieces of rain, particularly as we start saturday across northern and eastern areas, where we have had a fair amount of cloud. but this slice of clear sky spilling in from the west, thats been allowing temperatures to drop with some frost and fog and ice to start satu...