at the un by president biden. a brutal, needless war, a war chosen by one man, to be blunt. let me speak plainly. a permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbour. an ongoing crisis in maternity care. the royal college of midwives warns that new research shows many units in england don t always meet safety standards. a £200,000 reward has been offered in the search for the gunman who killed nine year old 0livia pratt korbel in liverpool. police have identified two guns used in the shooting, including a .38 revolver which killed 0livia. and the 20 time grand slam champion roger federer tells the bbc he wants to stay involved with tennis, after he retires this week. i love this game and i want to stay involved in some shape or form. and i won tjust be a ghost or a stranger and not be around any more. hello and a very good evening. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted level, in a package of measures unveiled by t
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing
former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f