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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 we...

destruction. putin appearing today at a meeting with military industry leaders as his lower house of parliament with absolutely no warning approved a new bill cracking down on soldier who's refused to fight. this bill says soldiers who refused to serve or resist orders could face up to 15 years in prison. and this move is causing a widespread expectation that putin may even in the next few hours announce a form of a draft. in fact, there was an expectation he could appear today for national address just as he did right before his mass invasion of ukraine. and our matthew chance repor...

in leicester between muslim and hindu communities. a usjudge has quashed a murder conviction in a case that spawned adnan syed was 19 when he was sentenced to life in prison. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister, who's flown to the us to meet world leaders at the united nations, has said higher energy bills are a price worth paying in order to safeguard the country's long term security. liz truss said that not every measure she announces will be popular — but she acknowledged that high gas and electricity costs couldn't be passed on fully to househo...

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. i'm stephen sackur. vladimir putin did not intend to be in the place he's in right now. he didn't want his ukraine invasion to become a protracted war in which his army is losing ground. he didn't plan to forcibly mobilise military—age men across russia, and he didn't want to see internal protests spread. but this is where he is — seemingly in trouble. my guest is putin loyalist, russian mp and influentia...

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, it's 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 it's not major mobilisation. this is partially mobilisation. wejust mobilised er, 300,000 people from reserve. it's...