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these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine's territory. the so—called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia's version of their so—called referendums — a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the sam...

a british man freed after being held by russian—backed forces in ukraine describes how he was stabbed by a russian officer and thought he was going to die in captivity. and from a dead rat to an exploding martini glass. the bbc gets rare access into the cia's secret museum where thousands of exhibits and artefacts mark the agency's 75—year history. hello and welcome to bbc news. voting is under way in italy's general election. polling stations opened two hours ago. opinion polls taken during the campain suggest the country will get its first—ever female prime minister, and its ...

polls in a snap election. we're live in rome with a look at the deepening political divide in the country. and nasa will test out a mission that sounds straight out of a hollywood movie, a spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid's moon. a look at the upcoming mission. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we are expecting an update at any moment from the national hurricane center with the latest forecast track of tropical storm ian which could be the first major hurricane to hit florida in four years. we begin in eastern...

you're live in the cnn "newsroom." hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. right now in the state of florida a state of emergency is in effect statewide, and the governor is calling up the national guard as tropical storm ian gains strength and moves closer to florida's west coast. ian is expected to intensify into a cat gather 4 had and making landfall as early as wednesday night. governor desantis is urging people to prepare now. >> expect heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and even isolated tornadoes. make preparations now, a...

struggling to actually pay their bills. legit fear of unemployment being a boom. yes, two words you never hear together, a boom and unemployment. this all happening with the midterm elections just six weeks away. you can answer my question at home, but let me tell you how the democrats have answered this question in washington. they decide if you cannot beat them, they will take them. if you cannot create them, steal them. no joke. this week the white house and the democrats actually with a straight face past the police funding bill as if we do not remember who the party was that def...