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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. 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...

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". here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nord stream 1 and nord stream 2 are huge pipelines that bring gas from russia to germany, 700 miles alo...

on brazil's 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 — and how that will affect (tx next) the russia—ukraine conflict. first, i want to stress the key...

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 government's 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. here's michelle fleury with more details in new york. one of the roles of the international monetary fund is to act as an early economic warning system, and it has just sounded the alarm over the uk's new tax and spending plans. in a st...

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...