especially what is happening on the battlefiled in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counter offensive. kyiv says it is quote shifting to offensive actions in some areas. hanna malyar ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities , and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the south. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. its defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc we ll hear from our verified team shortly. here s a map showin
A shutdown avoided at least for now, but what is the future for House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy . And what of the spending for ukraine . Money promised by the white house was stripped from the bill this weekend, just hours before a pro russia candidate in slovakia, regained power. Good evening, jeremy hunt is the seventh chancellor in 13 years to addess a conservative Party Conference. Today he stood on stage next to a slogan promising long term decisions for the future. Not the easiest sell when your partys trailing 16 points in the polls, and the government is about to cancel a key part of a flagship infrastructure project, in which you have already invested billions of pounds of taxpayers money. A decision the current Prime Minister signed off as chancellorjust three years ago. We are also going to build better railways, madam deputy speaker. With spades going into the ground on hs2, our commitment to fund Manchester Leeds leg of Northern Powerhouse rail, we are going to build broadban
Have won in hospital is quite nice. It is reckoned we are using 300,000 tonnes of card over the christmas period. I am at a Recycling Plant to see what happens to all the stuff we have been chucking into the bin. Good morning. In sport swanseas citys search for a new manager continues, with ryan giggs the latest name to be ruled out of the running. Wales boss Chris Coleman also appears to be out of reach. And the challenge of filming series three of sherlock in front of the fans, Benedict Cumberbatch tells us how he copes with his ever growing crowd of admirers on set. It is kind of peculiar because there is this excitement and expectation and if you raise an eyebrow you get and if you raise an eyebrow you get a cheer. And matt has the weather. Yes, iam yes, i am at the Tower Of London, and it wont be me on ice only this morning, frosty to the south and east with dense patches of fog. Much more mild elsewhere, and all other details to come with the forecast to the end of the year and t
as we were listening to that, which are worth marking, first to the united states because the former vice president, mike pence, will seek the 2024 republican presidential nomination. that is according to a filing in the last little while with the federal election commission. so the various teams we have in washington looking at that, but it was much talked about. mike pence, who is 63, launching his campaign. apparently he will launch his campaign with a video and a speech on wednesday, in the early nominating state of iowa. that is coming from three sources familiar with the situation, who have talked to writers and of course that will pit him against donald trump, they have talked to reuters news agency. that will pit him against donald trump, who of course has been pretty loyal, whom mike pence has been pretty loyal to,
against his own people. in a speech on wednesday, putin railed against russians who have fled the country amid this crackdown, calling them scum, traitors, insects. their exodus, he claimed, is now a part of the country s clensing, as he put it. this is a new tone, and it s put a lot of world leaders on edge. worried by a man they view as an increasingly isolated and paranoid despot. with me now to discuss is author of all the kremlin s men: inside the court of vladimir putin. thanks for joining us on this. i want to read from you a little bit. thanks for having me. of course. i want to read for you a little bit from the new york times, a bit more from president putin s speech here. saying this, putin called for a natural and necessary self-detoxification of society which would strengthen our country, our solidarity, and our cohesion. the russian people, as he put it, will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like an