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economic direction, the biggest tax cuts and a half a century in a bid to kickstart growth. and the first woman to win back the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantell dies at the age of 70. welcome to bbc news. the g7, the group of seven wealthiest nations, have condemned the referendums being held in parts of ukraine to decide whether they want to join russia. it added the votes, which are being organised by moscow backed officials, are a breach of the united nations charter. 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 per cent of ukraine s territory. voting is expected to run until tuesday, and the result seems almost certain to go in moscow s favour. these pictures, filmed in russian occupied donetsk, show representatives taking polling cards to people in their own homes. here, at least, it is not a secret bal ....
here on the uk, a dramatic change in economic direction the biggest tax cuts in half a century in a bid to kick start growth. more than 70 migrants die after their boat sinks off the coast of syria our correspondent is with the rescue operation. we are now at the syrian lebanese border, where some of the bodies just arrived. and a new type of cancer therapy which is showing promising results in early human trials. we speak to the study leader. hello and welcome. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referenda on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea, the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referenda, saying they are just a sham and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of ....
we start with the latest fallout from what has been a recent wave of travel dirspution hitting the airline industry. the chief operating officer of easyjet has handed in his resignation after he oversaw a series of flight cancellations and disruption for travellers in recent weeks. this comes after thousands of easyjet flights have been cancelled some at short notice. so what are we talking about here? it s understood that roughly 10 thousand flights scheduled to run overjuly, august and september have been cancelled. thats s about 6% of easyjet s scheduled flights and the airline says the majority of its flights are unaffected with it continuing to operate up to 1,700 flights a day. but easyjet is far from the only business affected by widespread issues hitting aviation at the moment from staff shortages to industrial action. joining me now is travel expert paul charles chief executive of the pc agency. good morning to you, paul. specifically, easyjet, it was all ....
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with both new hope in ukraine and a new round of fighting. officials say 13 missiles struck a city about 300 kilometers north of mykolaiv, leaving a number of people injured and killed. the missiles targeted a military airfield and a railway facility. officials are urging people to stay in shelters for now while the mayor of mykolaiv is reporting what he called powerful blasts in that city as well. on the hopeful side, ukraine and russia have signed an agreement that will allow ukraine to resume grain exports through the black sea. much of that grain has been stranded buzz of a russian naval blockade leaving 47 million people around the world in state the u.s., britain and the eu all have welcomed the agreement. president zelenskyy seems skeptical that russia will keep their word. here he is. translator: we trust the u.n. thousand it is their responsibility and responsibility of internationa ....
1a years ago, the Us Government approved the merger with ticketmaster. Since then, live nation has grown into a powerhouse, but the government is sueing and calling it a monopoly to squash competition. In a press conference on thursday, the attorney general Marek Garland pointed to the exorbitant fees and technological failures that have angered concert goers and artists and cold the companys conduct anti competitive and illegal saying it is time to break it up. Metres of ubiquitous and the Live Entertainment industry. It controls at least 80 of Primary Ticketing and major concert venues, it directly manages more than 400 artists and controls more than 60 of Concert Promotions across the country. And i ....