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and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. announcer: and now, "bbc world news". >> hello, this is outside source. ukraine's residence as the countries -- newly a third of the country's power stations have been deroyed, more than a third of towns and villages are without power, the capital kyiv has no water is moscow targets critical structure. the prime minister apologizes for the mistakes she has made so far. >> i wanted to act, but to help people wh their energy bills. the deal with the issue of high taxes. we went too far into fast. >> a female iranian climber who

competed in south korea without a headscarf, says her veil fell off accidentally, there are fears that she will be arrested when she returns to around -- iran. several develop meant to bring you on the war in ukraine. first, the russian installed ministrations in ukraine's car song -- kerson region is preparing to evacuate civilians. it follows a sham rerenda, a recently ukrainian forces help by western arms have regained territory there. speaking on russian state media, the general who recently took over control of russia's's campaign in ukraine says a difficult -- has emergence area, they are carrying out strikes on

infrastructure and presidential buildings. as a result of the shelling delivery of foodstuffs has been made of occult come they see problems with the water and -- difficult, they see problems with the water supply. they said that ukrainian civilians would go to crimea, it comes as ukraine's president says there isleft for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. a coin to mr. zelenskyy, russia- according to mr. zelenskyy, russian strikes of destroyed a third of power stations. >> in order to guarantee the protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorist to zero we need significantly more defense systems and missiles for e defense systems. >> they came under crack tuesday for which russia -- attack on

tuesday for which russia admitted this possibility. raine civil defense service says hundreds of villages across the country have lost power. water supplies are also affected. these are pictures from the capital this morning where another power station was targeted. at least two people are known to have died. let's hear what 11 living in kyiv has to say about the ongoing attacks. >> we are worried for our children because they are afraid of the dark. it is difficult to understand -- explain what is happening. >> russia has stepped up attacks in recent weeks, ukraine is warning of a critical risk to their power grid. how great is the story -- danger? >> the station is under control and power systems still have reserves. i think long-lasting such attacks will worsen the situation. >> why has russia step up its attacks in recent days?

>> goes ahead with this counteroffensive they are retaking territory that is under russian occupation in the east and sout of the country. the government is saying this is the way russia is responding. by attacking civilian ever structure ahead of winter. attacking cities across the country. cities away from the front lines. >> today's attacks are up to be a mixture of drone and missile strikes. on monday kyiv was hit by kamikaze drones that killed five people in kyiv and another for the southern city. they are expose of, they fly to their targets and that nate. -- detonate. they have a range of 2.5 kilometers. there relatively slow and vulnerable to being shot down. ukraine and the western allies say the drones are being sent by iran in a breach of sanctions.

they denied accusations. keep --kyiv is cutting off of a medic ties with iran. >> after they became part of russian crimes in our territory we are taking a definite and honest position. >> the kremlin has denied using iranin drones to attack ukraine. people are gathering outde the -- demanding that they stop sending drones to russia. they hit a bulk of flats in central kyiv on monday. it is not ukraine where these protests are happening. this is warsaw, the capital of poland. how can we be certain that russia's using iranian drones? the art expert in russian unmanned military sessions for the center of naval analysis.

>> they tracked a lot of iranian flights to russia via caspian er the summer, these flights resumed on russian cargo aircraft. iran has been delivering somebody to rush over the course of the summer and it is likely that these are the -- something to russia over the course of the summer and is likely what they are using. these have been used by iranian proxies across the least. >> he is a -- she is a ukraini mp, she has told me what help she wants to help protect ukraine for further attacks. >> we want to receiveir force protection systems all we want them right away. we have been asking for them for the last 8 months. i am so so so upset we have to have all the damages to happen. and people get killed so that finally the political decisions will be done and made. the air force protection systems will be promised to us.

president biden announced last week as well as o european partners that we will finally start receiving them. why are we receiving them right now and not a month ago? it would saved us 30% of our info structure. it would've saved us lives -- infrastructure. it would've saved us lives. that is why we are asking the speed of the process of delivering weapons to ukraine. the only way for us to survive right now is to fight back and protect ourselves. >> are you angry at the u.s. and other western countries? >> we are not angry, we are just, we are asking those questions that we do not have answer to. we know even with old air force protection systems we have right now, we have been able to intercept about half of the drones attacking our cities. >> u.k. prime minister liz truss

has chaired a meeting of her cabinet as he battles to salvage her authority after a series of u-turns. the meeting came hours after she apologize for mistakes in a bbc interview. she said she would leave the -- lead theonservatives into the next general election. >> is a time for liz trust to go? >> cabinet members remain tightlipped as they left downing street this morning. ministers were told by this meant of the chancellor jeremy hunt, they will need to find savings from their departmental budgets as they tried to plug the remaining by: governmental finances. nothing is off the table including pension. measures that he announced enclosed -- included the reveal of a 1p cut in income tax from 20p. dividend tax rates will be scrapped. a freezer on alcohol -- a freeze on alcohol duty rates.

he says 2011 pounds for a typical household only last until april and -- and then a new approach would be found. liz truss made an unequivocal perimeter defense spending and that took place at today's cabinet meeting. let's hear what she told chris mason in last night interview. >> first of all i do want to accept responsibility and say sorry for the mistakes that have been made. i wanted to act, but to help people with their energy bills. the deal with the issue of high taxes. we went too far and too fast. i have acknowledged that. i have put in place a new chancellor with a new strategy. >> let's hear from labor's responding to last night's

apology. >> the damage has been done. that is because the decisions. an arsonist is still an arsonist even when they come with a bucket of water and run back into the burning building. the fire was started by the conservatives. they lost all credibility they cannot put the fire out. >> a pole today found that liz truss's favorability rating has fallen to -70. in a separate survey of party members come up to 5% said she should resign, 8 -- 55 percent says you should resign 83% saying she is a bad job. the armed forces mr. defendant -- minister defended her say now is not the time to be changing leaders. >> the vast majority of colleagues recognize after the last few months, indeed the last year where we have gone through all of the angst over boris johnson.

it divided our party deeply. what we cannot do is reverse a decision of a leadership election we literally only just completed. the prime minister admits the budget went too far into vast. she has -- fast. she has owned that, she has apologized she has appointed a new chancellor. >> some of the choices she makes with her new chancellor could be key. >> if the two of them work together and are a success, i will do everything i can to make sure that is the case. then i think she will lead us into the next election. if it is not a success, and it does not work, then the conservative parliament reported will have to think again. >> there has been some positive, the imf has employed his decision to scrap most of the budget. releasing the statement that the u.k. authority recent policy announcement is a commitment to fiscal plan and help better align fiscal and monetary policy

in the fight against inflation. we look forward to the immediate term fiscal plan, now due on the 31st of october. more immediately liz truss can expect a rough ride a prime minister questions on wednesday. they are a british historian and journalist, and ask them if liz truss can survive. >> there is one person in britain that believes she can survive, that is liz truss. everyone knows she has to go. the only reason she is not gonna ready is because disputes within the conservative party about who should succeed her. it is quite extraordinary, one reason the british people are so entitled and furious anger about what is going on, conservatives are only talking to each other. i heard liz truss i say last night, that she was committed working for the country, not just the conservative party. everything about her is about the conservatives. what i fear will happen knows who will have another prime minister.

some time ago, the conservative party stopped being the old coalition of centrist it once was. about two weeks ago i had a conversation with a former prime minister who said with terrible sadness. he said i no longer recognize today's conservative party that i served for 30 years. that is the x prime minister speaking. so what is for many of us, that once a time supported the tories. the party has been taken over by, what i would call right wing nationalists. what i believe they will be capable of doing, there losing their grip on power. first we have the disaster of johnson, we have the worst disaster of liz truss. one thing they may be able to do is stop, the man who mostly country wants to become the next prime minister from getting the job. they hold him responsible for johnson's fall. it is heartbreaking for all,

that are not conservatives to have to watch this terrible wrangle within the conservative party. when the fortunes of britain are ecstatic -- at stake. i spent the weekend in europe, do you think many british people understand, it is bad enough to be disliked by your neighbors and allies. i do not think we are disliked. we are pitied, we are an object of ridicule. it is the conservative party that has done this in a succession of ridiculous prime ministers. >> trains have been canceled and some schools affected by nationwide strike in france. half of regional railway services are operating, international routes are also affected. public-sector workers walked out, with striking oil sector staff and to protest the rising cost of living. there was some scuffles after protesters pulled down a metal barrier and faced off with poce in riot gear. industrial action by oil

refinery and depot workers has led to several weeks of fuel shortages. drivers facing long queues at the pump, students also joined in locating the school with a strike, also the protest reforms vocational training programs. >> here we are, in paris, classic french demonstration. all the noise, jewel, hijinks. this is run by the cgg the main hardlines union that has been behind the organization the past few weeks. what they would like to do is turn this demonstration the other ones taking place around the country today into a rolling campaign, protest against the government. for higher salaries in defense of the right to strike and so on. they feel this is the right moment because of inflation. because of the rowing mood of example rate -- exasperation

across the country. >> we will turn to the night states were joe biden promised to it restore -- united states where joe biden is promised to abortion-rights women peeking -- if he increases his stake in congress in the upcoming election. ♪ >> a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for, for decades, the forr dictated -- tater slammer --dictator slimmer as he sat down obedient enough. >> don as the sun breaks through the chilly night, it lights up a biblical famine, now in the 20th century. >> the depressing conclusion, in argentina today it is actually cheaper to pay -- paper your walls will money. >> we had -- in theast with great britain.

good friends we have always found a good and lasting solution. >> concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. many of its admirers for so long taxi's home for one last time. >>'s outside source, live from the bbc newsroom our top story. ukraine's president says nearly a third of the country's power stations have been destroyed as russia steps up at attacks on critical instructor. there are -- input structure. there is growing international concerns over d iranian athlete who participated at a climbing competition without covering her hair. on sunday she climbed with her hair uncovered at the asian championships in seoul,

violating the ultraconservative dress code. that same day, sources told the bbc her phone and passport work confiscated, on monday her family and friends lost contact with her. today a post on instaam, and it she said she dropped the veil by stake in many are worried she will be arrested where she returns to iran, where protest against the -- the job rules of and going for a month -- hijab rules have been going for over a month. >> this image might be norma a woman in sports close doing sports activities. for her to do it without a heads garci's broken a law that -- scarf she has broken a law that could have hugeisks for. other iranian athletes have been forced into exile, the consequences can be really harsh. we have interviewed other iranian sports women that said

when they did something similar to this the entire family came under pressure. >> according to her instagram account, just at not wearing her headscarf during the competition it was unintentional. there was poor scheduling and she was called to climb unpredictably. she added she was on her way back to around, -- iran alongside a team based on previous schedule. the embassy confirmed sheila for around -- she left for iran tuesday morning. there are unclear, as hear more from our reporter. >> we doot know, she has not been answering her phone, i have tried to answer -- contact her on her phone and she is not been answering. the language used on the story and instagram, even in our reporting we are not sure it is written by her. it is instagram on her page come in unnecessarily written by her. she now says it was a mistake. she has apologized for causing any concern.

this actually has created more worries amongst somebody people. the story itself, love people believe it has -- a lot of people believe it was written under pressure. she was put in a position where she will be forced to backtrack from her decision to compete without a headscarf as you can see in these images. >> death threats in 2020 after photographs of her without a hijab circulated after a turn, she did not return to iran sent. >> i was wearing a loose hijab at the beginning but i was asked to wear a proper hijab. instead i decided to fight against it. i decided not to wear the scarf anymore after receiving threats from the iranian regime. i took my headscarf and --

[indiscernible] i had to choose my style, i was asked to write an apology letter on my instagram and address it publicly. i was given a list of things to do. i knew that if i followed those things, i do not believe it. >> let's also hear the concerns of the un on the story. >> we are aware of the case and we are following it closely, concerns are being raised with the authorities as well. what we have to stress, women should never be prosecuted for what they wear. they should never be subjected to violationsuch as arbitrary detention for any kind of violence with regards to what they wear. we will be following this case very closely. >> is also get an update from bc persians. >> she posted on her instagram

page she is headed to iran with the rest of the team. the team left seoul two days before schedule. some suggest that, some reports suggest that she will be taking a connecting flight to iran. it will not be a direct flight. she might be able to stay in a country and refused to come back. we do not really know, since the competition, and the pictures of her, competing without the headscarf released. we have not heard anything from her except for the statement that we do not know if she wrote it. if she did, whether she was under duress. if the social media accounts belonging to her art controlled by -- are controlled by iranian officials. >> let's ask turn to the united

states that is weeks away from midterms elections, joe biden says the first bill if democrats retain congress is to enshrine abortion-rights. there have been total bans on abortion since akash and you shall right to choose abortion was taken away in june. >> the final say does not rest in the court. it does not rest with extremist republicans in congress. you can finally say, about your right to choose, that it rests with you. if you do your part and vote, the democratic leaders of congress, i promise you will do our part. i will do my part. with their support i will sign a law codifying row in january, together let's remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there is nothing beyond our capacity. vote. vote. boat.

-- vote. >> how are democrats likely to fare in the midterm vote? >> they have a wafer thin majority in the house of representative you can count on the fingers of one hand. this senate is 50-50 with the vice president having a casting vote if there is a tie. they only need to lose a hand full of seeds to lose control of either of those chambers. that tends to happen to parties that hold the white house in midterm elections. you added that this massive economic downturn, inflation pretty rapid, interest rates going up there all sorts of things on the voter's mind. while abortion is aig thing for love people and may not be the biggest deal. there is lots and lots of hurdles between here and him introducing such a bill. he is expected to give that kind of strong response, if you like from democrats that have been raging since this supreme court

decision back in june. >> i wonder if people will go to the ballot box, with caveats with the polls, some independent women, instead were tending to vote republican. some of the numbers were not coming through for them in the polls on this point anyway on abortion. it is the economy that is leading the national discussion. >> yes, the polls are tighter than you would expect at the moment. republicans have edged it a little bit more recently. they are tight, democrats have taken some heart from that, particularly, some of them saying that is in part the abortion effect. the supreme court judgment effect. even so, there is lot of president that says they will not do terribly well this time around. >> thank from gary. i am seeing a reuters poll come in, the u.s. president joe bid's public approval rating

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