hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. us presidentjoe biden tells world leaders in new york that russia's acts in ukraine are outrageous. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened, but no—one threatened russia and no—one other than russia sought conflict. in russia, hundreds of people have been arrested in anti—war devastations after president putin calls up thousands of extra trips to joining battlefield in ukraine. —— anti—war demonstrations.

translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine — in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york's attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a "witch hunt". also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia's president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call—up was necessary

to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing to annex. here he is explaining who is affected. translation: the ma'ority will be on people who served _ in the armed forces, have military specialisation and experience. those draughted before being sent to the places of service will have mandatory additional training, relying on experience gained during the special military operation. the decree on partial mobilisation has been signed. mobilisation essentially means assembling and preparing troops for active service. so reservists — those who have done their compulsory military service — are being prioritised. but who's exempt? here's russia's minister of defence. translation: we are not, under any circumstances, l talking about the mobilisation of conscripts or students. those people can get on with their studies. no—one is going to call them up or mobilize them.

when it comes to which other categories of citizens will be exempt, the russian government says it's going to announce those plans "very soon." a kremlin spokesperson has refused to rule out the possibility of border closures to prevent citizens evading the call—up after reports of a surge in sales of one—way tickets out of russia. latvia and lituania — which, as you can see, both border russia — have been weighing in on that. latvia's foreign minister says the country will not offer refuge by "humanitarian or other types of visas to those russian citizens who avoid mobilisation". lithuania's defence minister has tweeted... vladimir putin has also made a thinly veiled threat to use nuclear weapons, saying he will use them if the territorial integrity of russia is threatened. that's drawn a sharp criticism from the head of the nato military alliance, which putin accuses of having "imperial ambitions".

the bbc�*s laura trevelyan has been speaking to him at the un summit in new york. he knows that any use of nuclear weapons will totally change the nature of the conflict, will have unprecedented consequences for russia. a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, and we have communicated that very clearly to russia. jens stoltenberg was speaking from new york, where the united nations general assembly is being held. it's an annual meeting of more than 200 world leaders and other representatives that this year is being dominated by the issue of ukraine. us presidentjoe biden has also been weighing in on the issue, accusing russia of shamelessly violating of the main principles of the un charter. this war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple, and ukraine's right to exist as a people.

whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe, that should make your blood run cold. well there has been a positive development. well, there has been a positive development. saudi arabia's foreign affairs ministry has announced that it has brokered a successful prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine. the prisoners released from russian custody reportedly include british nationals as well as those from the us, sweden, croatia and morocco. reacting to the news minutes ago, british prime minister liz truss has tweeted. .. frank gardner joins me frank gardnerjoins me now. what do we know about these prisoners who have been released?— have been released? there are five of them, half— have been released? there are five of them, half of _ have been released? there are five of them, half of them _ have been released? there are five

of them, half of them being - have been released? there are five i of them, half of them being released are britons and some facing death sentences. they were all captured in the east of ukraine, and they were facing a pretty grim time. some of them appeared in the staged prisoner photographs, and there was i think a real worry that they were going to be put onto some kind of show trial or put to death. this has come out of nowhere, this surprise news that saudi arabia is involved. it was well known that there were negotiations behind the scenes between representatives of ukraine and russia to try to exchange prisoners, and we don't yet know who the ukrainians have up to russia, or to the russian backed separatists, in exchange, but this is normally welcome for the families. five britons plus nationals from the us, croatia, morocco and sweden. and? croatia, morocco and sweden. andy saudi involvement _ croatia, morocco and sweden. andy saudi involvement here is interesting.—

saudi involvement here is interestinu. ~ ., ~' ~ ., , ., interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has -la ed interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has played new— interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has played new part _ interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has played new part in _ interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has played new part in this _ interesting. who knew? saudi arabia has played new part in this conflict i has played new part in this conflict as all. they have kept a very low profile. they are a stencil he a western ally, a big 30 chick ally with the united states, but a very poor relationship with the biden administration —— they are ostensibly a western ally. the crown prince and the de facto ruler, and biden do not like each other, and at the same time, the saudis want to keep on good terms with the russians and president putin. and let's not forget that four years ago, soon after the murder ofjamal khashoggi, after the murder of jamal khashoggi, wendy after the murder ofjamal khashoggi, wendy western leadership shunned the crown prince, the one person who welcomed him at the g20 summit was president putin. he high—fived him. 0k, president putin. he high—fived him. ok, and finally let's analyse a little bit what's been happening today, because the rhetoric really has been upped by the russian president and also this call out for

300,000 russian troops.- president and also this call out for 300,000 russian troops. yeah, let's break this down _ 300,000 russian troops. yeah, let's break this down into _ 300,000 russian troops. yeah, let's break this down into what _ 300,000 russian troops. yeah, let's break this down into what matters i break this down into what matters and what does not. the 300,000 reservists of this is not going to make any difference on the battlefield into the next spring at the very earliest. they are poorly trained, poorly equipped, they are not going to want to fight there, they are drawn from mostly far—flung riches of the russian federation, and so, yes, it will increase their numbers, but it is not quinny change things in the battlefield, not in the near future. things in the battlefield, not in the nearfuture. the thing things in the battlefield, not in the near future. the thing that does make a difference, what putin is trying to do. he is try to scare the west into stopping his of arms to ukraine, basically saying, and forget, i have got tactical nuclear weapons as well as strategic ones. i have 1900 tactical nuclear warheads i can deploy at any time and if i start losing, in other words, i can deploy at any time and if i start losing, in otherwords, if nato gives so many weapons to the ukrainians that they start pushing us out and threaten our integrity, territorial integrity, we will retaliate with something you are really not going to like. that is

his threat and he is hoping to scare nato to stop the supply of weapons. without those weapons, ukraine cannot repel the invasion, they cannot repel the invasion, they cannot keep on winning in a way to have done, so in a way, ukraine is facing something like kata traffic success it has pushed russian forces so effectively that it has spooked the russians in making these threats —— is something like catastrophic success. -- is something like catastrophic success. . ~' -- is something like catastrophic success. ., ~ , ., , -- is something like catastrophic success. ., ~ , ., success. 0k, thank you. plenty of international condemnation - success. 0k, thank you. plenty of international condemnation about j international condemnation about those trips. what about in russia? the bbc�*s steve rosenberg has been speaking to one russian mp, who denies that the partial mobilization is a sign of desperation. translation: no-one thought that victory would be easy, _ especially because we're not fighting ukraine. we're fighting with the nato alliance. war has not been declared against them, but we're still at war with the collective west. but what is the mood

on the streets of moscow? russians have been led to believe the kremlin�*s special operation would be over in days. now, it's partial mobilization. "i'm worried this is just the start," sergei says, "and that there could be full mobilization." but margarita says, "if our leaders demand this, but ukrainians aren't afraid of more russian troops on the ground, according to a ukrainian member of parliament. we prepared for this, and according to our estimations, more than 55,000 russian soldiers have already been killed on ukrainian soil and much more than this are wounded. so we are quite capable of defending ourselves, of course with the assistance

of our friends and partners. russia has today said thatjust under 6,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine — far fewer than the ukrainian tally of russian deaths. the partial mobilization announcement comes a day after de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially—occupied regions of ukraine announced plans to hold so—called referendums onjoining russia. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. that's as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north—east as part of what has been in recent weeks a successful counter—offensive. this is how vladimir putin responded to the plans to hold referenda. translation: we cannot, we have no moral right- to hand over our loved ones to the executioners. we cannot fail to respond to their sincere desire to determine their own fate.

but not everyone in the areas where the votes will be held are in support of them, according to andrew negrych, the director of ukraine operations for the disaster relief nonprofit global empowerment mission, who has been working in the affected areas. people i met personally, they are all standing for ukraine and they all feel ukrainian inside and with their minds. and they're totally not supporting this referenda or putin's ideas he wants to install in these regions. countries including the us, germany and france have said they won't recognise the results of what they describe as "sham" ballots. to discuss all this, i'm joined by sergei goryashko from the bbc�*s russian service, who's in latvia. first of all, let me ask you, what are commentators in russia saying right now?

are commentators in russia saying riaht now? ~ ., ., right now? well, part of them are sa in: right now? well, part of them are saying president _ right now? well, part of them are saying president putin _ right now? well, part of them are saying president putin made - right now? well, part of them are saying president putin made a - saying president putin made a decision he should have made long before, that those who can be named as a party of work, they were in support of this decision of mobilisation and of the decision to have the referendum in the occupy territories, with no regard to legitimacy or even if people would really vote for being with russia. other ones are saying that the president has actually changed the modus operandi of this special military operation, as he calls it, and went to full—scale war with mobilisation and there are talks of using nuclear weapons still. it doesn't seem likely for the most commentators now. otherwise it seems like the

kremlin decided to raise up the stakes, with no regards actually to how people in russia would react to being sent to the front line. authorities have warned about protests, and we have been seeing reports, haven't we, people being arrested, 100 people or thereabouts apparently being arrested due to protesting? what do we know about that? �* . ., , protesting? what do we know about that? a . , ., that? actually, according to the independent — that? actually, according to the independent police _ that? actually, according to the independent police monitor, . that? actually, according to the i independent police monitor, they that? actually, according to the - independent police monitor, they are already more than 800 arrests made in different russian cities. there were protests in 22 cities in russia. most of the people were detained in moscow. it is up to 300 already in the police stations or in police cars. police has been acting quite harsh against the protesters in moscow and st petersburg. they were using police batons, in full

riot gear, and they were taking people out from the streets to police cars, police vehicles, and they also face fines and probably administrative detention, so they will have to spend some time in jail for protesting in russia. it is astonishing that, even with all those very strict anti—protest laws, laws against spreading fake news about the so—called special military operation, there are still people in russia who are not afraid to go out on the streets and speak their minds, to say the there are people against the war in russia.- against the war in russia. sergei, thank ou against the war in russia. sergei, thank you very — against the war in russia. sergei, thank you very much _ against the war in russia. sergei, thank you very much indeed. - now to you new —— 110w —— now to new york.

the new york attorney general has announced she is suing former president donald trump, three of his children and his real estate business, the trump organization. letitia james said a three—year investigation showed that mr trump's business repeatedly used false statements to get banks to lend them money on favourable terms. donald trump said the move is a political witch hunt, and called letitia james a "racist" and a "fraud". let's hearfrom ms james. the complaint demonstrates that donald trump falsely inflated his net worth billions of dollars, to unjustly enrich himself and to cheat the system, thereby cheating all of us. he did this with the help of the other defendants, his children, donald trumer, ivanka trump and eric trump, and former trump organization cfo allen weisselberg and trump organization controllerjeffrey mcconney. nada tawfik is in new york.

first of all, just explain to us what these charges actually relate to. i what these charges actually relate to. . , . ., , ., to. i am standing right outside of trump tower _ to. i am standing right outside of trump tower in _ to. i am standing right outside of trump tower in new _ to. i am standing right outside of trump tower in new york, - to. i am standing right outside of trump tower in new york, and l to. i am standing right outside of. trump tower in new york, and this to. i am standing right outside of- trump tower in new york, and this is part of the allegations, because the new york state attorney general says former president trump made former l neck 200 false statement about the value of its assets, inflating them, and that led to them netting 250 million dollars. she referred to the famous book the art of the deal, saying it is the art of the steel. the triplex apartment here, it is claimed, that donald trump owns was set in financial papers at being 30,000 square feet when in reality is under 11 square feet. she said that that exaggeration of the

property was in the millions of dollars, noting that no apartment in new york has sold as much. that was just one of the examples of what she saysis just one of the examples of what she says is a long set of evidence she has against the former president, and this is a very serious legal matter, because while it is a civil case, what she is seeking from the courts is to remove president trump and his kids from being able to do business in new york and from the trump organization being able to acquire real estate for at least five years in this city. certainly big legal troubles i had to president trump, and he also has to worry about whether her recommendation that the justice department look at criminal charges, if that also stems from this initial investigation.— investigation. and what has president — investigation. and what has president trump _ investigation. and what has president trump been - investigation. and what has i president trump been saying? investigation. and what has - president trump been saying? i believe he has called this a political witchhunt?- believe he has called this a political witchhunt? yeah, that's ri . ht. political witchhunt? yeah, that's right. president _ political witchhunt? yeah, that's right. president trump - political witchhunt? yeah, that's right. president trump has - political witchhunt? yeah, that's| right. president trump has taken political witchhunt? yeah, that's i right. president trump has taken to social media, his son donald junior has taken to social media, his lawyers have put out a formal

statement, all with the same message. they believe that this lawsuit is politically motivated. he used language describing the state attorney general as a racist, as a democrat with a personal agenda, this is a political witchhunt. it is worth noting that during this three year long investigation, which leticia james says was not political motivated, it stemmed from former president trump's lawyer michael cohen testified to congress in 2019, that mr trump had overvalued his assets to get those steerable down a favourable loans —— favourable loans, even calling the conmen at that time. letitia james sang her initial investigation stemmed from that and that certainly she expects to move forward in court successfully. she even rejected a settlement offer by donald trump's team after he had fought her through the courts unsuccessfully for the

last three years.— the courts unsuccessfully for the last three years. 0k, thank you very much indeed- _ in the last half hour, the chair of the us federal reservejerome powell has announced interest rates will increase by 0.75%, as it attempts to combat steep levels of inflation. let's go straight to our new york business correspondent michelle fleury. she has all the details. michelle, why has the fed raised rates again? prices in the united states remain very high, the cost of living crisis continues to eat into many people's pockets, whether it is things like a trip to the grocery store or paying your monthly bills and rent. all of this costs a lot more than it did, say, a year ago or a couple of years ago, and as a result of that, the federal reserve has been engaged in trying to lower prices through raising interest rates. but we've just seen is the third large hike, 75 basis points, back—to—back. as it tries to show that it is not going

to flinch when it comes to its commitments to bringing down prices. and what do you think it is that the federal reserve is seeing coming around the corner that is getting so worried? ., ., ~' ~' around the corner that is getting so worried? ., ., ~ ~ ., , worried? look, i think there has been some _ worried? look, i think there has been some relief— worried? look, i think there has been some relief over _ worried? look, i think there has been some relief over the - worried? look, i think there has . been some relief over the summer. americans are going to fill their cars up, they would have noticed that prices at the petrol pump were a little bit cheaper. they have been coming down for about 90 odd days before starting to climb again. that was some relief, but what you did start to see during that period is that those basic necessities, the everyday things of life, that has started to climb, and i think that is what will worry the federal reserve. policymakers like to talk about things like inflation becoming entrenched and embedded and that is what they are worried about. long—term, the danger of that is that it really erodes people's buying power and makes them feel worse off and able to buy less, and then you start to see employees demanding higher wages. you get caught in this spiral. that is what

they are trying to break, even if it risks the prospect of a recession. and that is exactly what some economists are talking about. they are saying raising rates, there is a fear that could cause a recession. how do you think the fed could avoid that, if at all? this how do you think the fed could avoid that, if at all?— that, if at all? this is the debate in economic— that, if at all? this is the debate in economic circles _ that, if at all? this is the debate in economic circles that - that, if at all? this is the debate in economic circles that has - that, if at all? this is the debate | in economic circles that has been going on for a while. they use these terms like soft and hard landing. a soft landing is where you avoid a more serious downturn, effectively avoiding a recession, and for a while now, you look back tojune and the summer, jerome felt sad within it is possible, but the path is narrowed. what you're seeing now is more economists becoming increasingly sceptical that they can pull it off. earlier today, the chair ofj.p. morgan came out and said he's out there was a possibility they could do it, but again he too said that when you take in factors like what is happening with the war in ukraine and other uncertainties, it does look like lisa thing nastier is about to

happen, at the same time, we've got to remember that other central bank around the world also raise the interest rates and that has led to a warning from the world bank, who just last week point out that with all of this going on at the same time, there is a real possibility you could see a global recession in 2023, i think that is what certainly policymakers, those in government, are concerned with.— are concerned with. michelle and as alwa s, are concerned with. michelle and as always, thank— are concerned with. michelle and as always, thank you _ are concerned with. michelle and as always, thank you very _ are concerned with. michelle and as always, thank you very much. - of course, over the last few days, we have been talking about what is happening in new york. the united nations is holding its general assembly. today it was the turn of joe biden to speak to the ridiculous. i want to bring in laura trevelyan. —— to the delegates. joe biden also not

mincing his words today. know, that is ritht. mincing his words today. know, that is right. president _ mincing his words today. know, that is right. president biden _ mincing his words today. know, that is right. president biden accusing i is right. president biden accusing russia of shamelessly violating the united nations charter, as he put it, because he said a permanent member of the un security council had invaded its neighbour. reading it completely violated the principle of territorial sovereignty and self—determination. and president biden also accused russia of making responsible nuclear threats. resident putin when he was talking maybe not so veiled threat to the fact that russia has nuclear weapons and could be prepared to use them, so president biden countering that. president putin himself will not be coming here to new york to speak to the un general assembly, but sergey lavrov will be here and there is a big meeting on ukraine tomorrow, and then you will have potentially the, in effect, foreign ministers of russia and the us in the same room, which will be very interesting to

fanatic moment, but this wasjoe biden using his platform here to rally the world and also to, by committing $2.9 billion in food assistance, president biden was acknowledging the countries far from ukraine are finding their affected by the ripple effects in the war, by the rising food prices, by the rising energy costs, and president biden also said the us was in favour of reforming the united nations security council, which has five permanent members, and adding to that never ship. it has not changed since world war ii, and president biden specifically said he would like to see african and caribbean nations on that council, but that might be a way of acknowledging that those countries are suffering from the war in ukraine and he was saying, we hear you and we think you should be represented.— should be represented. laura, as alwa s, should be represented. laura, as always, thank— should be represented. laura, as always, thank you. _ lower at the united nations for us. i am back in a few minutes, with

more news, including with the protests in iran, seduced it with us on outside source —— so do stay with us on outside source on the bbc. hello again. for many of you, it's been a dry day today with some decent spells of sunshine breaking through the clouds. some of the sunniest weather has been across southwest england, where here in dorset, we had barely a cloud in the sky. however, it's not been like that for western scotland, where, through the afternoon, the clouds really have been gathering and thickening. this cloud here is this cloud here on the satellite picture, it's a weather front that's on the way. a weather front that's going to be particularly slow moving, indeed, it's going to take the next two days to cross the uk, eventually spreading the rain in to east anglia and southeast england, but a slow process for sure. overnight tonight, the weather front will continue to shuffle its way in, bringing outbreaks of rain into northwestern areas. so, if it's not already raining where you are, for scotland and northern ireland, it will be through the night,

and the rain's going to be quite heavy at times too. eventually the rain spreads across dumfries and galloway and starts to bring some wet weather into cumbria. but that's right towards the end of the night. now, with clear spells across parts of england and wales, we could see temperatures in the countryside dip down into single figures, but it's mild for scotland and northern ireland, 1a or 15 celsius. but it's a wet start to the day here. now through thursday, the weather front does move away. so we'll see some sunshine following to the northwest with just a few isolated afternoon showers, an improving weather picture. whereas for northern england, wales and south west england, outbreaks of rain will be moving in during thursday, and, again, there could be a few heavier bursts mixed in. to the east of the front, it is still quite warm with some sunny spells across the midlands, east anglia and southeast england. behind the front temperatures drop a bit, and it will certainly feel a fair bit fresher. now thursday night, the weather front loses some of its strength, so the rain becomes a bit lighter and patchier as it moves across the midlands and central southern england. by the time it reaches east anglia in the southeast on friday, initially quite weak, it looks like the weather front is actually going to get a bit

stronger, so the rain turns heavier for a time across east anglia and southeast england. away from that, though, a decent day, sunny spells and, again, just a few showers into the north west. now we're taking a look at the weather charts into the weekend and beyond, another weather front dives its way southwards, and behind that, we get cooler and fresher air. so some fairly brisk winds around next week and certainly plenty of showers, too. but that said, the weekend not looking too bad, although there'll be some showers, it's still on the mild side. it's monday onwards that we see those strengthening winds and quite a big drop in temperatures. goodbye.

hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. us presidentjoe biden tells world leaders in new york that russia's acts in ukraine are outrageous. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia, and no one other than russia sought conflict. in russia — over 600 people have been arrested in anti—war demonstrations after president putin calls up thousands of extra troops tojoin the battlefield in ukraine. translation: if the territorial integrity of our country - is threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course

use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in iran — at least nine people have died an anti—hijab protests spread to 15 cities — following the death of a woman in police custody. and the uk government steps in to help businesses with soaring energy bills — with a six month emergency energy price cap. protests are continuing for a fifth day in iran over the death of a young woman who died in police custody after allegedly breaking strict hijab rules. there have been clashes with police in at least 15 cities. this footage is from kerman. protesters — many of them women — are setting fire to their hijabs and scarves.

this is tehran. protesters set fire to billboards and vehicles. more chaos in northern rasht. here you can hear the sound of gunfire. we're told at least seven people have now died in the protests against iran's hijab laws and morality police. the trigger for the unrest was the death in police custody of mahsa amini — a 22 year old kurdish woman. she was detained earlier this month as she exited a metro station. here's the bbc�*s persian's rana rahimpour on what happened next. her name is mahsa amini, and she was just 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory hijab or headscarf properly. the security forces have released for cctv footage of mahsa in detention. it's heavily edited. suddenly, mahsa amini collapses.

the authorities say she had a heart condition, but eyewitnesses she was beaten up in the police van. she's taken to hospital and ends up in a coma. a few days later, she's dead. women cry, "death to the dictator" and wave their headscarves at her funeral. the inscription on her gravestone reads that she's not dead, her name will become a symbol and live forever. according to the un high commissionerfor human rights — police beat ms amini head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles as they detained her. police deny that. they blaming "sudden heart failure". her family doesn't accept that, they say she was fit and health. amnesty international doesn't believe the police either. this is researcher and human rights lawyer raha bahreini. for the past four decades, there has been constant stories

of women and girls facing arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and other mistreatment at that hands of iran's morality police. they not only harass women, but on a daily basis, they harass them notjust for appearing in public without a headscarf, that's not the only possibility in iran, but for showing strands of hair from under the headscarf or for varying uniforms or coats that the morality police deem improper. protests have spread beyond iran. this is toronto in canada. demonstraters are rallying in solidarity with iranian women. this is istanbul in turkey. protesters here chanted slogans and marched until riot police dispersed them. and this outside the united national general assembly in new york. protesters are demanding the iranian president ibrahim raisa stands down. that was outside the building. inside — iran's president was addressing world leaders — who had this message

on women's rights. translation: the islamic republic of iran rejects the double standards of some governments vis a vis human rights as the most important factor which as of institutionalisation of the violation of human rights this is something that is currently taking place in the islamic republic of iran, where we started speaking and creating a dialogue about the deaths of tens of innocent women and a western country, so until we have these double standards for attention is solely focused on one side and not all equally, we will not have true justice and fairness. human rights belong to all. so iran's president there is accusing the west of double standards on women's rights. to understand why women are protesting, we must go back to the iranian revolution in 1979 — when the authorities imposed strict conditions on the way women

had to dress in public. ayatollah khomeini insisted women dress modestly. the headscarf became mandatory in public.. so did loose fitting clothing which covers women's bodies. the morality police — known formally as "gasht—e ershad" or guidance patrols — have enforced the rules since then. they stop women to assess whether they are showing too much hair, their trousers and overcoats are too short or close—fitting or that they are wearing too much make—up. the punishment is big. violating the rules can land you in prison. but despite the risks — many women protest the law. more from taraneh stone of bbc persian. many women opposed the compulsory hijab. many women in iran hate hijab, and they have been trying to get away with, like, showing their hair, to show their protest against hijab by wearing it very loosely, showing hair, wearing open outfits.

with me is bbc persian's farin assemi. thank you forjoining us. first of all, talked me through how big and widespread these protests have become over the last few hours. you know this is really big. today is really... we see more citiesjoining the protests. we have received more than 50 videos from more than 50 cities today. and it is really big. in some cities, security forces are fighting with people, and some cities people are beating the security forces, so in some cities, it is like a war zone already. and they have to add that government restricting instagram. the last accessible social media in iran. people could use it freely without a

vpn. so right now, people can't use instagram. whatsapp has been interrupted, so people have some problem or contacting, sending voice messages or videos, yeah, this is what is going on today. what have they been telling you about these protests? they are very much focused on women and how they are treated. this is, i think i'm of the protests are female. the masses for her death, it triggered women's anger, i think. the anger that they had, for more than four decades because of the oppression, because of the hit job. they are forced to wear hats, they cannot choose what they want to wear. —— they are forced to wear a hijab. these women are so brave. i was watching a video before i came to the studio, a woman was sitting

in the middle of the street without a scarf, and two security guards where walking beside her and couldn't do anything. this is really brave. this is unprecedented in iran that women into their scarves and burned it. as a woman, i was born in iran, igrew burned it. as a woman, i was born in iran, i grew up there, i haven't seen these scenes in my life. let's talk about the _ seen these scenes in my life. let's talk about the future, _ seen these scenes in my life. let's talk about the future, because obviously these protests are ongoing. many people within a are saying, look, we need international support for things to really pick up, because they have been protests in the past, back in 2009, a few years ago, and they have all been quashed quite brutally by the government. selecting the international community do now? many people are saying, to help? i international community do now? many people are saying, to help?— people are saying, to help? i think --eole in people are saying, to help? i think peeple in iran _ people are saying, to help? i think people in iran need _ people are saying, to help? i think people in iran need the _ people in iran need the international media and international media and international community to be their voice because they need to send their voice to their board and i

believe that if the international community covered this, covered it more, they can control x. i5 community covered this, covered it more, they can control x.— more, they can control x. is that the message _ more, they can control x. is that the message from _ more, they can control x. is that the message from iranians? - more, they can control x. is that - the message from iranians? actually, i think that the message from iranians? actually, | think that the _ the message from iranians? actually, i think that the presence _ the message from iranians? actually, i think that the presence in _ the message from iranians? actually, i think that the presence in the - the message from iranians? actually, i think that the presence in the un . i think that the presence in the un right now is really helping the protesters right now because they wanted to suppress this protest, but at the same time, in the eyes of the international community. need be they can come of the community can help people in iran and give them more coverage as the amnesty international said, they said that this could be, this should get more coverage, they need global action. thank you very much indeed.

the uk government has announced a support package for businesses this venture that will have the amount they have to pay her would have paid for energy bills. the plans are on top of the $170 billion already announced to help households with their bills for two years. our business editor simonjack has more. red hot higher energy prices have threatened to have a chilling effect on the uk economy. today, businesses and other nondomestic users got details of a six month cut in wholesale energy costs this winter. annette dolan says she welcomes a cut to the wholesale part of her bill but wants clarity on other uncapped charges. there is some welcome bits but also a lot really unclear and until i get my final bill and my final quote, and i know what it is going to be, i can't relax. it's really worrying. so, how is this going to work? the government will cap

the wholesale price of gas and electricity from october the 1st to march the 31st next year. for example, prices for electricity are expected to be around £600 per unit this winter, a cap of £211 will be applied. the government will fund the difference with a similar discount for gas. other costs like standing charges are not capped, but the government hopes it could mean final bills are roughly half what they would have been this winter. the programme will be reviewed in january to assess which sectors need extended support beyond april. we've got 5,000 staff... the prime minister has already hinted that hospitality may qualify for that, which would be welcomed by pub owners like fuller's. i think this was looking very bad for the hospitality sector overall. i've already seen pubs and restaurants start to close midweek and close down permanently. i think this will be a lifeline for so many businesses to enable them to battle through the autumn and the winter period. now what we need to make sure it is the consumer still comes out. the government's plan to revert a nasty recession had two parts.

the first, two weeks ago, hold down household bills so people's disposable income isn't totally wiped out. and part two today, make sure businesses don't have to close down and lay off staff from their own crippling energy bills. but there is no such thing as a free lunch, the combination of those two packages could present future taxpayers with a bill easily in excess of £100 billion. the government insists this is a simple, speedy and significant response that can be altered as required. what we needed now, immediately, quickly, was something simple that would give people confidence through the winter. what we will have is a review in three months�* time which will allow us to see that we are giving support in the right places and that we can ensure continued support if that's necessary, is directed at where it needs to go. the labour party said that businesses still didn't have enough germany has announced it will nationalise the energy company uniper —

its largest supplier of natural gas — to try and secure supplies cut by the war in ukraine. this is bierwang — one of 8 gas storage facilties operated by uniper. the firm has reported 8 billion dollars in losses since gas supplies were disrupted following russia's invasion of ukraine. to prevent its collapse, germany says it will take a 98.5% stake in the company at a cost of 8.4 billion dollars. the company was already struggling. injuly, the german government spent 15 billion dollars bailing uniper out. but things got worse this month when russia cut off gas supplies through the baltic nordstream—1 pipeline — which it depends on. so the german government says it had to act. translation: this step has become necessary i because the situation has changed, even worse and extremely. since september the 1st, no gas is coming through nordstrom one. unit pair has a share 50% russian gas in their portfolio and is responsible for 40% of the german gas supply.

—— uniper has a share 50% russian gas in their portfolio and is responsible for 40% of the german gas supply. this forced us to act. uniper is connected to the russian energy market in a number of ways. the company was a co—financer of the nord stream 2 project. in april, it paid for gas in euroes — which were converted into rubles — meeting a key kremlin demand. critics said the move undermined eu sanctions. a significant amount of the power plants uniper owns are based in russia — which — as you can see — are capable of generating more electricity than in germany. the company operates surgutskaya — 2, the largest gas plant in russia. in total — uniper owned plants supply around 5% of all russian energy. but there are other german companies tied to russia's energy sector which could be vulnerable — as damien mcguiness explains. there are lots of questions being asked about who you save, why you save them, this particular energy provider is being described as too big to fail, it's been seen as a bit of a lehmans moment,

but, of course, this is also drying questions from other energy providers saying they need help as well. so, i think we're just seeing, really, the beginning of this whole debate as the winter approaches, and of course, the heating gets turned on here in germany. this isn't out of step with the rest of europe. many other countries — that had been reliant on russia — are looking to shore up energy supplies elsewhere and reduce their consumption before winter. france has already announced the full nationalisation of its power company edf energy last week the eu commission proposed an obligation for all member states to cut energy consumption during peak hours by 5%. paris is acting — by switching off the lights of the eiffel tower an hour early, and reducing tempratures in public swimming pools to help cut consumption. europe has been preparing for possible shortages in winter by filling up its gas reserves. let's get more from berlin based energy analyst dr thomas o'donnell.

thank you so much forjoining us on an outside source. let me ask you first of all, why is the german government doing this now? well, thank ou government doing this now? well, thank you for— government doing this now? well, thank you for having _ government doing this now? well, thank you for having me. - government doing this now? well, thank you for having me. why - government doing this now? -ii thank you for having me. why are they doing it now? well, to prevent a collapse. the price of gas has gotten so high for these companies, and they had depended on, as your storyjust laid out very clearly, they had depended on the russians when they said they would be dependable, that they always would be, that they would never mess with germany. that gas is not coming through the pipeline, they are buying gas now on the market at a very high price and they can't afford it. they are using like something like a a day, uniper. so they gave uniper something like 15 billion. they had to try to provide liquidity, but it's not too far. they have to take over the

companies, nationalise them and use state funds. ~ ., companies, nationalise them and use state funds-— companies, nationalise them and use state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't — state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't had _ state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't had done _ state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't had done this? - state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't had done this? i - state funds. what would've happened if they hadn't had done this? i know. if they hadn't had done this? i know that uniper would've been in big trouble, but talk us through the what that would have impacted in germany if it hadn't had happened this way? germany if it hadn't had happened this wa ? ~ , this way? well, these three companies. _ this way? well, these three companies, uniper, - this way? well, these three companies, uniper, and - this way? well, these three - companies, uniper, and another, this way? well, these three _ companies, uniper, and another, they control the bulk of the infrastructure, the pipelines, the storage, and they supply customers all over germany in the industry and in individuals. if they can't afford to buy gas, they can't afford to supply their customers. there is one point when the government was running a little bit late bailing out uniper, at one point, giving them some money previously where uniper said what do we do? we can't afford the gas, instead of taking the gas out of storage, the whole idea is to start gas for the winter. you know, these companies needed liquidity, and they needed a lot of

money. i think what it comes down to is that government says how much money well the taxpayers allow us to give to these companies if we don't have a stake in them because my family if we don'tjust take them over. family if we don't 'ust take them over. ~ ., y family if we don't 'ust take them over. y , �* family if we don't 'ust take them over. i,�* ., ,, ., over. money isn't bottomless, and lookin: at over. money isn't bottomless, and looking at the _ over. money isn't bottomless, and looking at the long-term - over. money isn't bottomless, and looking at the long-term impact . over. money isn't bottomless, and| looking at the long-term impact of looking at the long—term impact of supply issues with russia is what is happening now going to be enough? enough? it depends what you mean by enough. if they are lucky, they will be able, the government will be able to come up with enough money so that uniper can buy what gas is available. the point is that there is not enough gas available to get us through winter. you know, even if we are lucky and it is a mild wind —— winter, if the wind keeps blowing, there is an overdependence in europe on wind, that wasn't out there without having energy storage. so, it is hard to get coal and because of a drought. there are many

problems. so if it is a tough winter, we will really be in trouble, but even a normal winter, network agency, mr mueller says even with storage full and germany, it would only be about two and half months. �* , ., ., months. right, 0k, 0k. it's good to net on the months. right, 0k, 0k. it's good to get on the programme. _ months. right, ok, ok. it's good to get on the programme. thank- months. right, 0k, 0k. it's good to| get on the programme. thank you so much. stay with us on outside source. still to come... as russia announces a partial mobilization of its troops, sending 300,000 reservists to fight in ukraine — we get the reaction of one of its biggest allies — china.... to washington now, where a memorial service in honour of queen elizabeth ii has taken place at the national cathedral. invitations were sent to all living former us presidents — donald trump, barack obama, george w bush, bill clinton, jimmy carter — and their spouses. and here among the congregation — we can see vice president kamala harris on the left and house speaker nancy pelosi there on the right. our correspondent will grant reports

from outside the cathedral. following the funeral and the ceremonies in the united kingdom, this was the opportunity for america to say it's final goodbye to the queen too. here at the washington national cathedral, the british embassy in the united states hosted a service of thanksgiving for the queen, attended by vice president, kamala harris, the house speaker, nancy pelosi, minority leader, kevin mccarthy, and another host of military dignitaries, congressional figures and representatives of commonwealth nations. the queen, of course, met 13 different presidents during her long rain and it's a testament in a way ——during her long reign and it's a testament in a way to the diplomatic role that so many have spoken of that she had in the transatlantic relationship. she was, in essence, a linchpin of the so—called special relationship between the united

kingdom and the us. of course, she was well regarded by a majority of americans. polls suggest as many as 70%, over 70% of americans regarded her favourably. that will be a challenge, of course, for her successor, her son, king charles to maintain that strength of relationship, but those questions are for another day. this is simply a moment for americans to say goodbye to a monarch who was such a key and important part of their lives despite the independence now at 250 years old. this was a relationship that endured. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... us presidentjoe biden tells world leaders in new york that russia's acts in ukraine are outrageous and a shameless violation of the un charter.

more than 200 whales have been found stranded on a remote beach on the west coast of tasmania in australia. half of the pod — thought to be pilot whales — are believed to still be alive. rescuers are being sent to the west coast of tasmania to help, bbut — so far — it's unclear what caused the whales to beach — here — on a sandflat at the entrance to macquarie harbour, the same remote location where australia's worst stranding occurred two years ago. these are the correct pictures of the actual wales. as he can see, the locals are really doing their best to try to keep these pilot wales alive. this is in macquarie harbour, which is a large, shallow inlet — about six times bigger than sydney harbour.

experts planning a rescue of the 230 whales said it would be "complex" due to the location. here you can see the locals — going up and down the beach — covering the stranded whales with blankets and pouring buckets of water over them to try to keep them alive. monte bovill is a reporter with abc news tasmania — he's gone up to macquarie beach today to cover this story. let's take a listen to what he had to say. devastating scenes here on tasmania's west coast. i spent most of the day at the beach with volunteers and workers and staff trying to save these animals, but certainly it's felt like a losing battle here in tasmania's west coast. what we know is that 230 of these pilot whales have become stranded. mostly on ocean beach. it's thought that around half have already perished at the moment. the operation to save the surviving ones has been ongoing.

the scene on the beach there was very distressing. you could see that these wales were, you know, throwing their tails around in distress. it was a devastating scene to see, and despite that best efforts of those trying to save them, it certainly felt like they were losing that battle. an update on those wales, and if you're interested in finding out what is happening to those wales and indeed any of the stories that you have been watching here on bbc outside source, you are more than welcome to go to our website. as always, it is plenty on their on the latest on the united nations general assembly and all the very latest on what is happening with the war in ukraine, andindeed and indeed does protests. i'm on twitter. you are more than welcome to treat me. you are watching the bbc. stay with us, wherever you are.

hello, i marked a temperature contrast. a list across the southern areas of mist and fog patches around, chamomile the strengths northwest of scotland. here, cloud, outbreaks of rain. for the western aisles, i and off all day. spreading to the likes of hockney, shetland and across cake next later. maybe in the west of northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. most places will be dry. northern england in southern scotland. sunniest in the morning, but mark got into the afternoon, sunday strength some of the coast feeling a bit milder than recent days. the exception will be northwest scotland where the winds will touch gale force at times. when windy start to the night here and there wednesday night into thursday, outbreaks of rain developing quite extensively to scotland, northern ireland, some of which will be heavy. but the further south and east your argument will be a dry, bright start to thursday with some sunny spells. staying that way for the most part, though, we will see some rain gradually pushing and across northern england, north and west wales. at the time we had friday, the rain hits the southeast

corner and dried that fresh for the most part, though, we will see some rain gradually pushing and across northern england, north and west wales. at the time we had friday, the rain hits the southeast corner and dry but fresher weather develops from the north.

the headlines at 8pm — five britons held captive by pro—russian forces in ukraine have been released. the five include aidan aslin and john harding. meanwhile but a steps up his war in ukraine mobilising up to 30,000 reservists and prompting international condemnation. aha, international condemnation. brutal, needless war, a war chosen by one man to be very frank. here the government _ by one man to be very frank. here the government offers _ by one man to be very frank. here the government offers assistance for those beset by energy bills. latte the government offers assistance for those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is — those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is of _ those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is of the _ those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is of the civil— those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is of the civil that - those beset by energy bills. we need to do now is of the civil that would i to do now is of the civil that would -ive to do now is of the civil that would give those — to do now is of the civil that would give those competent to the winter.

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