tonight at ten... russia's president orders the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of military reservists to fight in ukraine. vladimir putin said up to 300,000 could be called up to protect russia as he issued this threat to the west. translation: iii as he issued this threat to the west. tuna/mom- west. translation: if the territorial _ west. translation: if the territorial integrity - west. translation: if the territorial integrity of - west. translation: if the territorial integrity of our i west. translation: if the - territorial integrity of our country is threatened then to defend russia and there were people we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am course use all means at our disposal. iam not course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. course use all means at our disposal. iam not bluffing. it disposal. lam not bluffing. it comes on the day five british nationals have been released from russia and held part of ukraine so we will ask what president putin's strategy is. also, energy bills for

businesses will be cut by about half their expected levels as the government steps in with a multi—billion pound support package to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome _ to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits _ to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but - to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but are i to try to keep them afloat. there i are some welcome bits but are not really— are some welcome bits but are not really unclear and until i get my final_ really unclear and until i get my final bill— really unclear and until i get my final bill and final quote and i know— final bill and final quote and i know what it will be, i can't relax. the father— know what it will be, i can't relax. the father of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content online, tells an inquest how shocked he was after she died to discover the hideous material she had been looking at. donald trump and three of his children face a fraud lawsuit after an investigation into their family business in new york. later on the bbc — family business in new york. later on the bbc news _ family business in new york. later on the bbc news channel, - family business in new york. later on the bbc news channel, we - family business in new york. l—te on the bbc news channel, we round up the latest action and discuss the biggest talking points from here at the bbc sport centre.

good evening. more than 1000 protestors have been arrested in cities across russia after president putin announced that up to 300,000 military reservists could be called up to fight in ukraine — the first mobilisation of russian civilians since world war ii. international flights have started to sell out as people left the country. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks as ukrainian troops recapture some parts that had been in russian hands for months. in his televised address this morning president putin accused the west of occupying ukraine and engaging in nuclear blackmail. he warned he would use or needs to protect russia including nuclear weapons. —— use all means. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports from moscow. under pressure in ukraine, russia's president has chosen the path that is most familiar to him — escalation.

translation: to defend our motherland, its sovereignty l and territorial integrity, for the security of our people, and on the liberated territories, it is necessary to support the proposal of the defence ministry and chief of general staff to announce a partial mobilisation of military reservists. seven months after invading ukraine, the kremlin is calling up 300,000 reservists to support what it still calls the "special military operation". and from russia's commander in chief, this threat to the west... translation: our country, too, has i different weapons of destruction. l in some cases, they are more modern than those of nato. 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. so, why the threat, and why now? well, in a few days' time, the kremlin will try to annex a whole swathe of ukrainian territory. vladimir putin's sabre rattling sends a message to ukraine and to the west — "don't attack. don't try to take those areas back." as news of mobilisation spread, there were reports that flights out of russia were selling out fast amid concern that men of fighting age would soon not be allowed to leave the country. "i'm worried this is just the start," sergei tells me, "and that there could be full mobilisation." but margarita says, "if our leaders demand this, we must do our duty. i trust putin 100%." later, the president

met his defence minister. they have decided on mobilisation because they are short of troops. so short, that in prison camps across russia, this mercenary chief, a close putin ally, has been recruiting inmates to fight in ukraine, promising them their freedom if they serve six months with his group, wagner, and survive. when vilena went to visit her husband in prison a few days ago, she was told the husband, a convicted murderer, wasn't there. translation: | said, - "what do you mean, not here? he has been here 13 years and suddenly he's gone?" they told me they had no more information. a few days later he called me from a ukrainian number. i know for sure that my husband is in ukraine. even if he agreed to go there, he was sent illegally. sending convicts into combat

is against the law. now the kremlin will be sending reservists to ukraine. but in moscow tonight, a protest against mobilisation. hundreds have been detained across the country. not everyone in russia is willing to stay silent about vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine and his war with the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news. five british nationals who were being held by russian—backed forces in eastern ukraine have been released. the prime minister, liz truss, confirmed the news saying it ended months of uncertainty for the captives and their families. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is with me now. who are they and what were they doing there? they were prisoners of war who had been part of a group of foreign nationals fighting as part of the

ukraine armed forces including the released men, five britons, two mochas, a swede and a moroccan and a croatian. 0f mochas, a swede and a moroccan and a croatian. of the britons, we know that three had been showed bites out the media getting off the plane, shaun pinner, aiden aslin, john harding. some had been convicted in a court and found guilty of being mercenaries and were facing a death penalty, others awaiting trial but they have been released after long negotiations as part of a deal brokered by the saudis. they are in riyadh and expected to return to the uk and elsewhere tomorrow. what we don't know is who or what the russians got in return. this has ha--ened russians got in return. this has happened on — russians got in return. this has happened on the _ russians got in return. this has happened on the day _ russians got in return. this has happened on the day that - russians got in return. this has happened on the day that putin| happened on the day that putin announced a partial mobilisation, threats against the west, what's going on? it’s threats against the west, what's auoin on? �* , , threats against the west, what's auoin on? h , , threats against the west, what's uaoinon? h , , , going on? it's very confusing. rush is on the back _ going on? it's very confusing. rush is on the back foot _ going on? it's very confusing. rush is on the back foot and _ going on? it's very confusing. rush is on the back foot and has - going on? it's very confusing. rush is on the back foot and has been i is on the back foot and has been losing a lot of territory to ukrainian forces and in response mr putin is trying to raise the stakes

—— russia is on the back foot punch that there will be referenda in four part of eastern ukraine occupied by russian forces, supposedly to ask people if they want to join russia. at the idea is that if these regions are annexed by moscow, it would allow the kremlin to say, look, you know what, any further ukrainian offensive is an attack on russia. second, mr putin has hinted he might be prepared to use battlefield short—range nuclear weapons and that he has ordered the mobilisation of reserve base, all of the same day he releases prisoners and that western leaders are gathered in the un in new york. mr putin is threatening with one hand, has a goodwill gesture on the other so this evening, trying to work out what's going on what is the strategy if there is one. the one thing they agree is that mr putin is trying to change the subject and get back on the front foot and get western leaders responding to his agenda rather than spending time shoring up support for ukraine.—

the energy bills of uk businesses will be cut by about half their expected level, for six months, under a substantial package of government support. the scheme will fix gas and electricity prices from the 1st october, to try to help companies survive soaring costs. hospitals, schools and charities will also get assistance. labour has questioned why the plans have taken so long and how they will be paid for. our business editor simonjack reports. 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 more clarity on other uncapped charges. there is some welcome bits but there's a lot really unclear. 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 is

that the consumer still comes out. the government's plan to avert 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

clarity to plan for the future. if you're a business and you need to be able to plan on any kind of reasonable time frame, you are not getting any of the certainty that you should get from an announcement of this significance. so, i'm a bit worried about people still not knowing what the future will hold for them. this is intervention on the scale of the covid furlough scheme. and it's not guaranteed to prevent recession, but, like then, the alternative may have been a severe economic slump. simon jack, bbc news. the government expects the scheme for businesses to cost tens of billions of pounds, although the exact figure is not yet known. that's on top of the billions planned to help households over the next two years. so how is it all going to be paid for? 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, has been looking at the numbers. the cost of today's energy plan for businesses is, says the government, in the tens of billions of pounds. £25 billion, says one top energy analyst.

a bit more, £40 billion, according to the independent institute for fiscal studies. it's actually quite difficult to work out as it depends on gas prices and the structure of people's bills. but that gives a sense of scale — it's almost half the pandemic furlough scheme. let's add on some of the other announcements we have had. in the next year, the household energy support costs around £60 billion. and if, as expected, there are a series of tax cuts for businesses and individuals, it could mean £35 billion a year less coming in, too. these costs won't be paid for upfront — the money will be borrowed. but it's important to say that the government feel that tax cuts on this massive scale will help grow the economy and therefore lower these costs. but we have had no numbers orforecasts, which is how we would ordinarily work that out. this is where borrowing was thought to be going at the last officialforecast, in march.

now take a look at this latest prediction from the ifs. borrowing is higher in every year and by incredible amounts. this year, much of it will be down to the energy emergency, but over the next five years it stays high. it's over £400 billion more in borrowing over this period. what could all this mean for the level of debt — that is all the annual borrowing made by government added up in time? this was the forecast from march. but with these new announcements, borrowing will now rise and continue to do so. not primarily because of the energy package — it's also down to these ongoing tax cuts and slower economy. and all this comes at a time when the interest rate on government borrowing has trebled. tonight the us has have hiked interest rates by three chords of a percent and the bank of england is expected to increase rates tomorrow. the hope is that, in the next year,

this funds businesses and households to avoid a major recession, and beyond that, the government thinks it can grow the economy much faster. either way, it is forecast to borrow hundreds of billions of pounds more in the coming years as a result. sophie. thank you. let's get more from our political editor, chris mason, who's travelling with the prime minister, who's also at the united nations general assembly in new york. she has been meeting with president biden? she she has been meeting with president biden? ,, . , . . . , biden? she has and incidentally, in the last coume _ biden? she has and incidentally, in the last couple of— biden? she has and incidentally, in the last couple of minutes, - biden? she has and incidentally, in the last couple of minutes, the - the last couple of minutes, the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has added income nonchalantly lighting a cigarette in front of cameras as he went in. but as you said, a meeting a few hours ago between the prime minister and the president, lasting an hour and 15 minutes, running over its scheduled time and a focus, as expected, it was on ukraine with both leaders condemning during their conversation what they described as the belligerent statements coming from moscow and president putin. what we will get in a few hours, after that meeting is liz truss heading back

into the main chamber to deliver her address to the un's general assembly and what we will get is a sense of the liz truss worldview, if you like, her strategy in government at home and abroad and it is all looked at through the prism of ukraine. we know the impact it is happening internationally, diplomatically, but also as we have heard, domestically as well. at the heart of that is the desire for economic growth, driven and fuelled by tax cuts. she says that will give the uk a resilience and also allow a focus on energy independence, this idea that by 2040 the uk is a net energy exporter. a couple of sentences we will hear from her later, she will talk about right now being a decisive moment in history of freedom, free world needing economic strength and the resilience to push back against authoritarian aggression. a sense of

her ambition but the challenge is delivering. her ambition but the challenge is deliverinu. , ., ~ , ., the father of molly russell, the 14—year—old who took her own life five years ago after being exposed to harmful content online, has told an inquest into her death that he was shocked when he discovered what she'd been looking. ian russell said it was only after her death that he realised she'd been accessing large numbers of disturbing posts concerning anxiety, depression, self—harm and suicide. angus crawford reports from her inquest in north london. bleak, dark, endless... what molly saw on instagram, described as a world of despair. her father ian called it a drip feed of daily hopelessness. also revealed in court, a twitter account we discovered years ago, and here's what she wrote — words her family were never meant to see.

some of them are so painful to read. we just wish we'd been able to...help her. june 2017, six months before she died, and she wrote, "it sucks when you want to cry but you just sit there, "doing nothing." she also wrote, "how can you tell the people you love "that you want to die?" at times, her mood did lift. she followed celebrities like ariana grande and she loved harry potter. but then her worries and insecurities would seem to overwhelm her. "my mind has been full of suicidal thoughts for a while, "but reading harry potter and the world you created "is my escape," she @—ed jk rowling. in a way, molly does seem to have been asking for help, but ian says she was just shouting into the ether. none of the celebrities she tweeted messaged her back. of course they didn't.

how could they have noticed her amongst their millions of followers? celebrities, like an american influencer called salice rose. molly idolised her and messaged repeatedly. "i don't want to be in this world any more," molly wrote. "i kind of want to die." louisa runs children's mental health charity beyond. it's a clear call for help. it's a clear call for support. she's saying that she needs help. but she's saying it into this kind of vacuous void. but the reality is that social media can't respond. it's not equipped. it's really sad. salice rose didn't want to be interviewed, but she did send us this video message. i'm sad that i didn't know her- before she even did what she did. i wish i knew her so i could have called her and been like, "hey, i "you know, don't do this. you know? like, "things get better." it's november 2017, and molly

writes her final message. molly tweeted to salice rose, "happy birthday, have an amazing day." that evening, i really don't know that she was thinking that she wouldn't be there the next morning. all i would say is, if you're in a place, a horrible, low place where you actually want to end your life, please reach out to those people that you love, because they would so much rather you did. angus crawford, bbc news. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised by this story, you can find help and support from organisations listed at bbc.co.uk/actionline. donald trump and three of his adult children have been accused of fraud by the state of new york.

the lawsuit alleges that the trump 0rganization engaged in "numerous" acts of fraud and misrepresentation between 2011 and 2021. the former president has denied any wrongdoing. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith is in new york. yes, the new york attorney general is accusing donald trump, along with donaldjr, ivanka is accusing donald trump, along with donald jr, ivanka and is accusing donald trump, along with donaldjr, ivanka and eric trump of falsely exaggerating how much he was worth in order to get bank loans, professional and a preferential rates and reduce taxes. if you claim to have money you do not have money you do not have, that is not the art of the steel. for instance, mr trump is accused of claiming his manhattan apartment was valued at billions of dollars more than it was wet because he said it was almost three times larger than it actually is. now he denies having done anything wrong and it's already been on social media accusing the attorney general of a politically motivated witch hunt and he has already sent out

fundraising e—mails, saying he needs support in order to fight back. what was filed today was a civil suit, so that means that there can't be any jail sentences coming as a result of this but the attorney general also said she think she has uncovered evidence that would suggest that both state and federal criminal laws have been violated and that she has passed that information onto prosecutors. passed that information onto prosecutors-_ passed that information onto rosecutors. ., ,, ., ~ passed that information onto rosecutors. ., ,, . ~' the vast majority of babies born in the uk arrive safely but when serious problems occur, the impact can be devastating. the nhs in england expects to pay £8 billion in compensation for mothers and babies who were harmed or died during childbirth last year. the bbc has looked at the official statistics and found more than half of maternity units in england failed to consistently meet safety standards. and the health regulator says 7% of maternity units pose a high risk of avoidable harm. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns has this report —

and a warning — you may find parts of it distressing. she was my best friend, lucy. i lost that. everything changed when lucy was 22. we used to have fun, we had banter. she always looked out for me. now, all her family wants is to have a proper conversation with her. lucy, i've got your feed. going to put yourfeed on. this is life for lucy now. she can't talk or walk. she needs 24—hour support. her sister zoe leads her team of carers. she also helps bring up lucy's daughter millie who is eight now. the problem started just after lucy gave birth to her. she had millie and they put her onto her chest and within a few seconds lucy said to me, "just take her, take her, "mum," and i could see her going. that was the last thing lucy said before she lost a huge amount of blood.

shall we sing a song? # lucy, lucy, lucy...# in surgery she was wrongly given an epidural, meaning she was awake. her body couldn't cope with this and the bleeding. her heart stopped, her brain is starved of oxygen, and she has been left with severe brain damage. your life has been totally transformed by this. you were just 19 when this happened? yes, a bit ofa kid. i had to grow up because i had to bring millie up. lucy's story shows the human cost of when a birth goes wrong but there is a financial one, as well. the family receives payments from the nhs for lucy's care. compensation is nothing to me. i would have still liked lucy normal and carry on with life as it was, have a happy life. 0ne baby is born every 54 seconds in england and the vast majority do arrive safely. i'm happy because i've

got my little boy in my arms, that's the most important thing. there were almost 600,000 births in england last year. a small number, just over 1200, ended in compensation claims. that is 12% of all cases made against the nhs in england. but maternity mistakes are expensive, so the nhs expects this area to account for 60% of the money it will end up paying out the problems that happened last year. which means those claims will, over time, come to almost £8 billion. to give you an idea of what that £8 billion could be worth, it's about four times the annual salary of all maternity doctors, nurses and midwives in england. if we invest in maternity services now, then the compensation costs will go down, but actually the most important thing is that women and families won't have the poor

care and outcomes, the devastating outcomes that we all know about. the government says it wants the nhs to be the best place in the world to give birth and has invested more than £200 million in maternity care. we want to make sure that babies and mums are cared for safely, if we get it right first time, those claims will reduce. meanwhile, lucy's family are left rebuilding their lives. i will probably get married one day but kids... the thought goes through your mind, like, will it happen to you? danger is my fear now because i'm always thinking, well, if i injure myself, that's another one down. catherine burns, bbc news. roger federer — the 20 time grand slam champion — is waving goodbye to top level tennis this weekend at the laver cup in london. it's a europe versus the world event, where he's hoping to play doubles

with his great rival rafa nadal. he's been speaking to our sports news correspondent, laura scott. umpire: game, set and match federer. after 24 years and 20 grand slams, roger federer is facing the end of a career he said he could never have dreamt of. on friday night, he'll take to the court for one final doubles match and said playing alongside his oldest rival, rafael nadal, would be a fitting finale. i think it could be quite a unique situation if it were to happen, for that reason it would be great. i don't know if it's going to happen, but i think it could be obviously a special, special moment. federer said he's most proud of his longevity and had hoped his career might go on forever. but at 41, father time has finally caught up with him. having not played since last year's wimbledon, he took up a ceremonial role this summer, and a scan a few days later left him no option but to retire — just weeks after the tennis world waved goodbye to another great, serena williams. it's interesting that we're

almost the same age, or basically the same age, and retiring within weeks from one another. and she's had the most incredible career as well. for me, personally, it's been also a tough decision, but at the same time, also one that i could see coming for a number of years now. having initially felt scared to face the music, federer says he's now at peace with his decision, but knows gracing the court one final time in front of his fans will be emotional. a few weeks ago, i could almost not bear the thought of how it was going to be once i stand out on the court. now, i almost feel like i'm looking forward to just going through that. as one of the greatest players of all time, one member of a golden generation bows out, old rivalries have been put to one side and the tributes are flowing. i watched him when i was little growing up, as well, and i always enjoyed watching him and then, yeah, got the opportunity to compete

against him and then, yeah, now, to be, you know, on the same team as him is really cool. with retirement comes reflection, eulogies of his balletic artistry and featherlight flair. but federer doesn't want his final farewell to be one of sadness — he's hoping to bow out with a party. laura scott, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. what have you got for us? well, today, temperatures reached 22 degrees in surrey but also 22 degrees in surrey but also 22 degrees in surrey but also 22 degrees in aberdeenshire. towards the north west of scotland, things looked very different and looming large on the satellite picture is this broad band of thick cloud, which is of course a weather front. that weather front not just producing cloud but this rain and its heading into scotland and northern ireland now and over the next few days, the band of rain moves down towards the south—east, pushing away the warm air we have at the moment, replacing it with more

of a north—westerly breeze around at high pressure and that will bring in cooler air. high pressure and that will bring in coolerair. but high pressure and that will bring in cooler air. but we have this right and first of all heading into scotland, heading into northern ireland. it could be quite heavy for a while. england and wales, dry and largely clear skies, it will be cooler in more southern parts of the uk tonight then it will be further north. a change of fortunes tomorrow night as the rate move southwards. the rain starts across scotland and northern ireland tomorrow morning and will head into northern england, it will get wetter here especially in the north—west in the afternoon. rain in the afternoon for wales, but ahead of it, the midlands, wales and southern england dry with sunshine at times. it could make 22 in the south—east of england. but following the rain in scotland and northern ireland, yes, we will get some sunshine and they will be a gentle breeze but it is cooler air so temperatures will be typically 15 or 16 degrees. the band of wet weather continues south—eastwards overnight and by the time we are on friday, we have some patchy rain across east anglia and the south—east. a lot of

cloud here. away from here, we should see some sunshine around. it looks like we have a scattering of light showers, mainly