knocking. eyewitnesses say armed soldiers are going door to door in occupied parts of ukraine to collect votes for so called "referendums" onjoining russia. storm fiona strikes canada's atlantic coastline. torrential rain and winds of up to 160km/h cause extensive flooding and mudslides. in iran, increasingly violent anti—government protests have continued for an eighth day. and how one of the world's most streamed performers, bad bunny, has used his fame to draw attention to the issues facing his native puerto rico.

reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self—styled "referendums" on joining russia. russian state media says door—to—door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine's territory. the so—called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia's version of their so—called referendums — a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre,

it's deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door—to—door with the support of armed men. on this unverified cctv clip, a man is asked what apartment he's from. "i don't live here." "are you sure?" "yes," he says. he carries on down without looking over his shoulder. we've spoken to several people under russian occupation... outgoing dialling tone. hello. hi, bleep. ..including natalia — not her real name. nice to hear you, too. a producer has voiced her words. what are yourfriends and family thinking about this? do they want to go and vote?

translation: all of my friends are against the referendum - because we're sure that the referendum will be rigged. we don't understand why we should answer the question that is written on the ballots. we don't want to be part of russia. driven by losses on the battlefield and growing criticisms back home, the kremlin wants to legitimise its presence in ukraine while threatening an escalation if ukraine keeps pushing back. this isn't about democracy. it's a move straight out of the russian playbook. the result will be what russia needs it to be, and ukraine is calling on the world to see right through it. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. one kherson resident has been telling the bbc about the situation there. he says it is tense and he's afraid to go outside. i saw some reports, or saw information on various channels and the social media that the russian soldiers

are working and knocking on the doors. they are already working in the kherson, but quite plenty reports coming from the villages as well, and the reports are varying from village to village. some of them, they are not so rude but in some villages, if people refuse to vote, they threatened that they have to leave their homes within 2a hours, otherwise they will face bitter consequences. nobody has knocked at my door and i will not explain how, but i made everything possible so nobody will reach my door. so, i plan to continue staying here. but my plans may change at any moment. at any moment. everything depends on the situation. everything is changing every day. human rights groups say more than 700 people have been arrested at anti—war demonstrations across russia since reservists were called up to fight in ukraine. this video footage has emerged which appears to show a fight in the russian city of omsk

between men drafted to the army and local police. the footage appears to show russian police trying to force the men onto buses, according to the reuters news agency journalist who shared the video. president putin has announced a call—up of around 300,000 russians who have done compulsory military service. the video, which has been attributed to the omsk civil association, has not been verified by the bbc. well, for the past five days, russian civilians have queued for hours to cross the border into neighbouring countries such as mongolia, kazakhstan, finland or georgia. many are scared russia might close its borders, although the kremlin says reports of an exodus are exaggerated. the bbc has been speaking to one russian driver, who wished to remain anonymous, as he queued to get into georgia.

iama i am a musician, i am a guitar player. i want to take all of my musician stuff with me so, in this case, i took my car and go to the border of georgia and russia. i was in flood of ascus and i guess there will be around ten or 15 hours in future i have two kilometres to the border and it is stuck. i have some food and water with me in my car. there is a toilet and so on. as we know, all people in border now, they can cross it so it's not a problem for now. many people here just don't want to go to war. i guess it's a main reason that we are here. we don't speak

about the war, in these cues. we speak about the border, i guess, yes. isee car numbers with region numbers, we can see almost any of these region numbers in these cars. i guess nobody can make a full view, at least from our side, from our country. our people don't know correct information about the situation in ukraine. also, what i can say about people that i am speaking with, simple people, they don't want to go to war. as me, i don't want to fight. i know many people from ukraine. it's my friends, it's part of my family. i don't want to fight, of course.— to fight, of course. more than 500,000 — to fight, of course. more than 500,000 people _ to fight, of course. more than 500,000 people in _ to fight, of course. more than 500,000 people in eastern . 500,000 people in eastern canada are without power.

the region continues to be battered by a huge storm. these pictures show the town of channel—port aux basques. storm fiona brought winds of nearly i60km/h, tearing down powerlines and trees. authorities have issued severe weather warnings and the prime minister, justin trudeau, has promised to send help to the affected regions. hurricane fiona is currently having a devastating impact across atlantic canada and eastern quebec. we're seeing devastating images coming out of port aux basques. pei has experienced storm damage like they've never seen. cape breton is being hit hard, too, as is quebec. there've been evacuation orders issued. hundreds of thousands of people are without power. there are reports of roads washed out and homes destroyed. we've all seen the images. this is a very powerful and dangerous storm. ancel langille is senior operations manager for the red cross and hejoins me now from dartmouth in nova scotia.

thank you so much for giving us your time. thank you so much for giving us yourtime. how thank you so much for giving us your time. how are you all doing? how is it going? we're doinu doing? how is it going? we're doing 0k- _ doing? how is it going? we're doing 0k. organisationally, i doing? how is it going? we're| doing 0k. organisationally, we doing ok. organisationally, we have mobilised our personnel support people who are displaced because of the storm, because of damage to their homes. have been several apartment buildings this province that have been damaged, therefore people cannot stay there. in the province of newfoundland and labrador, especially in porter basque, ourteams labrador, especially in porter basque, our teams are preparing to set up shelter to receive people they now have no place to stay and to support their short medium and long—term means for what will be a very long time of recovery —— port aux basques. long time of recovery -- port aux basque— long time of recovery -- port aux basques. what idea of the numbers affected _ aux basques. what idea of the numbers affected you - aux basques. what idea of the numbers affected you have - aux basques. what idea of the numbers affected you have at| numbers affected you have at this stage?— this stage? there are still hundreds _ this stage? there are still hundreds of _ this stage? there are still hundreds of thousands i this stage? there are still hundreds of thousands of| this stage? there are still - hundreds of thousands of people without powerjust in nova scotia, is december 300,000, without powerjust in nova scotia, is december300,000, is over80,000 scotia, is december300,000, is over 80,000 in prince edward island and just over 33,000 in new brunswick. the powered

numbers in new finland and labrador are not as high but the structural and infrastructural damage there is much greater.— much greater. justin trudeau said he will— much greater. justin trudeau said he will give _ much greater. justin trudeau said he will give whatever - said he will give whatever resources are required. from your perspective, what do you need? ~ ., _ your perspective, what do you need? ~ ., ., need? well, i would say that the first priority _ need? well, i would say that the first priority will - need? well, i would say that the first priority will be - need? well, i would say that the first priority will be for i the first priority will be for powered crews to be able to get to the lions and get to the polls to restore power. i would suspect, in my experience would tell me that crews would come into help with the tree clearing and debris clearing to allow powered crews to do their job and once power is restored, there will be a better assessment of damage to people's homes and if they can return and when. bud people's homes and if they can return and when.— people's homes and if they can return and when. and for those who have _ return and when. and for those who have been _ return and when. and for those who have been affected - return and when. and for those who have been affected by - return and when. and for those who have been affected by the| who have been affected by the storms, what is your advice to them? either in areas where the weather has passed or where it is still ongoing, what do people do? 50 is still ongoing, what do people do?— is still ongoing, what do --eole do? ., ., people do? so in new finland on the west coast, _ people do? so in new finland on the west coast, it _ people do? so in new finland on the west coast, it is _ people do? so in new finland on the west coast, it is still - the west coast, it is still very stormy there, the winds are still over 100 kilometres an hour to our advice to those

people is if safe, stay in your home. don't go outside until the weather passes. the rest us, it was a stunningly beautiful sunset here in nova scotia however, it still isn't really safer people to be out because of the downed power lines and trees and the and powerlines not working so the best advice is for people to hunker down at home, get out the battery powered lights and play a board game, read a book. with yourfamily, be play a board game, read a book. with your family, be with your friends and be safe. we with your family, be with your friends and be safe.— friends and be safe. we have heard on _ friends and be safe. we have heard on bbc— friends and be safe. we have heard on bbc news - friends and be safe. we have heard on bbc news from - friends and be safe. we have i heard on bbc news from people saying that they have never experienced weather like this, 70 or 80 years old and this is a first, a hurricane in this part of the world. what can be done, then, to prepare? because weather systems, climate is changing. weather systems, climate is changing-— weather systems, climate is chanauin. �*, ., ., , ., changing. there's going to be a lot of soul-searching, - changing. there's going to be a lot of soul-searching, i - changing. there's going to be a lot of soul-searching, i think, | lot of soul—searching, i think, individuals and governments around preparedness for the next fiona or whatever stormy approach. i would expect that

provinces and governments would look at their shorelines and how to protect those better. how we can improve on protecting climate and individuals will take their own look inside and around their properties to see how they can be a bit better prepare the next time. keep trees trimmed back, things like that.- back, things like that. ancel, “oininu back, things like that. ancel, joining us _ back, things like that. ancel, joining us from _ back, things like that. ancel, joining us from dartmouth i back, things like that. ancel, i joining us from dartmouth nova scotia, we appreciate your time and do keep us updated on the situation as well.— situation as well. thank you. thank you — situation as well. thank you. thank you so _ situation as well. thank you. thank you so much. - let's get some of the day's other news. italians go to the polls on sunday in a general election widely expected to deliver italy its most right—wing government since world war ii. italians are preparing to have a new leader, giorgia meloni, whose party, brothers of italy, has its roots in the country's post—war neo—fascist movement. the us government has criticised as "catastrophic" the reintroduction in arizona of a 19th century law which bans almost

all abortions. the white house press secretary said the decision had set back women in the state by more than 100 years. ajudge in brazil has banned presidentjair bolsonaro from using public buildings to record party political broadcasts ahead of next sunday's general election. earlier this week, mr bolsonaro made a controversial live online address from the library of his official residence in brasilia, urging voters to support him in the poll. reports from iran suggest that the authorities have regained control of large parts of a town in the west of the country from anti—government demonstrators. police said they have arrested more than 700 protesters at anti—government demonstrations and officials say 35 people have been killed. protesters pushed back and overwhelm a fire engine that was being used to disperse demonstrations in

this town north of tehran. it's one of many protests that have ignited in dozens of across iran following the death of a young woman in police custody. in another town, protesters are defacing the image of the supreme leader ali khamenei from the walls of the university. yelling. in the capital, demonstrators lit fires reportedly to act as a barrier against the security forces and to alleviate the effects of tear gas. dozens of protesters have been killed and this woman told us what happened to her husband at one demonstration. translation: we went demonstration. translation: - went out to protest for our rights and this is what they did to my husband. what you see on my husband public body are bruises from certain strikes and kicks from the members of the security forces. afterwards, we went all the pharmacies but they refused to

help us, even the doctors and hospitals did not dare help us. but the doctor secretly visited my husband at home. i hope we win. i hope iran becomes free. the protest were triggered by the death in custody of a young iranian kurdish woman, mother amini, who had been detained for not wearing the hijab properly, the police say she suffered from sudden heart failure but they have reportedly beaten her, her father says she had no prior health problems —— mahsa. earlier, it was reported that areas of the majority kurdish city oshnavieh near the border with iraq have been taken over by demonstrators. authorities say they have regained control of the town. they accuse kurdish separatists of stirring up kurdish separatists of stirring up unrest in iran and say they have launched a cross—border artillery attack on militant basesin artillery attack on militant bases in the kurdish region of northern iraq. iran has rarely seen widespread protest like this over a civil rights issue

but what started as a movement against mandatory hijabs and for equality between the sexes is escalated to cause —— calls for regime change and women are leading the way. eyewitnesses say armed soldiers are going door—to—door in occupied parts of ukraine to collect votes for so—called referendums on joining russia. storm fiona has struck canada's atlantic coastline. torrential rain and winds of up to 160 kilometeres an hour have caused exstensive flooding and mudslides. a british man freed this week after being held by russian—backe forces in ukraine has said he was treated worse than a dog and thought he could be killed in captivity. speaking to the sun on sunday, aiden aslin, who's now back in the uk, described how he was stabbed by a russian officer. he was one of five britons freed as part of a prisoner exchange

between russia and ukraine. simon jones has more. we're now out of the danger zone... the flight that took aiden aslin to his freedom, after months in captivity, where he said he was treated worse than a dog. in my cell, it was a two—man cell, but it was for four people, because we had to sleep on the same bed, on a mat that was infested with lice. we also had to sing the russian national anthem every morning and if you didn't sing it, you would get punished for it. you could get beaten or they would punish you some way or another. aiden aslin moved to ukraine four years ago and had joined the ukrainian armed forces. if you're watching this, it means we've surrendered. but his unit was forced to surrender in april. he was held with other prisoners by russian—backed separatists. in donetsk, he said interrogation by a russian officer almost cost him his life. he got down on his knees, and he was smoking a cigarette, and he was like, "do you know who i am?"

i was like, "no." he said, "i'm your death," basically, in russian. i saw myself, i'd been stabbed, so i knew there was a very high possibility that i'm about to be killed. now freed, in a deal brokered by saudi arabia between russia and ukraine, aiden aslin says he's amazed to be back home and among people who don't want to hurt him. simon jones, bbc news. the first picture of the new burial stone marking the queen's final resting place has been released by buckingham palace. the ledger stone has been set into the floor of the george the sixth memorial chapel at windsor castle, where she was buried alongside her late husband prince philip on monday. members of the public will be able to visit the chapel in person from thursday. a remarkable tale of success. crossing the english channel is no mean pete and especially

something to brag about. li ling yung—hryniewiecki two weeks ago, became the first singaporean warmer to its from the channel and under 13 hours. i was very lucky to have their very experienced pilots to bring me a class, so for me i didn't really have to worry about the navigation too much, so although the tide is due pursuant north—east to south—west, as far as i was concerned when i was swimming i was swimming in a straight line. in terms of the jellyfish and the cold, those were the biggest nemeses. but i was very lucky on this day. i have met manyjellyfish lucky on this day. i have met many jellyfish and conquered manyjellyfish and conquered many in hong kong but it was very clear on that day. i saw just a small one, way better than what i was expecting. for the cold it was also a warm year but i have been training

for the last several years for this, so it went smoothly for me. how me. h ow exa ctly me. how exactly do you rain for something like this and how does it prepare you for the reality of nearly 13 hours in the water? i reality of nearly 13 hours in the water?— reality of nearly 13 hours in the water? i have spent the last five years _ the water? i have spent the last five years when - the water? i have spent the last five years when i - the water? i have spent the last five years when i was i last five years when i was living in london and then moving over to hong kong. i was swimming with outer wetsuit through summer in london, and also through the winter in the sea in hong kong, and i was doing ice parts, so it was possible to rain for that. i was swaying up to 45 kilometres per week in the few months leading up to the english channel swim, so i think that prepared me relatively well. we have seen this image of you after the swim signing the wall in the pub there and reaching up in the pub there and reaching up and putting your name and time i'm assuming. what is it like when you finish? we have that image for theirfor like when you finish? we have that image for their for the viewers. what is it like

finishing? you spend so many years preparing, so many hours in the water, what is the ending luck? aha, in the water, what is the ending luck?— in the water, what is the ending luck? in the water, what is the endin: luck? �* , , ., ending luck? a huge sense of relief. a lot _ ending luck? a huge sense of relief. a lot of _ ending luck? a huge sense of relief. a lot of the _ relief. a lot of the preparation and mental difficulty is in the lead up to the swim. i was waiting for the wind to die down and i wasn't sure if i was going to be able to swim this year, so just starting i was so relieved, and the last part of the swim was also very tough, the last one and a half hours because of the tides, and i think i wasjust so relieved when i stepped onto the french sand, i was really happy to have been able to do that, even if i prepared for it because it was something. sorry. and you didn't do this to get into the record books, this is done for charity? that's right, in support of fundraising for splash foundation. they are a hong kong—based charity. i have been volunteering there as a swim coach for the last two and a

half to three years while in hong kong. flash provides completely free learn to swim lessons for communities like foreign and domestic helpers in hong kong, children with special needs, kids from low income communities. it has been a really rewarding experience. splash is launching today whether its first class for foreign and domestic helpers, so the funds raised will go towards helping launch the programme here.- programme here. what a remarkable _ programme here. what a remarkable story. - the international recording artist, bad bunny, has released a new music video from his latest album. the clip isn'tjust a video to accompany his hit reggaeton track. it's also a viral documentary about the issues facing the artist's native puerto rico. released just hours before hurricane fiona struck, it's already racked up millions of views. ben derico has the story. # puerto rico, esta bien, cabron...# this is bad bunny, one of the world's most popular musicians. on spotify alone, he has over 44 billion streams.

he's just released his latest music video for his song el apagon, but it's not your usual video clip. kacho lopez is the video's director. it was an idea, it was a bad bunny idea. they called and said, "how do we turn a music video "into a documentary?" not your usual ask, but he and his team found a way. after three minutes of music, the video transitions into a 20—minute repor about some of the island's most pressing issues, like blackouts, corruption and american influence. you know, it's kind of like a trojan horse in that it uses bad bunny's popularity and his platform to get people that were not looking for a documentary about these issues and having them just come to have fun, come to get entertained by the music, and, all of a sudden, wait, what is he talking about? the documentary is fronted by bianca graulau, a journalist in puerto rico who has gained followers on platforms like tiktok and instagram

for her investigative reporting. as the documentary says, "aqui vive gente", people live here. this is notjust your playground, this is notjust a tourism destination, there are people who have been living here for generations and they're struggling to have a good life. it's been five years since hurricane maria decimated infrastructure across puerto rico. since then, blackouts have become common and, to make things worse, since hurricane fiona passed through, thousands are still without power. so, i think it's that balance that shows the real puerto rico — a place that's beautiful, a place that's rich and amazing, but also a place that has problems. the video has over six million views and it's given an amazing platform to a documentary that wouldn't usually get anywhere near as many. but will viewers keep watching when bad bunny isn't

asking them to? puerto rico and the world will have wait to find out. ben derico, bbc news, san francisco. nasa has called off another scheduled launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the moon, which was due to take place on tuesday. that's because of tropical storm ian, which could become a hurricane, as it approaches florida. it's the third delay in a month for the test flight, which suffered a fuel leak and other technical glitches at the end of august. nasa had previously said that a further delay would force them to roll the spacecraft back from the launchpad. it isa it is a plan to get humans back to the lunar service. online you can see a guide to their mega moon rocket. find it for yourself online. you can also find me online. reach me on twitter. forthe find me online. reach me on twitter. for the moment, thanks for watching.

hello. it's set to get colder for all of us over the next few days, although that said, lowest temperatures likely to be sunday morning. with light winds, we could see a touch of frost in some rural parts to begin the day, a few mist and fog patches, too. they will quickly clear and for most, a chilly start to sunday, but a lovely, sunny one. isolated shower, too, over norfolk and suffolk, the channel islands, and as cloud builds in the north and west through the days, a few showers will crop up. most, though, will be dry. the exception as the winds strengthen will be the north—west of scotland — a band of heavy rain quickly sweeping across these areas by the end of the afternoon. temperatures for all down on what we've seen through recent days, aided and abetted by that strengthening wind. those winds will go north—westerly as we go into sunday evening. that band of rain through the evening, scotland, northern ireland, pushes through quite quickly, then clear skies and showers, and then that rain spreads its way southwards across much of england and wales, too, into monday morning.

now, it's actually going to be very cold on monday morning, but it probably won't feel as chillyjust because of the strength of the wind, and that wind will be a key feature because, as we go into monday and indeed tuesday, it's coming down from the north and north—west, feeding with it the air that's come all the way from the arctic. you've got to remember it's september, so in the sunnier moments, it probably won't feel too bad out there. but when you're in the showers — and there should be plenty around on monday — it will feel distinctly chilly. those showers spreading southwards and eastwards across the country quite rapidly, so ever—changing skies. early rain on the south coast clears to allow a sunnier day, but around the coasts, it's where we'll see some of the strongest of the winds, gusting 40, maybe 50 mph, and that will make it feel colder than these temperatures suggest. just note on the thermometers, only around nine degrees in aberdeen — it will feel even colder than that. a chilly day to come on tuesday as well. a slight shift in wind direction means some eastern areas of england will have a much brighter day. showers in the north and the west, maybe some longer spells of rain sliding through ireland, clipping south—west wales and in towards cornwall. temperatures here maybe up to around 15—16 degrees, but only around 10—14 degrees

for many on tuesday. a chilly night will follow, rain towards that south—west corner will clear and winds will fall lighter for wednesday and thursday as the area of low pressure gradually pulls away. but it's still going to be on the chilly side — temperatures only in the teens and there will be some further rain at times, too, before the winds strengthen later on friday. see you later.

being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia, while human rights groups say more than 700 people have been