i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: knocking on door. 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. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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. 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. footage appears to show russian police trying to force the men onto buses, that's according to the reuters news agencyjournalist who shared the video. president putin has announced a call up

of around 300,000 russians who have done compulsory military service. the video, attributed to the omsk civil association, has not been verified by the bbc. russian civilians have queued for hours to cross the border into neighbouring countries and avoid the military called up to fight in ukraine. long queues of cars have formed a number of crossings, and many are scared russia may close its borders. georgia, kazakhstan, finland and mongolia have crossings. the kremlin says reports of an exorcist —— exorcist —— exodus are exaggerated. we spoke to one person trying to cross. i saw some reports, i saw information on various channels

—— 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 vladikavkaz and i guess there will be around ten or 15 hours in future for the border. i have two kilometres to border and it's stuck. i have some food and water with me in my car. there is a toilet and so on. as we know, all people that 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 queues. we speak about border, i guess, yes. i see car numbers with region numbers. we can see almost any of our region numbers in these cars. i guess nobody can make a full view of the situation in ukraine — 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 — our 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. more than 500,000 people in eastern canada are without power as 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 ministerjustin trudeau has promised to send help to the affected regions. hurricane fiona is currently having a terrible 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. 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. the labour leader sir keir starmer has arrived in liverpool ahead of the start of the party's annual conference. he's condemned the package of tax cuts unveiled by the chancellor on friday, calling it "tory casino economics" which, he says, is gambling with the finances of every family in the country. the government insists its package of measures, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, will help kick—start economic growth. here's our political correspondent iain watson. labour's been out of power for more than a decade but they now believe their political fortunes could be turning around. just as their party conference gets under way, liz truss has made the political dividing lines with the opposition far more stark. applause.

arriving in liverpool, the labour leader believes this will work to his advantage. and after 12 long years of tory failure, didn't theyjust show their true colours yesterday? crowd: yes! and your envision. —— and you're in vision. and earlier, the party's deputy leader argued that yesterday's tax cutting not—so—mini budget had now given labour an opportunity to set out a distinct vision on the economy. conservatives have failed to grow our economy over 12 years and now, we're seeing that there is a last—ditch casino attempt at going for the risky strategy byjust helping those at the top. i don't believe that will give us the growth and the investment that we need for the future, or will help those that are working hard today. # my city, my people, my heart. but not everything in the wider labour movement is harmonious. keir starmer has told his senior mps to stay away from picket lines but, not far from his conference, a strike has flared up at liverpool docks.

the people in the picket line here are members of unite, the union that gives more money to the labour party than any other. that union's leader met keir starmer in recent days, and what she wants to see is a more ambitious economic policy from him and, perhaps surprisingly, far more support for striking workers. —— perhaps unsurprisingly. i think he wants to make it very clear that he is supporting workers and the reality is actions will speak louder than words. for me, jam tomorrow does not pay the bills, as far as workers are concerned and therefore, today is the time that they are struggling, today is the time they're on the picket lines, today is the time that they want labour to put their arm around them. this is a crucial moment, a curcial conference for us on the left. and left—wing delegates are pushing for a motion to be debated that would support mps joining picket lines, and which would call for pay rises to be at or above inflation. but keir starmer will be keen to show that his party has emerged from the political storms of thejeremy corbyn era and that the clear blue water in british politics is now

between government and opposition. iain watson, bbc news, liverpool. a leading think—tank, the resolution foundation, has said that middle income earners stand to lose the most money from the tax policies announced yesterday by the government, with the very richest benefiting most. but the government insists the tax cuts are fair to all and will get the economy growing. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports. a bit more money for everyone will get businesses investing and people spending — that's the government's aim. but at this market in buckinghamshire, there is scepticism about who will benefit most from these tax cuts. well, the higher end are going to be a lot better off but the lower end, is it a penny? it's nothing, considering the cost of living and inflation and the bills. it will take six months to kick in, really, won't it, and to see if it does help. just hopefully it does.

according to the think—tank the resolution foundation, the top 5% of earners will overall be about £2,500 better off, while the lowest 5% will be about £9 worse off, but the middle fifth of earners, labelled by some as the "squeezed middle," will be about £780 worse off. this was a budget where the distributional impact was very clearly the biggest gains goes to those who have the highest incomes. it's a growth—or—bust kind of strategy, which is certainly different to what we have seen before. a lot of what was announced yesterday was simply reversing planned tax rises, personal and corporate. ministers insist these plans will grow the economy for everyone. we're not into the politics of envy, where we deliberately penalise people who have been working hard. we want to cut taxes for everybody. and the danger, by the way, if you have tax rates that are too high, for either companies or for individuals, you drive them away. the previous chancellor froze the basic rate at which everyone starts paying tax which, with inflation so high, is currently

leaving everyone worse off. treasury insiders confirm that might now be looked at as part of a wider review of all taxes. a full budget could be on the cards before the year is out. the chancellor might not be done with tax cuts just yet. marc ashdown, 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 vi 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. there are reports from several cities in iran of more clashes between anti—government protestors and the police, including in the capital, tehran. police say they've arrested more than 700 protesters at anti—government demonstrations and officials say 35 people have been killed. leana hosea has this report. cheering and applause.

protesters push back and overwhelm a fire engine that was being used to disperse demonstrations in this town north of tehran. siren wails. it's one of many protests that have ignited in dozens of cities 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 out to protest for our rights - and this is what they did to my husband. what you see on my husband's

body are bruises from baton strikes and kicks from the members of the security forces. afterwards, we went to all the pharmacies, but they refused to help us. even the doctors in hospitals didn't dare help us. but a doctor secretly visited my husband at home. i hope we win. i hope iran becomes free. the protests were triggered by the death in custody of a young iranian kurdish woman, mahsa amini, who'd been detained for not wearing the hijab properly. the police say she suffered from sudden heart failure, but they had reportedly beaten her. herfather says she had no prior health problems. earlier, it was reported that areas of the majority kurdish city oshnavieh, near the border with iraq, had been taken over by demonstrators. authorities say they have regained control of the town. they accuse kurdish separatists of stirring up unrest in iran

and say they have launched a cross—border 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 has escalated to calls for regime change, and women are leading the way. leana hosea, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: 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 has struck canada's atlantic coastline, torrential rain and winds of up to 160 kilometeres an hour, have caused exstensive flooding and mudslides. let's stay with that now and a little earlier i asked ancel langille, who's senior operations manager for the red cross, how the organisation is coping with the aftermath of hurricane fiona.

we're doing 0k. organisationally, we have mobilised our personnel to support people that are displaced because of the storm, because of damage to their homes. there have been several apartment buildings within this province that have been damaged, therefore people can't stay there. in the province of newfoundland and labrador, especially in port aux basques, our teams are preparing to set up shelters to receive people that 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. what idea of the numbers affected do you have at this stage? there's still hundreds of thousands of people without powerjust in nova scotia. it's still over 300,000. just over 80,000 in prince edward island and just over 33,000 in new brunswick. the power outage numbers in newfoundland and labrador are not as high but the structural and infrastructure damage there is much greater. justin trudeau said that he will give whatever

resources are required. from your perspective, what do you need? well, i would say that the first priority will be for power crews to be able to get to the lines and get to the poles to restore power, so i would suspect — in my experience would tell me — that crews would come in to help with the tree clearing and debris clearing to allow power crews to do theirjob. once power is restored, then there will be a better assessment of damage to people's homes and if they can return, and when. and for those who have been affected by the storms, what is your advice to them? either in areas where the weather has maybe passed or in areas where it is still ongoing, what should people do? so, in newfoundland on the west coast, it is still very stormy there, the winds are still over 100km/h, so our advice to those people is if safe, stay in your home. don't go outside until the weather passes.

for the rest of us in the maritimes, it was a stunningly beautiful sunset here in nova scotia. however, it still really isn't really safer people to be out because of the downed powerlines and trees and the outages 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. be with your family, be with your friends and be safe. we have heard on bbc news from people saying that they have never experienced weather like this. they're 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, climates are changing. there's going to be a lot of soul—searching, i think, amongst individuals and governments around preparedness for the next fiona or whatever storm may 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. 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. a gym in cornwall is harnessing the power of boxing to help improve the lives of people with parkinson's. club members with the condition, who call themselves the parky blinders, say special training sessions are helping with some symptoms of the disease.

andy birkett has been speaking to some of them. parkinson's is an awful disease, my left side started to tremor. disease, my left side started to tremor-— to tremor. life changing symptoms- _ to tremor. life changing symptoms. boxing - to tremor. life changing i symptoms. boxing training to tremor. life changing - symptoms. boxing training can't cure or reverse a disease but it really can help. i cure or reverse a disease but it really can help.— it really can help. i started boxin: it really can help. i started boxing a — it really can help. i started boxing a year— it really can help. i started boxing a year ago - it really can help. i startedj boxing a year ago with this club and it has made a big difference to me, it has helped with my tremors and my speech. so good for your co—ordination, you have — so good for your co—ordination, you have to— so good for your co—ordination, you have to remember a lot of things. — you have to remember a lot of things, and fun tasks where you have _ things, and fun tasks where you have to — things, and fun tasks where you have to use your memory as well as your— have to use your memory as well as your arms have to use your memory as well as yourarms and have to use your memory as well as your arms and your legs, so the boxing _ as your arms and your legs, so the boxing helps with balance as welt — the boxing helps with balance as well. ., , ., ., as well. the group who are based all — as well. the group who are based all over _ as well. the group who are based all over london - as well. the group who are based all over london love | as well. the group who are l based all over london love a good pun and named themselves the parky blinders, and it hasn't gone unnoticed with

nigel travis. bi; hasn't gone unnoticed with nigel travis.— hasn't gone unnoticed with nigel travis. by the order of the perky — nigel travis. by the order of the parky blinders, - nigel travis. by the order of the parky blinders, i- nigel travis. by the order of the parky blinders, i reckon| the parky blinders, i reckon you are going to change some lives using boxing. i have heard about all of your projects and i think it is a great thing you are doing. i wish you all the best and i hope to see you all soon, god bless the bite don't be fooled, it's not all exercises not the sessions usually end with cake. the social network that people have created around the group is so satisfying because there seems to be a little bit of a gap in that and also i have just made lovely friends. it’s just made lovely friends. it's fantastic. — just made lovely friends. it's fantastic, especially the afterwards when you come and socialise. — afterwards when you come and socialise, you learn so much more — socialise, you learn so much more about them, the medications they are wrong, how the medication effect them because then i can tailor what we do — because then i can tailor what we do two _ because then i can tailor what we do two more assist them so it is almost— we do two more assist them so it is almost like a i—to—i session— it is almost like a i—to—i session within the group. having _ session within the group. having secured funding this pilot came got the green light at the start of the year. the parky blinders are now hoping to branch out and offer other activities to help support

people with the disease. but i expect cake will be involved, whatever they do. 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 reggae—ton 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. and just a reminder that on our website you can follow all the situation in canada with regards to storm fiona. you can reach me on twitter,

i'm @garethbarlow. 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: world powers have condemned the self—styled on whether tojoin russia, seaboard caused exstensive flooding and mudslides.