tonight at ten — international outcry as president putin declares that four areas of ukraine, seized illegally, are new russian. at a choreographed event in moscow's red square, president putin declares, "victory will be ours". it came after a lavish signing ceremony at the kremlin, where russia formally annexed 15% of ukrainian territory. translation: people | in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens — forever. tonight, the us president said vladimir putin's actions are a sign that he's struggling. also on the programme.

a coroner rules social media did play a part in 14—year—old molly russell taking her own life. tonight, the prince of wales says online safety shouldn't be an afterthought. the prime minster meets the financial watchdog after days of market turmoil, but says its full forecast won't be released for nearly two months. we are working together with the obr. there will be an event on the 23rd of november where the policies are fully analysed. and, new coins for a new monarch — the 50p piece featuring king charles will be in circulation by the end of the year. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england thrashed pakistan to level their t20 series and set up a decider on sunday. phil salt top scored in the eight wicket victory in lahore.

good evening. president putin has announced the annexation of four regions of ukraine that are controlled by russian forces, in the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. his declaration follows staged referendums in kherson, zaporizhzhia, luhansk and donetsk, which were denounced by ukraine and its allies. president putin warned the west he would protect the territory with all forces and means at russia's disposal. in response, ukraine says its application to join nato, the western military alliance, should be accelerated. tonight, the us presidentjoe biden said the annexation was a sign that vladimir putin is struggling, and pledged the us will defend every inch of nato territory. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin.

what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn't care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin—appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: | want the kyiv i authorities and their real masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhnask and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens — forever. defiant, unapologetic, russia's president laid into the west. translation: instead - of democracy there, there's suppression and exploitation. instead of freedom, enslavement and violence. america is the only country

in the world that has used nuclear weapons twice, when they destroyed the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. by the way, they set a precedent with that. comments like that are worrying in light of the kremlin�*s recent nuclear sabre—rattling. through this annexation, vladimir putin is trying to change the facts on the ground, trying to secure for himself some kind of victory. the problem is, you can claim all you want that land you have occupied is rightfully yours, but ukraine isn't going to believe that, the international community doesn't believe that, and that leaves vladimir putin looking more isolated than ever. joe biden. president biden condemned the annexation and imposed new sanctions on russia. we're rallying the world to keep support for ukraine strong and consistent. applause.

and ukraine's right to exist as a people. this represents the most serious escalation since the start of the war. none of this shows strength. it shows weakness. it is an admission that the war is not going to plan. moscow says these territories are joining russia after holding referendums, but they've been widely discredited. the west denounced them as a sham, scripted and directed by the kremlin. and so the stage was set for the next act, the signing ceremony. plenty of pomp, but think of the circumstance. vladimir putin has just raised the stakes. he's warned he will defend the annexed territories with all means at his disposal,

and he says he's not bluffing. cheering. tonight, more kremlin choreography, and the president portrayed like a pop star. many in this crowd have been bussed in specially to create a sense of celebration, although polls show there is growing alarm in russia over the war in ukraine and about russians being called up to fight there. but this promise from the president — "victory will be ours". steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ukrainian officials in zaporizhia, one of the four areas annexed today, say at least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured after a russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian vehicles. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the site of the attack on the outskirts of the city. a warning his report contains some

distressing details. there was no doubting the target. this was about killing civilians — people. here, waiting to be escorted to russian—occupied territory, they work methodically, patiently, under an eerie silence. until... woman cries. ..people arrive to find someone dear to them has gone. viktoriia had stepped out for a break at the cafe where she worked. she came back to find her boss lying dead on the floor. translation: people were dying here. i was away for five minutes and when i came back,

i saw a boy dying, his mother trying to save him. then i ran around, calling out for my boss. there was somebody�*s mother, her son saving her. somebody�*s husband, his wife weeping. all this and complete hysteria. you can't believe how terrifying that was. then, we're told to take cover. get off the flat. another russian missile is in the air and the fear is what's called a double tap — hitting the same place twice. this close to the front line, the threat is always there. another russian annexation of ukrainian territory has been met with the now typical kyiv response. translation: the entire territory of our country will be _ liberated from this enemy. the enemy not only of ukraine but also of life itself — humanity, law and truth. russia already knows this, it feels our power. when you think about what this

place was used for, along with that enormous crater, all of those point to a very deliberate, targeted strike. the reasons for it are not clear, as ever. but the devastation is plain to see. ukraine says it's once again applying tojoin nato. the alliance, however, has always been worried about causing an escalation — something russia is less concerned about. james waterhouse, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. let's go back to moscow, and our russia editor steve rosenberg. what is your assessment of everything we have witnessed today? it is very significant. i mean, there was a line in a russian newspaper this week that said, you know, vladimir putin has nowhere to retreat to, so he will continue to

attack. and what we saw today, that is attacking, vladimir putin and axing a large part of ukrainian territory. this is a major escalation because from now on, the kremlin will say, look, this is for keeps, you know, this is our land now, and if ukraine tries to attack it and get it back, we will consider that an act of aggression and russia reserves the right to respond with all means available to it, including potentially nuclear weapons. i hinted at it in my report there, but in recent months, senior russian officials have been dropping very unsubtle hints that, you know, we have nuclear weapons too. the other thing i would say is what we can expect now is to see an attempt by the kremlin to spark a wave of patriotic fervour around annexation, in a similarway patriotic fervour around annexation, in a similar way that they did in 2014 after the annexation of crimea. it worked then but i doubt it is going to work now because the situation is very different.

sanctions are biting. there is a lot of concern about hundreds of thousands of russians being mobilised, called up to fight in ukraine. i don't sense a mood for celebration about the country getting any bigger.— celebration about the country caettin an biner. ,, , getting any bigger. steve rosenburg, thank ou. the prince of wales has said that online safety for children and young people should be a prerequisite, not an afterthought — after a coroner ruled that social media did contribute to the death of 14—year—old molly russell, who took her own life five years ago. the coroner said the material molly viewed online "shouldn't have been available for a child to see". the inquest heard she'd seen thousands of posts relating to depression, self harm and suicide before her death. herfather has called on social media companies to tackle their "toxic culture". a warning that angus crawford's report does contain some distressing details. full of love and bubbling with excitement, her family say. but in secret, overwhelmed by depression and what she

saw on social media. now, after five years, some answers and a sense ofjustice. i hope that this will be an important step in bringing about much—needed change. ian russell always said social media helped kill molly. now, a coroner agrees. he said molly: "..died as a result of an act of self—harm "while suffering depression and the negative effects "of online content." the inquest was shown images like this, liked and shared by molly. "look in my eyes," it says. "i want to die." and here, a heart monitor. the question, "if it stopped, would you miss me?" the algorithms sent her thousands just like it, dark and miserable, cut wrists and nooses. and there were hundreds of videos — black and white, glamorised, set to music.

the coroner concluded that: ian russell came every day, sitting through two weeks of graphic evidence about what molly felt and what she saw — the posts he described as a drip feed of daily hopelessness. and, in a first for big tech, executives for meta, which owns instagram, and the image—sharing site pinterest, called to account under oath, in a court in the uk. ian russell first spoke out about what he found on molly's phone in 2019. "this world is so cruel and i don't want to see it any more." he became a vocal campaigner, speaking to mps. i remember my disbelief when i saw my lifeless youngest daughter...

even meeting the prince and princess of wales, who tonight said... instagram did make some safety changes. three years ago, we spoke to the ceo, who had this message for ian. i have a lot of respect for the fact that he's turned an incredibly tragic experience into a force for change, into a force for good. and for that, i'm grateful. but ian says any reforms came too late for molly and much, much more needs to be done. if this demented trail of life—sucking content was safe,

my daughter molly would probably still be alive. and the final thing i want to say... ..is thank you, molly, for being my daughter. thank you. joining me now is angus crawford. what everyone wants to know is will anything change?— anything change? well, make no mistake, this _ anything change? well, make no mistake, this could _ anything change? well, make no mistake, this could be _ anything change? well, make no mistake, this could be a - anything change? well, make no l mistake, this could be a watershed moment. that's what the children's charity the nspcc thinks at the moment. also, we have had an intervention from the future king. i think there are three main impacts. 0ne, there should be a shock wave going through silicon valley at this point, calls for reform will become unstoppable. we have had statements from meta and pinterest saying they are trying to improve safety on the platform, they will listen to the coroner. the second should be to put a rocket up british lawmakers. the

british safety bill is stuck in the commons, do you another reading before christmas. and a personal validation for the russell family who have worked so hard for the last five years to show what they always thought, that molly's death was in part caused by social media buzz and why did they do it? they didn't want anotherfamily to go why did they do it? they didn't want another family to go through what they did and they want her life and death to be what they say is a force for good. death to be what they say is a force for aood. . ~ ,., death to be what they say is a force for aood. . ~ ~ , death to be what they say is a force for aood. . ~ ,. ~ , ., a, and just to say if you want details of organisations which offer support with the issue of self—harm, go to bbc.co.uk/actionline. the prime minister has said tonight that she won't backtrack or bring forward the publication of an independent assessment of its economic policies. the prime minister and the chancellor met members of the office for budget responsibility — the spending watchdog — to discuss the plans announced

a week ago to cut taxes. the meeting came after days of turmoil on the financial markets. the government says the 0br's analysis won't be released until late november, when kwasi kwarteng gives more details about his plans for the economy. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth, what a difference a week makes. last friday, the chancellor, on his way to parliament for his so—called mini—budget, going it alone, having rejected independent analysis of his plan. today, those analysts, the office of budget responsibility, were brought into downing street — unusually, meeting the prime minister herself. their verdicts now promised late november. ministers will get an earlier draft but they're resisting calls to publish sooner. we are committed to the 0br forecast. we are working together with the 0br. there will be an event on the 23rd november, where the policies are fully analysed by the 0br, but it was a real priority to me to make sure we're working

to help struggling families. we're also dealing with the economic slowdown, which is felt globally. do you know how it works? yes. because i don't. the prime minister's under real pressure to prove her plan will work, with more details on attempts to get the economy moving due in coming weeks. not everyone's this relaxed. labour's far from convinced. i am concerned, and what i cannot forgive is that this crisis was entirely made in downing street, it didn't need to happen. they are responsible for it, and yet it's the british people who will pay the price for that. the government needs to prove its sums add up. it says it can grow the economy, but that won't be easy, and it could take time. it could look again at tax cuts, but that's been so central to the prime minister's plan, it would be hard for her to back down, and there's no sign of that. so ministers are looking at cutting spending, but there are few options that won't be politically challenging. for tory party members,

all thisjust weeks after the prime minister was chosen. i've been quite disappointed that it's only taken today for her to obviously speak with kwasi kwarteng and the 0br. if we did have the figures and the research before that, i think people would have been much more kind of encouraged and influenced by her ideology. i'm feeling positive, generally, about her premiership. i hope she sticks with what she's done, in terms of budget—wise, and i hope she doesn't decide to pander with some of the negative feedback that she's got. i live in leeds, and it feels- massively out of touch, you know? it makes me quite disillusioned - with the party, because i personally would define myself specifically as economically conservative, l but this is almost a step too far. so, as the party prepares for its conference in birmingham this weekend, the political and economic backdrop is far from secure. alex forsyth, bbc news.

joining me now is our economics correspondent darshini david. an extraordinary week financially. has this meeting today, everything we have heard today, made any difference, calmed any nerves? the obr turning — difference, calmed any nerves? tia: 0br turning up is difference, calmed any nerves? ti2 0br turning up is like the emergency services coming to downing street to try and put out the flames of these markets. what we've seen actually is them trying to reassure us that there is a plan to assess the government strategy in full. if we checkin government strategy in full. if we check in where this has left the pound against the dollar, we can see pretty much where we were ahead of their so—called mini budget last friday. having said that, that is partly because the dollar is weaker. the markets remain very tense and they don't know what the 0br's verdict will be. and if we have a look at what it means for government's borrowing costs, measured by the bond market, you can say we are still about three times as high as we were six months ago. adding the tax cuts, some economists

think the government is going to have to find £40 billion to get debt going down in a few years' time. if the 0br agrees, we are going to have to see public sector spending cuts that go way beyond just capping the rise in benefits. this at a time when public services are already struggling. the alternative, row back on those tax cuts, of course. but another sign tonight that this government is not for turning, the chancellor has written in the telegraph talking about getting spending under control. a new age of austerity could be upon us. thank ou. austerity could be upon us. thank yon dharshini — austerity could be upon us. thank you. dharshini david. _ austerity could be upon us. thank you. dharshini david. andjust - austerity could be upon us. thank you. dharshini david. and just to | you. dharshini david. and just to tell you... the prime minister will be live on bbc one on sunday morning with laura kuenssberg. it's on at the slightly earlier time of 08.30am. detectives investigating the death of a schoolboy who was killed by the moors murderers ian brady and myra hindley in 1964, have begun a new dig on saddleworth moor. greater manchester police

are examining a report that a fragment of human skull has been discovered by a man researching the disappearance of 12—year—old keith bennett. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. in howling wind and driving rain, there is no bleaker part of the north of england for search teams to be examining. but now, on the moors which are synonymous with murder, the sight of scenes of crime officers investigating possible human remains. this is the little boy whose body they are looking for — keith bennett, one of five children tortured and killed by the moors murderers in the 1960s and the only one who has never been found. chris has farmed this area for 50 years and owns the land which is now being examined by the police. these murders up here, it's not a nice thing. it is such a beautiful valley but it is blackened by that, what happened, yeah. i have always been going out and looking for any signs of a grave when i have been gathering sheep up

on the hills. i've done it, well, i promised keith's mum. she came to see me when she was going to pass on with cancer and asked me to keep looking and i said, "i will keep looking". if they have found him, it will be a very big relief for theirfamily. this section of saddleworth moor is unforgiving. 5000 acres of peat bog land which has been searched before without success. but this location where they are now looking at, where i am standing, is very near to where the remains of some of hindley and brady's other child victims were also discovered. ian brady died in 2017 without revealing where keith was buried, despite having been taken to the moors himself in 1987 to join a police search. officers are now looking here after having been contacted by a private search team who said they had made a discovery. i believe this is keith bennett because no other youngster has been murdered and not found on that side of the moor.

the skull shows that it is juvenile, um, which will put it in the region of the right age. the police say they are in the very early stages of their work. it will take some time to establish if human remains have been discovered and the moors have given up brady's secret at last. judith moritz, bbc news, saddleworth. people are being advised to travel by train tomorrow only if absolutely necessary — because of what's expected to be the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. for the first time, members of four unions are all staging industrial action. nearly nine in ten rail services have been cancelled, with limited timetables running on the remaining lines. and there are more strikes planned on wednesday and next saturday. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is at euston station in london.

well, yes, tomorrow, thousands of train drivers and other rail workers are all taking part in the strike on the same day and that means more disruption than we had seen before. when you look at a map, it's clear large areas of the country will have no train services at all and in fact the red lines show the only places where some services are expected to run, that trains will start later than normal and finish much earlier as well. among the people affected by there are lots of football fans, people intending to travel for the conservative party conference and people trying to get to london ahead of the marathon taking place there on sunday. the aslef union which represents train driver says its dispute is about pay. the rmt union says it's dispute is aboutjob security, pay and working conditions. the leaders of both unions have spoken positively about recent meetings they have had with the new transport secretary but it is clear no breakthrough has

happened to prevent these strikes going ahead and the leader of aslef told me a deal with the train companies does not feel close at the moment. and the rail industry�* argument throughout all of this remains that they do want to give a pay rise but reforms have to be agreed to afford one.— pay rise but reforms have to be agreed to afford one. police in afghanistan say 19 people have died and nearly 30 have been wounded in a suicide attack at an education centre in kabul. most of the victims were teenage girls who were sitting a practice university exam. the green party of england and wales is calling for a new tax on the wealthiest 1% of the population, to fund investment in renewable energy and home insulation. at its annual conference in harrogate, its co—leader carla denyer told the bbc that other westminster parties aren�*t doing enough, despite big promises on green issues. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the greens have arrived in harrogate with what they hope

is a winning plan — to raise £70 billion through an annual tax on households which are worth £3.4 million or more. the money would be spent on renewable energy and insulating homes. this quite modest tax on just the richest 1% of households in the uk will raise £70 billion a year, and that can be used to make life easier and fairer for everyone in society. we're in the business of common—sense, of practical solutions, and of putting people and planet first. it�*s the sort of policy it thinks sets it apart from other parties who�*ve been moving in on the greens�* turf. compare this... ..with labour�*s conference slogan of a fairer, greener future. it hasn�*t escaped my notice that the labour party basically copied our slogan! there�*s very little of what they announced at their conference that�*s actually new. a lot of that is stuff they�*d announced previously, and i�*m afraid it still doesn�*t go far enough. but to change things, the greens concede they need more

than their one current mp. the need for green politics is greater than ever. i think there are many conservatives right now who are looking at this government and can�*t quite believe what they see, and many of those are now looking again at the green party. we know that for a society to thrive, it has to be fair. the party had success in local elections this year. this conference wants to make that happen at a general election too. helen catt, bbc news, harrogate. the first coins featuring king charles iii have been unveiled by the royal mint. a special commemorative £5 coin, and a 50 pence piece, are the first to feature the king�*s portrait — with the other side commemorating the late queen elizabeth. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the face is familiar, but we�*ve never — until now — seen it on our coins. but that, of course, is about to change. it�*s a likeness of king charles iii

which appears on a new 50p piece, and, on the left here, a special commemorative £5 coin issued in tribute to his mother. there are images of the late queen on the reverse. the image of charles has been based on photographs, and it�*s been approved by him. tradition has been followed in the design. he is looking to the left, without a crown — his mother looked to the right, wearing a crown. historically, monarchs tend to look the opposite way than the previous monarch, so he�*s looking the opposite way than his mother did. and also, traditionally, men — kings — tend to not have a crown on, whereas people will remember the late queen had a crown on her effigy, and so he doesn�*t have a crown in this portrait. the new 50p coin should go into general circulation by the end of the year. 0ther coins will follow in due course. they�*ll circulate alongside existing coins, all of which will remain legal tender. nicholas witchell, bbc news.

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