international outcry as president putin declares that four areas of ukraine, seized illegally, are now 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. _ translation: people in luhansk and donetsk, and _ translation: people in luhansk and donetsk, and the _ translation: people in luhansk and donetsk, and the preacher. and donetsk, and the preacher are becoming our citizens. also in the programme: pressure on the tech giants as a coroner rules social media did play a part in the suicide of british teenager molly russell.

hurricane ian has now made landfall in south carolina — after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. welcome to bbc news. president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour's land by force, after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it's the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. 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: i want the kyiv 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 arejoining 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 say that ato people have been injured and 38 killed after a russian missile strike. our correspondent has been to the attack on the outskirts of the city and i should warn you his report contains some disturbing 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 airy silence, until people arrive to find someone dear to them has gone. victoria had stepped out for a break at the caf where she worked. she came back to phone her boss lying dead on the floor. translation: people were dying _ the floor. translation: people were dying here. _ the floor. translation: people were dying here. i _ the floor. translation: people were dying here. i was _ the floor. translation: people were dying here. i was away - the floor. translation: people were dying here. i was away for| were dying here. i was away for five minutes and when they came back i saw a boy dying, his mother trying to save him stopping in a runaround, looking for my bosses to there

was somebody�*s mother, her son saving her. somebody�*s husband, his wife weeping. all this complete hysteria. you can't believe how terrifying that was. then, we are told to take cover. 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 a now typical kyiv response. translation: the entire territory of our country i will be liberated from this enemy. the enemy of not only 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 is 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. speak now to brad bowman. you've seen this lavish ceremony in russia about the annexation of these four areas and we have seen president biden condemn it, we've seen countries all around the world condemn it and announce new sanctions, i guess the question is, would any of that have any impact? is, would any of that have any im act? . , is, would any of that have any imact? , ., ~ i. ., impact? lucy, thank you for the 0 tion impact? lucy, thank you for the option enjoining _ impact? lucy, thank you for the option enjoining you _ impact? lucy, thank you for the option enjoining you stop - impact? lucy, thank you for the option enjoining you stop yes, l option enjoining you stop yes, we have seen a lot of unusual speeches shall we say from putin through the years but this one was at a whole new

level. he talked about national sovereignty and international law, the very things that he is trampling as we speak in ukraine. he talked about neocolonialism and the repression of freedom. i suspected ukrainians feel they are on the receiving end of that coming from moscow. he really has climbed up on a rhetorical limb here that it will be difficult i think for him to climb back on and that is concerning. his objectives and statements with respect to ukraine are mutually exclusive to those of zelensky and the united states and out united —— allies in europe and i'm not seeing much compromise on either side. seeing much compromise on either side-— seeing much compromise on either side. how worried while the white _ either side. how worried while the white house _ either side. how worried while the white house be _ either side. how worried while the white house be about - either side. how worried while the white house be about his| the white house be about his words, his rhetoric as you say is quite concerning, a lot of the time but particularly so today talking about protecting the newly annexed regions with all the forces and means at our disposal, especially when he said he is not bluffing about nuclear. , ., , , . .,

nuclear. his words, his nuclear sabre rattling _ nuclear. his words, his nuclear sabre rattling is _ nuclear. his words, his nuclear sabre rattling is incredibly - sabre rattling is incredibly worrying. they are suggesting that these are illicitly annexed territories will be treated as russian territory and therefore attacked on those territories will be treated like attacks on russia which if you understand russian military doctrine means that they could use nuclear weapons, and so he is trying to seize this territory and then intimidate kyiv and supporters in the west to back down so that he can freeze this conflict, pocketing these new gains but that would set a horrible more dangerous precedent i would argue in europe and let's remember that beijing is watching. think about the lessons beijing would draw from this fi can attack a territory, threaten nuclear coercion and get others to back down and not come to the aid, that what i would say increase the chances or aggression in the chances or aggression in the taiwan strait so the ramifications here i think would be global.- ramifications here i think would be global. what can the international— would be global. what can the international community - would be global. what can the international community do, l international community do, then? they keep arming ukraine, keep sending arms over to

ukraine, will nato allow ukraine, will nato allow ukraine to fast track membership? i ukraine to fast track membership? ukraine to fast track membershi - ? ~ , ., membership? i think we should do what we _ membership? i think we should do what we are _ membership? i think we should do what we are doing. - do what we are doing. ukrainians should continue to try to defend their homes and take their land. they have annexed four regions that they didn't even fully control and that the russian forces were already retreating from portions of them and we have a ukraine counter—attacking into them as we speak but president biden said we are going to continue to arm ukraine and the secretary general of nato has said more or less sane thing, so putin is trying to get domestic support is trying to show a tangible when, i think it is really a sign of weakness and he has failed to coerce and intimidate the west, so i think he is failing on all counts but we are in a crisis here and the stakes are high but i think there is more danger in weakness then there is in continuing to do what we've been doing to support the people of ukraine in defending their homes against this

unprovoked invasion. thank you very much _ unprovoked invasion. thank you very much for— unprovoked invasion. thank you very much for your _ unprovoked invasion. thank you very much for your time. - let's get some of the day's other news. 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. soldiers in burkina faso haved announced a coup, claiming to have overthrown the leader of the west african country. he also announced that borders were closed indefinitely and all political activities were suspended. paul—henri damiba was only sworn in as president in february following a military coup led by him. his current whereabouts are unknown. us supreme courtjustice ketanji brown jackson has received a formal welcome at the nation's high court before the justices convene for their next term beginning on monday. jackson, appointed by president biden was sworn in injuly and has already been participating fully in the court's activities. hurricane ian has made

landfall in the us state of south carolina as a category one storm, after pummelling florida on wednesday. this is the historic coastal city of charleston — which is being lashed by winds and heavy rain. hundreds of kilometres of the south—eastern seaboard of the us are under severe weather alerts. earlier, the hurricane caused widespread devastation in florida, where search and rescue efforts are still under way. officials believe at least 21 people may have died, but it may be days before the full number of casualties is known. our correspondent nada tawfik has the latest from fort myers, one of the worst hit areas. all morning we have had people coming through here — this is the legacy harbour marina — to take a look at their possessions, their boats. and as he can see behind me the boats have been completely lifted out of the water, come off of their pylons and have been thrown onto the shore on top of each other and the marina itself is just completely destroyed. so there is debris everywhere.

we spoke with one gentleman whose 60 foot yacht is nowhere to be found. he assumes that it was broken up through the storm surge, the strong winds and thrown into the water. we have just seen a few other people going into their boats, treading carefully over the debris trying to seek —— take pictures to submit to their insurance because this, of course, will be costly for so many people. 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 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, afterfive 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: 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. on sunday, brazilians go to the polls, in the first round of presidential elections. these are being billed as the most important since the country returned to democracy in 1989. the frontrunner is former president luiz inacio lula da silva, and current incumbent jair bolsonaro is trailing him by quite some margin. a warning that there is flash photography in this report from our south america correspondent katy watson in rio de janeiro. jet skis and jair.

in beach loving brazil, this would operate a political statement any other. "bolsonaro loves that, it's crazy." this week's wet weather has not dampened his enthusiasm for the president of a jet ski. translation: brazil. is evolving, even better than the us, a first world country. bolsonaro is in favour of the family, security, anti—corruption and he supports health. he is convinced his candidate will win re—election despite the polls are saying otherwise. but rio dejaneiro is a city in extremes of deep inequality and political division. nowhere more so than the country's biggest favela where hundreds of thousands of people are crammed in, overlooking the city's riches. here there is one clear winner. billed as a crooked

politician by his enemies, lula is remembered by this woman and herfamily as the man who made things better for the poor when he came to power 20 years ago. she shows me what little food she has in the house, she lives here with her son and for other family members. with no plumbing, she has to wash her plates with rainwater in the bathroom. translation: i'm not gonna say that - bolsonaro hasn't helped but in the pandemic he didn't have a decent response for people who lost family, so between him and lula i prefer lula. he doesn't want war. we just want to live a quiet life with a decentjob allows us to live every day. the campaign has been personal. lula has used both bolsonaro's love of guns to offer a more peacefulfuture for this violent country. meanwhile, bolsonaro is a man

accused of attacking democracy, his long cast out of brazil's voting system and this week his party claimed, with no evidence, sunday's ballot could be fixed by government workers. these elections have been billed as the most important since brazil returned to democracy in 1989. more than 30 years on, the very essence of democracy is still being debated — itjust shows how deeply polarised this country is. for many here, they've given up on politics altogether. translation: we are going through a really| difficult time. we don't have money orjobs and politicians say so much but do very little. we are disillusioned. translation: i am voting for lula because out - of the two worst candidates i think the best will be lula. whoever wins will lead brazil down very different paths, but either road will be bumpy as hunger, poverty and insecurity continue to rise. katy watson, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.

the distinctive sound of amapiano is one that many outside of south africa have now become familiar with — as the sound has become increasingly popular across the globe. but while it may be new to some, it has a long and rich history in the country — and one of the pioneers of the sound is mrjazziq - he's been speaking to nyasha michelle. i cannot say i chose amapiano, amapiano shows me. we are grieving every night from monday to sunday, it is hectic, thatis monday to sunday, it is hectic, that is when it goes crazy. these songs are made to make you feel calm, before the storm. laughs. at least build them up for something, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, make it an experience. the way it is put together, doesn't make you feel

like a amapiano song. one has a —— no—one has a violin playing on a amapiano song. the media is like the song is trying to show you, this is not this, it is everything, because it is music. it is not a particular sound. so in music you have to diversify yourself as much as possible. get out of your comfort zone, create new stuff, thatis comfort zone, create new stuff, that is what it takes being a musician, you have to be a creative as well. so the next song we are talking about is the biggest song i have ever had. that song actually... laughs, it actually took me so much time to get done, i started recording, it wasjust some coming in the background, and then we came back and were like... it and then we came back and were like... , , , like... it is missing something? - like... it is missing something? it - like... it is missing something? it is i like... it is missing - something? it is missing something. _ something? it is missing something. we - something? it is missing something. we spoke i something? it is missing - something. we spoke about it after six months, like" man,

what happened to those projects?", i checked it when i got home, and the same day, we were coming into the studio, so while i was checking out the project that we had to work on, i opened this as well, i opened this project and then it was like oh, actually, let me put something on it. maybe it will work. it sounded so holy, i could feel it actually, this is the one, that is the crazy part about it, i can actually feel like this is the one.- about it, i can actually feel like this is the one. what does it mean? _ like this is the one. what does it mean? will— like this is the one. what does it mean? will never— like this is the one. what does it mean? will never die? - it mean? will never die? stylish people never die. that is one of the big sayings, it is one of the big sayings, it is a dedication for him. he was

a fan ofjust being in the studio when i was working, the whole album, and just say, no, i am going to pull out, and 0k, cool i am going to pull out, and 0k, cool. he didn't like the update stuff but he liked coming in with a bang. these are like in the early stages, even though it is like, ten years in. in the growing stages. there is still more to get done out of this. a, still more to get done out of this. �* ., ., .,, this. a reminder of our top sto , this. a reminder of our top story, president _ this. a reminder of our top story, president biden - this. a reminder of our top story, president biden has| story, president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour's land by force after vladimir putin announced that annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. 20 more on our website on what is going on in ukraine, just go to bbc.com/

news or you can download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey. an atlantic weather front has swept across the uk. most of us had a spell of steady rain and gusty winds and now, in the wake of that weather front, we've sunshine and showers for this weekend and quite brisk winds as well, particularly around western areas. now, that low pressure will still drive our weather through the course of saturday and sunday. but here is that weather front, it is now moving into scandinavia through germany and also through france. let's look at the early hours. quite a few isobars here because the low pressure is still close by. well, just to the north west of us, that means gusty winds pushing in the showers in scotland and northern ireland and there will be a few elsewhere, but predominantly clear spells early on saturday. temperatures will range from 7 in aberdeen to around 12 in the south.

here's the forecast for saturday itself, and the picture remains more or less the same. brisk winds out towards the west and the occasional shower, some of them quite heavy in scotland and northern ireland, best of the weather the further east and south you are. temperatures will be around 19 in london for a time, but for many of us in the north—west, closer to 13 or ia. now, sunday, another weather front is expected to brush southern parts of the uk and why�*s that important? well, we've got the london marathon on sunday, and here's the thinking, the rain will probably reach south—western parts of the uk early in the morning, and then it should reach london, it looks as though the rain will clear by the time we get to the afternoon. so, we will call it a wet start to the marathon and through the afternoon, things should dry out but there is uncertainty with regards to how quickly,

the rest of the country should have a fine day on sunday. if you're wondering about monday, high pressure is expected to build across england and wales, fine weather here with light winds and pleasant conditions and turning a bit warmer but in the north—west, we'll get closer to atlantic weather fronts so rain expected possibly northern ireland and quite likely in the western isles of scotland. here are the temperatures, high teens and in scotland and northern ireland mid teens. and here's the outlook next week it looks as though at times, the weather will be unsettled by those temperatures could reach 20 degrees in the south of the uk. have a good weekend.

this is bbc news. russia's president putin has announced four illegally seized regions of ukraine are now part of russia stopping making the declaration at events in moscow, he warned the west that he would protect the territory with all means that russia's disposal. the us is the annexation as a sign that vladimir putin is struggling. hurricane ian made landfall again slamming south carolina with winds of 140 kilometres an hour. officials there and in north carolina and georgia told residents to prepare for life—threatening flooding. it struck florida on wednesday is one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the us. and police in afghanistan is a 19 people have died and nearly 30 have

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