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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. people take to the streets in celebration as the ukrainian city of kherson is retaken after months of russian occupation. but there's an explosion at a vital dam in southern ukraine, hours after the russian withdrawal. two planes crash in mid—air, at an air—show in dallas. so far, there are no details of any casualties. the democrats are a step closer to retaining control of the us senate, as mark kelly is re—elected in arizona. the ethiopian military and tigrayan rebels sign an agreement to allow immediate humanitarian access to areas devastated by two years of fighting.
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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk and around the world. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk and around the world. we start in ukraine where president volodymr zelensky has said russian troops destroyed all the critical infrastructure in kherson — including water, heating and electricity — hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk before they abandoned the city. ukrainian officials have imposed a curfew there, because of what they say is a continuing security threat. ukraine regained control of the city, after moscow said 30,000 russian troops were pulled out of the area yesterday. but there are reports that the kremlin�*s forces are making new fortifications on the left bank of the dnipro river. fears have also been expressed after satellite images show significant new damage to a major dam in the area. the bbc�*s, james waterhouse
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reports from 0desa. 36 miles north of kherson, is a reminder that liberation is rarely simple. this is the kakhovka dam, one of the ukraine's biggest hydro electric power plants. it's not clear who did this. a section's clearly been destroyed. if it collapsed, more than 80 locations would be flooded, including kherson. for now, the city's full of relief and celebration. the sight of ukrainian soldiers marks the end of eight months of russian occupation. recovery will take longer. translation: before fleeing from kherson, the occupiers i destroyed all critical infrastructure — communication, water supply, heat, electricity. russian forces everywhere have the same goal — mockery of people as much as possible.
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but we will restore everything, believe me. russian forces may have retreated across the dnipro river, but they haven't gone away. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukraine armed forces that the russians are making new fortification on the left bank side of the dnipro river and there is a likelihood of massive artillery shelling. at a south—east asia summit in cambodia, a warning that other countries could follow in russia's footsteps if nothing is done. violation of borders, use of force, committing mass atrocity against i civilian population, _ if anyone in the world sees that russia can get away easily with all of this, then - someone will be tempted to follow the suit. - ukraine forcing russia out completely is still a long way off, but, in a war which brings more bad
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news than good, this is a country savouring kherson�*s liberation. james waterhouse, bbc news, 0dessa. doctor vladislav inozemtsev is an economist and special advisor to the russian media studies project at the middle east media research institute in washington — he also formerly served on a body advising russian prime minister dmitry medvedev. help us understand what is the thinking in the kremlin about the withdrawal in kherson and do you think the fortification on the left bank of dnipro river, is itjust a tactical move, what do you think the
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kremlin is thinking now tactically? it is a very good question. i think the taking of kherson is a crucial moment in this war. because this a very symbolic retreat by the russians. because as everybody knows, president putin announced that kherson, the region, is now part of the russian federation. so now they're retreating actually and the situation depicted in moscow as the situation depicted in moscow as the ukrainians are occupying now part of the russian federation. anyway, i would say that the russians are preparing to the long war, to the war of attrition against ukraine and they will reinforce positions on the left bank of the river. they will continue their assault in donbas, so the war is far
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from over. the most acute problem now is if it goes for another couple of months and, as the damage for ukrainian economy and society becomes larger and larger, so how russia will be punished in the end of the war and hue huge the distortion of international order will be. i distortion of international order will be. ., ., distortion of international order willbe. ., ., ., distortion of international order willbe. ., ., ., ., will be. i want to go back to what ou said will be. i want to go back to what you said abo _ will be. i want to go back to what you said abo russia _ will be. i want to go back to what you said abo russia seeing - will be. i want to go back to what you said abo russia seeing this i will be. i want to go back to what| you said abo russia seeing this as will be. i want to go back to what i you said abo russia seeing this as a ukrainian military occupation of part of russia. there were those sham elections that took place. two things i want to ask you, in terms of what the russian media are showing, are they showing the celebrations that are taking place in kherson. because that does not look like a population that voted to remain in russia and if russia does consider this now to be part of russian territory, does that mean
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they see this as a green light in order to do even more damage and potentially take the nuclear option? of course, no, they do not present of course, no, they do not present to the public the celebration in kherson. more i would say the russian official media is not covering this event at large. they're just you know saying that it was a kind of regrouping of the russian forces there. and actually many russian right—wing politicians or activists are those who advance the russian world agenda for years they are signalling on the internet, where they are criticising the kremlin for this soft position and this retreat. i would say in russia there is a kind of a lot of rumours
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about what happened, but it comes mostly from the right—wing part of political spectrum. mostly from the right-wing part of political spectrum.— political spectrum. fascinating to hear our political spectrum. fascinating to hear your perspective. _ political spectrum. fascinating to hear your perspective. specially i hear your perspective. specially since you served on part of body advising the russian prime minister. thank you. two vintage planes have collided and crashed at an air show in the us state of texas. footage shows the two striking each other at a low altitude, breaking one of the aircraft in half. a fireball can be seen as it hits the ground. the planes — one of them a boeing b—i7 flying fortress — were taking part in a commemorative air show near dallas. it's unclear how many people were on board. aviation officials have launched an investigation.
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we can speak now to an eye witness — grant english, who is a pilot in training, was at the air show. you were at the air show. when we look at the pictures, they are staggering. talk us through what you saw. 50 staggering. talk us through what you saw. , ., staggering. talk us through what you saw. ,, ., ., , staggering. talk us through what you saw. ., , ., ., ., staggering. talk us through what you saw. ., ., ., ., saw. so i was on the front row of the viewing _ saw. so i was on the front row of the viewing platform _ saw. so i was on the front row of the viewing platform and - saw. so i was on the front row of the viewing platform and they're| the viewing platform and they're doing this thing called a bomber parade and there were these world war two bombers, it looks safe, there was nothing going wrong. there is p63. the psis were ahead of the crew and the p63 is behind the psis. it was flying straight line towards the crowd. the p63 had a left bank. and he was turning. that is when he turned into the b17. it cut the tail of the b17 completely off and it immediately nose—dived into the ground. the p63 spiralled into the
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ground. the p63 spiralled into the ground beside it. it is ground. the p63 spiralled into the ground beside it.— ground beside it. it is remarkable what you're _ ground beside it. it is remarkable what you're describing _ ground beside it. it is remarkable what you're describing and - ground beside it. it is remarkable what you're describing and when l ground beside it. it is remarkable i what you're describing and when we look at the images, you are a pilot in training, what do you think happened?— in training, what do you think happened? in training, what do you think hauened? ~ i , in training, what do you think hauened? ~ �* , ., happened? well, when you're flying a lane, ou happened? well, when you're flying a plane. you have _ happened? well, when you're flying a plane, you have your _ happened? well, when you're flying a plane, you have your instrument - plane, you have your instrument panel and it takes up a lot of space in the front of the cockpit. you can't see under your plane and a lot of the time you can't see a lot of the stuff in front of you. and what i think happened is he was, he was banking left, he was turning left, and the b17 relative to his plane was under him. there is no way he would have been able to see him. and thatis would have been able to see him. and that is just what happened. he collided, because he wasn't able to see them. in collided, because he wasn't able to see them. , ., ., , , collided, because he wasn't able to see them. , ., . , , ., see them. in terms of any in'ury, do we know anything i see them. in terms of any in'ury, do we know anything about _ see them. in terms of any injury, do we know anything about that? - see them. in terms of any injury, do we know anything about that? i - we know anything about that? i appreciate this is informationjust coming through now, have you heard anything, seeing as you're there? i haven't heard anything, but that type of crash, the chance of
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survival is slim to none. just when ou survival is slim to none. just when you witnessed _ survival is slim to none. just when you witnessed something - survival is slim to none. just when you witnessed something like - survival is slim to none. just when | you witnessed something like this, there must have been such panic and alarm at the air show. a lot of veterans there?— alarm at the air show. a lot of veterans there? yes it is veterans da and veterans there? yes it is veterans day and there _ veterans there? yes it is veterans day and there was _ veterans there? yes it is veterans day and there was the _ veterans there? yes it is veterans day and there was the largest - veterans there? yes it is veterans | day and there was the largest body of veterans i have seen in a long time there. yes, when you see something like that, the first thing that goes through your body is panic. you could tell that throughout the entire crowd, the entire crowd was in disbelief and panic. it is truly terrifying seeing something like that. it is not something like that. it is not something you almost ever will see and it is terrifying. just seeing a huge aircraft like that smash into the ground. it is just something no one is prepared for. innate the ground. it isjust something no one is prepared for.— one is prepared for. we appreciate ou one is prepared for. we appreciate you reliving _ one is prepared for. we appreciate you reliving that _ one is prepared for. we appreciate you reliving that and _ one is prepared for. we appreciate you reliving that and talking - one is prepared for. we appreciate you reliving that and talking us - you reliving that and talking us through what you witnessed. grant english a pilot, who is training himself and witnessed that horrific
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crash in the, at that air show in dallas. thank you very much. the us democrats now need just one more seat to keep their control of the senate, after the democratic senator for arizona, the former astronaut, mark kelly, beat his republican rival for his seat in the us congress. blake masters' defeat means the two parties now have 49 seats each in the senate. there are two races still to call — georgia and nevada. in his first speech since the results were announce, mr kelly celebrated his victory with his supporters in pheonix. after a long election it can be tempting to remain focussed on the things that divide us. but we have seen the consequences that come when leaders refuse to accept the truth and focus more on conspiracies of the past than solving the challenges
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that we face today. earlier we spoke to ameshia cross, political analyst and democratic strategist. i started asking how the defeat of many republican candidates endorsed by donald trump will affect his political future. he absolutely did and it's actually quite funny, because a lot of the republican candidates who donald trump endorsed, many were election deniers and that was the hill they chose to die on, including the secretary of state candidate. this is just another sign that the trump era in terms of electability and trying to shake down our democracy, those days are over. 50 trying to shake down our democracy, those days are over.— those days are over. so those days are over, those days are over. so those days are over. we _ those days are over. so those days are over, we are _ those days are over. so those days are over, we are waiting _ those days are over. so those days are over, we are waiting still - those days are over. so those days are over, we are waiting still for i are over, we are waiting still for nevada, georgia will have a reheat. with nevada, again, it is very tight, but we have got for the republicans somebody that donald trump endorsed. what do you think
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the result will be there? if you would dare to call it?— the result will be there? if you would dare to call it? nevada is auoin to would dare to call it? nevada is going to be _ would dare to call it? nevada is going to be a — would dare to call it? nevada is going to be a democratic - would dare to call it? nevada is going to be a democratic win i would dare to call it? nevada isj going to be a democratic win as well. now the outstanding ballots that will be counted, are from highly liberal—leaning counties. and that bodes well for the democrats. if we get enough of those votes, thenit if we get enough of those votes, then it quite frankly won't matter about next week, the way the votes are counted, it takes longer, because they also do vote match id match and things like that. they will happen next week. if the lead is high enough over the next he next two days we should know where we stand. do you think the democrats can hold the senate? yes, all the democrats is need is two seats. if they get arizona and nevada, the democrats would be in the same place we were over the past two years, but
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georgia, i think georgia will go blue as well, we will have two plus one and that will be a good sign for joe biden. d0 one and that will be a good sign for joe biden. ,, ~ . joe biden. do you think that will mean he will — joe biden. do you think that will mean he will run _ joe biden. do you think that will mean he will run again - joe biden. do you think that will mean he will run again in - joe biden. do you think that will mean he will run again in 2024. | joe biden. do you think that will. mean he will run again in 2024. not notential, mean he will run again in 2024. iirrt potential, he is definitely running in 2024. ., , , ., ., in 2024. you sound very strong on that. in 2024. you sound very strong on that- let's — in 2024. you sound very strong on that. let's face _ in 2024. you sound very strong on that. let's face it, _ in 2024. you sound very strong on that. let's face it, there _ in 2024. you sound very strong on that. let's face it, there are - in 2024. you sound very strong on that. let's face it, there are still. that. let's face it, there are still lots of concerns and you know his age being one of them, the economy being something very much at the forefront of american voters' minds, how does he work that through? frankly the economy in america is strong. 0ur issue is inflationary costs that are issues across the pond as well. inflation has created a bevvy of concerns for this administration, as well as several others across the globe, as a result of trying to come back from the pandemic. we see this president passed the inflation act and working to push morejob access, accountability, and to ensure that our nation gets back on track,
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reduce the cost of pharmaceutical drugs and make life easier for middle and low income earner, controlling the rising cost of rents and mortgages. he working for american people. republicans don't like the shade, they don't have any policy ideas. i believe that the biden/harris administration is doing what they need to be and it is proof that many americans think so as well. ., ~ that many americans think so as well. . ~ , ., stay with us on bbc news, still to come: twitter are scrapping the $8 subscription fee for a blue tick, in a u—turn by the social media platform's new owner, elon musk.
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success depends on the work of their women volunteers.— women volunteers. berliners danced around their— women volunteers. berliners danced around their liberated _ women volunteers. berliners danced around their liberated territory. - around their liberated territory. with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure. yasser arafat has died. palestinian authority— yasser arafat has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning — authority has declared a state of mournina. �* ' , ., , ., mourning. after 17 years of discussion, _ mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the _ mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result - mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was | mourning. after 17 years of - discussion, the result was greeted with an _ discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst _ discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst of— discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. _ discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. ministersl with an outburst ofjoy. ministers who felt— with an outburst ofjoy. ministers who felt only _ with an outburst ofjoy. ministers who felt only grudgingly - with an outburst ofjoy. ministers| who felt only grudgingly accepted suddenly— who felt only grudgingly accepted suddenly felt_ who felt only grudgingly accepted suddenly felt welcome. _ the ethiopian government and tigrayan forces have signed an agreement — which lays out the roadmap for the implementation of a truce.
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both sides reached a peace deal in south africa earlier this month. disarmament is set to begin on tuesday — whilst the provision of much needed humanitairan aid will be put into effect "immediately". 0ur correspondent, anne soy has the latest. the deal that has just been signed here today breaks down how the deal that was signed previously in pretoria will be implemented. key among them is the disarmament of the rebels in tigray, and the parties have agreed that they will form a joint body to oversee that. it is likely to be a very delicate issue because the question is, who will move first? however importantly, the parties have agreed here today that aid will start moving to the north tigray and neighbouring regions immediately. people are in desperate need of food and medicine and that is a major step that has been taken today. however, people on the ground will be waiting to see when it actually happens.
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here in the uk, spending cuts of about £35 billion and plans to raise some £20 billion in tax in the coming years are expected to be set out on thursday. the autumn statement is one of two big economic statements made by the government every year and seen as a test for the new prime minister rishi sunak. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has been giving us more details about what we could expect. i think it will be the defining political and economic moment of rishi sunak�*s government. the consequences and legacy of this then will last for years in terms of taxes and public spending. and we know that the size of fiscal hole that it's called — the gap between what the government spends and what is going in in taxes — the government reckon is about £55 billion a year. so they are the raw sums that the chancellor is dealing with. and he's already warned of eye—wateringly difficult choices as he approaches this statement.
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we won't of course know the exact details of plan until the chancellor stands up on thursday, but sources close to the spread sheets are giving us some sense of what's likely to be in this plan. 0n taxes, i mean, the government does not want to put up taxes directly, but there is a way of raising a lot more revenue from all of us by freezing tax thresholds where they currently are. so, the more people earn, as their wages go up, if the tax threshholds are frozen, then they end up paying more and that can provide billions of pounds to the treasury. and we think tax thresholds will be frozen across the board. sources are also indicating that the highest paid could start paying the top rate, 45p, when they earn £125,000 a year. the current rate at the moment that kicks in at 150,000. but that threshhold could come down to 125,000. so, a lot of money i think that the government's hoping to raise on the tax front.
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when it comes to public spending, we expect a freeze to continue in terms of departmental budgets, until at least 2025. everybody will know that public services are under massive strain at the moment. inflation is eating away at their spending power. so a freeze to public spending will have quite an impact. keith levene, a founding member of the clash and later guitarist for public image ltd, has died aged 65 from liver cancer. levene founded the clash with mickjones in the 1970s, but left before they became successful. he thenjoined public image limited, the post—punk band set up byjohn lydon after he left the sex pistols. twitter has halted its new $8 blue tick subscription in a u—turn by the social media platform's new billionaire owner elon musk. it comes as a number of accounts impersonating big brands received the blue tick which was previously a signal that the firm had verified the user as being real. the firm's shares fell 4% on friday amid the confusion.
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nilay patel, is the editor in chief of the technology news website, the verge. what do you reckon, whyt u—turn. was it it wouldn't have made enough money for elon musk. 0r was it it wouldn't have made enough money for elon musk. or was it that there was such a backlash and it wasn't workable? it there was such a backlash and it wasn't workable?— wasn't workable? it was the backlash- — wasn't workable? it was the backlash. fundamentally i wasn't workable? it was the - backlash. fundamentally twitter makes most of its money from advertising. the blue tick system allowed for lots of people to impersonate big companies and celebrities. that had disastrous consequences and it lost billions due to an impersonator. the advertisers are unhappy and we have reports that elon pulled the programme back and said we need a
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way to add an official label to the real companies. everyone saw the consequence coming that people would do to troll elon with the new system. he didn't believe it would happen, it happened and he had to switch directions. this happen, it happened and he had to switch directions.— happen, it happened and he had to switch directions. this chopping and chanauin switch directions. this chopping and changing his — switch directions. this chopping and changing his decision, _ switch directions. this chopping and changing his decision, are _ switch directions. this chopping and changing his decision, are we - switch directions. this chopping and | changing his decision, are we seeing somebody learning while they're on thejob? that is not a great move. given he is a successful man with a lot of successful companies. what we are seeing here isn't that kind of implementation.— are seeing here isn't that kind of implementation. yeah, you know, ultimately twitter is a very different company than tesla or paypal, that elon had been part of before. it depends on its users to participate in the system. it is not in control of its product. the users make twitter. so to leave lead
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twitter you have to create incentives for people to do what you want. that is content moderation. every social platform exists in this dynamic. and twitter users as a whole have an incentive to mess with the richest man in the world and they're doing it and having a good time doing its and i don't think he expected that. he time doing its and i don't think he exoected that-— expected that. he sacked a lot of n-eole expected that. he sacked a lot of people and _ expected that. he sacked a lot of people and a _ expected that. he sacked a lot of people and a lot _ expected that. he sacked a lot of people and a lot of _ expected that. he sacked a lot of people and a lot of those - expected that. he sacked a lot of people and a lot of those people| people and a lot of those people were technicians, do you think he is regretting that now?— regretting that now? yeah, he has beuun regretting that now? yeah, he has be . un to regretting that now? yeah, he has begun to call _ regretting that now? yeah, he has begun to call some _ regretting that now? yeah, he has begun to call some of— regretting that now? yeah, he has begun to call some of them - regretting that now? yeah, he has begun to call some of them back. | begun to call some of them back. 0bviously begun to call some of them back. obviously there are systems at twitter that are already failing, we can see it, follower accounts are messed up, notifications are messed up. yesterday was an incident where web—sites were being marked as spam and you tried to click on the links. thins in twitter are starting to
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fail. he has asked some people to return. we had a transcript of a meeting and he said the company was still overstaffed. he may have let a lot of people go and he may not have let ought the correct people go. but he wants twitter to have an even smaller staff than now.— he wants twitter to have an even smaller staff than now. an iranian man who lived in a paris airport for 18 years has died. mehran karimi nasseri made a small area of roissy charles de gaulle airport his home in 1988, after he was caught in a diplomatic limbo. his experience inspired the 2004 film, the terminal, starring tom hanks. mr nasseri was eventually given the right to live in france, but he ended up returning to the airport a few weeks ago, where he died of natural causes, according to airport officials. thank you for watching.
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don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @kasiamadera for some of us a murky start to remembrance sunday. some areas of low cloud and fog. much of which should lift to leave sunny spells. it is another mild day. high pressure dominates over much of europe. this frontal system will bring rain into northern ireland later in the day. but before that, many of us are starting with some murky conditions. some patches of mist and fog in the west country and east wales and the midlands into eastern england. some poor driving conditions through the first part of the morning. also very murky close to some of the north sea coasts of england. shetland starting off with
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low cloud and fog as well. some of that will lift and clear to leave sunny spells, but maybe in the east midlands. elsewhere we will see some sunshine. starting to turn breezy across western parts ahead of the front and this cloud and rain. temperatures through the afternoon should get to between eight and 13 degrees. for sunday we are looking at highs of 12 to 18 degrees. so well above where we should be. through sunday evening, this band of rain will push across northern ireland into wales and south—west england and western scotland. for the east of the uk we wi again see some low cloud and fog. chilly in the east. but generally another mild night. for monday, we bring this band of cloud and rain eastwards. it will weaken as it goes. ahead of
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that, still quite a lot of mist and murk and low cloud. but behind the rain we should see clearer skies and more sunshine for northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. still 16 in london. but most places a little bit less mild by this stage. through tuesday, this frontal system will bring heavy rain for many and the middle of the week brings further systems from the west. the chance for some wet and windy weather. so an unsettled week. but we lose some of the mild feel. temperatures closer to where they should be.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate maltby, a columnist from the i newspaper, and shyama perera a journalist and author. welcome a journalist and author. to you both. welcome a journalist and author. tomorrow's front pages, a journalist and author. starting with. a journalist and author. the sunday times leads on the celebrations in ukraine after russia's retreat from kherson. the independent also focuses on the war in ukraine and reports that the prime minister will "call out russia" at the g20 summit. the telegraph reports on a ten point migration plan from the government to end what it calls "hotel britain." the observer leads on the cost of the previous prime minister's mini budget, quoting the resolution foundation think tank, who put the figure at $30 billion. ——pounds and the mirror has a picture of matt hancock getting gunked
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