Ukraine: Putin declares martial law in annexed regions
President Putin has declared martial law in four Russian-annexed regions of Ukraine.
The Russian-appointed administration in Kherson is fleeing the Ukrainian city, and evacuating tens of thousands of civilians. Russia is also declaring martial law in the four regions of Ukraine it has annexed, and has introduced new restrictions in occupied Crimea, as well as in parts of Russia itself. We'll ask our Russia expert about the practical effects of the martial law and about the situation in Kherson.
We鈥檒l bring the latest news lines on the protests in Iran, including the return of Elnaz Rekabi, the female climber who broke Iran鈥檚 strict dress code while competing but later said her hijab had fallen of accidentally.
We'll also bring you a conversation on flooding in Nigeria.
We'll hear about a rapid increase in the cost of living in the UK, amid a period of political chaos.
(Photo: Russian President Putin chairs a Security Council meeting outside Moscow, October 19, 2022. Credit: Sputnik/Sergey Ilyin/Kremlin via REUTERS)
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