Russia to formerly annex more of Ukraine

Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday to annex four more areas of Ukraine. It follows self-styled referendums in those territories, condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. We hear a conversation between people from those regions which Russia has now announced it will absorb into its territory.

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We bring together BBC journalists who have worked on a investigation into gas flaring in Iraq, where companies burn off excess natural gas. They’ve been looking at the health impact on people who live nearby and the climate impact of the emissions produced.

(Photo: A man casts his ballot at a polling station during a referendum on the joining of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People"s Republic (DPR) to Russia, in Donetsk, Ukraine September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko)