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Ukraine bracing for winter after power stations destroyed

President Zelenskiy says a third of Ukrainian power stations were attacked in eight days

President Zelenskiy says a third of Ukrainian power stations were destroyed in eight days. How are people and businesses there coping? We speak to Alex Dayrabekov, a business consultant living and running a business in Irpin, near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The car maker Tesla publishes its latest financial results. Sarah Kunst is a tech investor and managing director of Cleo Capital, and analyses these latest numbers for us.
The video-sharing platform Tik Tok is raising the minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18, after the 主播大秀 found that hundreds of children in Syrian refugee camps were using their accounts to beg for money. 主播大秀 reporter Hannah Gelbart tells us about her investigation.
And as Indians prepare for the Hindu festival of light this week, we ask whether they are prepared to spend as much on Diwali as usual, given the cost of living crisis.

(Picture: A Ukrainian woman cooks on a campfire. Credit: Getty Images)

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Wed 19 Oct 2022 22:32GMT

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