are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russia is said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south of the country. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling has intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian presi
hello, welcome. officials in ukraine say five people, including a three month old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has just sent this report from 0desa. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in 0desa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. 0n the ground blown out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine s firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when it hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion directly on top of us. - it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very strongly. we collected what we could and then we ran. wh
in the battle of the brits against dillian whyte. we start in ukraine, where officials say at least five people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three month old baby. 18 others were injured in the attacks on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to spread terror . it comes as russian forces are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first, our correspondent caroline davies has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city s firefighters lead those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son nikita were
Today. Britains governing Conservative Party has made dramatic gains in local elections, a month before a general election takes place. As well as winning hundreds of Council Seats, their candidates were elected as mayors in the north east and midlands, traditional strongholds of the opposition labour party. Brexit and the unpopularity of the labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn appear to be the main reasons for their success. The conservatives picked up more than 500 extra seats across the country. They gained many from the left of Centre Labour party, which lost more than 300. The Scottish National party, which is currently in government in scotland, also lost seats to the conservatives. But it was the uk independence party, which campaigned for the country to leave the european union, that fared the worst, losing almost all of its councillors in seats it contested. Reacting to her partys huge gains, the Conservative Party leader and british Prime Minister stressed her need for a big mandate a
Asia for the latest. Here, the markets lower slightly, we talk you through the winners and the losers. And well be getting festive with fortnums. The boss of Iconic Food Drink retailer fortnum and mason will be here to give us The Inside Track on the busiest time of the year. And new Research Says using facebook and twitter at christmas will make you more miserable than merry. So we want to know are you taking a break from social media this holiday period . If so, dont do it yet let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Dont panic, it is december 20 seconds today, i said 23rd and i got worried because i have got so much to do worried because i have got so much to do we start on wall street, where it seems this chap has made an appearance because the grinch has, temporarily at least, stolen christmas. They have been calling it a santa rally and after a week of record closes, investors were expecting to celebrate the Dowjones Industrial Average hitting 20,00