down outside the city, and blamed ukraine for the attack. an adviser to president volodymyr zelensky has denied any ukrainian responsibility. mykhailo podolyak was asked about the strikes while appearing on a breakfast television show. we have nothing to do with this, he said, but added that kyiv is watching with pleasure and forecast an increasing number of attacks . moscow is more than a70 km from ukraine. in moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions. well, at 6:21; this morning ijotted down the time i heard an explosion in the distance and the windows of my home shook. than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who d heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack. and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there h
episodes. remember not that long ago the drone that appeared to target the drone that appeared to target the kremlin? but this does appear to involve a number of drones, we don t know how many, at least eight, some reports suggest many more. there is a lively debate going on about the type of drone that was used. our colleagues at bbc verify our study on those videos in an temp two get to the bottom of exactly what we are looking at. we are talking about a target around 300 miles from ukraine. it is within range of some of the munitions ukrainians have. you mentioned it in your introduction, 17 attacks on kyiv this month alone. there is the view that this is a case of ukraine giving moscow a taste of its own medicine. there had been warning last few days that there would be some kind of response if this relentless nightly and in some cases daily attack on the ukrainian capital went on. we are still attempting to get to the bottom of it, but it is likely ukraine did this to gi
no room for error. house speaker kevin mccarthy is facing his biggest test yet as lawmakers return to capitol hill. and a key committee with hardline republicans could tank the deal in the next couple of hours on the debt ceiling. can republican leadership with the deal they need for final passage and could this cost kevin mccarthy for his job as speaker. moscow attacked eight drones. two people were injured. ukraine denied any, quote, direct, involvement as its own capital kyiv continues to be hit with a wave of attacks overnight. plus, fleeing in panic and fear. nine people shot near hollywood beach in florida. victims ranging in age from 65 to just 1-year-old. the search now under way for a suspect. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in, right here to cnn news central. there s a republican revolt brewing in congress right now, just a couple hours before president biden and speaker mccarthy s debt deal faces a crucial house co
for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
outside the city. let us remind us of the geography of all of this. moscow s round a70 km from ukraine but look at where these drones could been fired from later. before that, our russian editor is in moscow and saw the building shake this morning as those drones hit. here s his report. explosion russian tv says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. from early morning, people in and around the russian capital reported hearing explosions. idid, too. at home, my window shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry says that ukraine had targeted moscow with drones. the russian military claimed it had brought them all down. look at that, a man says in this video. right above our house! the kyiv regime is decided to attack residential buildings. this is a clear sign of its terrorist activity. clear sign of its terrorist activity- clear sign of its terrorist activi . ., , ~ activity. the drones sparked disbelief! one of the drones had crashed into