a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year to help families coping with the cost of living crisis. police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be focused on withdrawing its troops safely across the border. but russian troops are intensifying their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us more about the ba
and eurovision 2022 is underway, with bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk. but the spirit of this years contest is very much in support of a win but the spirit of this year s contest is very much in support of a win for the favourites ukraine. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. russia and finland share a 1300 kilometre border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. speaking ahead of a meeting of nato foreign m
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. destruction everywhere, that s how one survivor describes the aftermath of a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck morocco friday, killing more than 1,000 people. it was the strongest to hit the area in over a century. rescuers are now struggling to access the hardest-hit areas after roads were damaged and we re seeing images of patients waiting outside hospitals, residents have been sleeping on the streets, fearing for the intense aftershocks. i want to bring in cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman for more. these first few hours, you mentioned the first 72 hours are critical in trying to locate survivors. what are you learning about the kind of rescue efforts that actually can happen, given so many roads and thoroughfares are impassable? keep in mind that the epicenter of this earthquake which happened at 11:15 friday evening local time was 45 miles southwest of marrake
after a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake, after it struck friday night. its epicenter, located in the high atlas mountains, just southwest of marakesh, the quake was the strongest to hit the historic tourist area in over a century. and rescuers are now struggling to access the hardest-hit areas, after roads of course were damaged. one witness said they re hoping for miracles from the rubble. more than 700 people were injured in the quake and are in critical condition. intense aftershocks have hit the area. experts expect the death toll to rise. i heard people screaming. everyone went out of their houses, the street is full of people, and women screaming, that s what happened. and even now, people can t go back home, because they re still afraid. i want to bring in now cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman for more on this. ben, the destruction is devastating. i mean what are emergency crews up against, especially when you have an earthquake of this mag tuld,
to hit the area in over a century. the epicenter in the high atlas mountains near marrakesh is a yunesco world heritage site. equipment and manpower are limited in this region. patients are waiting outside hospitals, and residents are sleeping on the streets, fearing intense aftershocks. more than 700 people are in critical condition. officials believe the death toll will steadily rise. i want to bring in ben wedeman for more on all this. ben, you ve been to the area. set the scene for our viewers, what the topography is like, who lives there, why it s a tourist attraction and how an effarthque of this magnitude is cause so much damage. this earthquake happened just a few minutes after 11:00 p.m. friday evening. from the video we ve seen of cctv for instance, there was a small jolt followed by this massive earthquake. you see buildings just collapse in one cctv video. a block of buildings just falls into the street, sending tens of thousands of people sleeping outside last