round of sanctions against russia and other measures including phasing out russian oil imports. griff: in ukraine, russia is continuing to ramp up its attack on the east including bombing schools where people were in the basement. tomorrow marks the defeat of nazi germany in 1945. some fear vladimir putin will use the day to declare war. eric: churches around the country spent the last few days fearing and concerned about protests or the leaked supreme court draft document. the churches in chicago, washington, d.c., and texas where police asked for additional protection. in wisconsin there was a fire at the headquarters of a pro-life group. and someone spray painted the what you see outside the wall. if abortions aren t safe, then you aren t either. vandals spray painted slogans on a church in colorado. hi, leslie. reporter: good afternoon. at st. patrick s cathedral in new york city, lots of crowds coming in and out. police remain on high alert. across the nation states on h
with ukraine with the rush to evacuate civil dwraps inside mariupol days or even hours before the city could fall to russians. i am kim brunhuber at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. biden administration fighting pack against decision to end mask mandates on public transportation. day 57 of russia s invasion of ukraine and we begin with a bleak assessment from the luhansk military governor who says no town is safe, russian troops are destroying everything in their path. the government says 80% of the luhansk region is under russian control as they push on with this new offensive to push all the donbas in the east. u.s. defense officials tell cnn russia has added 17 battalion tactical groups so far until the past week but so far, russian forces have not nad any territorial gains since the donbas offensive began. trying again in the coming hours in the besieged port sea of mariupol. deputy prime minister reports a humanitarian corridor did not work on wednesday. russian fo
carried out air strikes in syria. observers say the strikes happened in aleppo and may have targeted a depot storing rockets run by the militant group hezbollah. the reports suggest that at least 42 people were killed, including six members of hezbollah and 36 members of the syrian army. israel hasn t commented on the claims, but there ve been sporadic clashes between the israeli military and hezbollah on israel s northern borders since the outbreak of the war in gaza. if israel did carry out these air strikes, it may have been linked to that confrontation. there have also been air strikes in gaza overnight palestinian officials say at least 12 people were killed when a building was hit in the southern city of rafah. and the hamas run health ministry says several other people were killed or injured in other air strikes across the palestinian territory. they say several of the victims were children. fighting on the ground has also continued in gaza. the israeli military ha
which is the largest unionist party in northern ireland says that it s leader sirjeffrey donaldson is stepping down with immediate effect after confirming that he has been charged with what they say are allegations of an historical nature. sirjeffrey, who has had an almost ao year career in politics, was elected to the northern ireland assembly in 1985 becoming the youngest person to win a seat at stormont at the age of 22. he became dup leader injuly 2021 following the resignation of edwin poots. pending the outcome of the judicial process, the dup have confirmed the appointment of gavin robinson as interim party leader. after news of sirjeffrey s arrest, the democratic unionist party met early on friday morning. in a statement it said that in accordance with the party rules, our correspondent sara girvin joins me now from outside the northern ireland assembly, at stormont. asi as i look is standing there and thinking back only a matter of weeks since we saw those imag
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