our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in kyiv. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, an oil depot set on fire, some aircraft damage. at th
we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said. in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances
the 69 year old will now serve another five years in office, potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. live now to anna foster in istanbul: anna, in terms of unifying the country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ . v country, does the president even want to? ~ ~ ., , ., , want to? well i think that s a very aood want to? well i think that s a very good question. want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew- want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and - want to? well i think that s a very good question, matthew and i - good question, matthew and i think that s one that s quite difficult to answer at the moment. because when he made a speech yesterday evening you saw some of the pictures of the celebration on the street here in turkey last night. he talked about bein
cruise missiles and drones were intercepted by their defences in what was the 15th air attack on the capital this month. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in kyiv. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of thei
correspondent orla guerin reports. it was a long night of celebration. for one side of turkey. supporters of the president massed outside his presidential palace here, marking a hard fought victory. hard fought victory. translation: hard-fought victory. translation:- hard-fought victory. translation: , ., ., translation: i ve been voting for him since i translation: i ve been voting for him since i was translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18. translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18. my translation: i ve been voting for him since i was 18. my generationl him since i was 18. my generation backs one. he won the election fairly, thank god. i love you a lot. and istanbul, he did it his way. with a sing along for supporters of his ruling ak party. and an attack on familiar targets. translation: is on familiar targets. translation: , ., , ., translation: is the opposition pro-lgbt? translation: is the opposition pro-lgbt? could translation: i