workersjoin protests growing discontent in iran, all workers join protests against the regime. savings you live in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. hello, welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. there has been widespread international condemnation of what president putin referred to as a massive strike against ten ukrainian cities including the capital, kyiv. they have all come under sustained missile attacks on the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. many homes were reported to be among the sites targeted, along with healthcare facilities and schools. the major areas affected by the capital, kyiv, along with dnipro, zaporizhzhia, kharkiv, and liver. president putin said the strikes were retaliation for saturday s attack on the bridge, as the one upland link between russia and occupied crimea. our correspondent reports from the centre of kyiv where the strikes began early in the mor
the latest trial of hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has begun in la. he s facing 11 further charges of abuse. saving sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. and a bumpy ride for the iphone m, as roller coasters reportedly trigger emergency distress calls. there has been widespread international condemnation of what president putin referred to as a mass strike against ten ukrainian cities including the capital kyiv. they have all come under sustained missile attacks in the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. many homes were reported to be among the sites targeted, along with healthcare facilities and schools. the major areas affected were the capital kyiv along with dnipro, zaporizhizhia, kharkiv and lviv. president putin said the strikes were retaliation for saturday s attack on the kerch bridge, the one land link between russia and occupied crimea. our correspondent paul adams reports fro
against the regime saving sea life in britain as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. there has been widespread international condemnation of what president putin referred to as a mass strike against 10 ukrainian cities, including the capital kyiv. they have all come under sustained missile attacks in the biggest bombardment by russian forces since the early weeks of the conflict. many homes were reported to be among the sites targeted, along with healthcare facilities and schools. the major areas affected were the capital kyiv, along with dnipro, zaporizhizhia, kharkiv and lviv. president putin said the strikes were retaliation for saturday s attack on the kerch bridge, the one land link between russia and occupied crimea. our correspondent paul adams reports from the centre of kyiv, where the strikes began early in the morning. explosions screaming after months of quiet in the capital, the war i
president putin has accused ukraine of terrorism after the only bridge between russia and occupied crimea was damaged in an explosion on saturday. he blamed kyiv s intelligence services for the blast on the crossing, a crucial supply route for moscow s forces in southern ukraine. meanwhile, ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. rescuers are digging for survivors in the rubble of residential buildings that were destroyed as people slept. paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle of the night, stunned, furious reactions. they destroyed a building at night, at 2am, he says. they simply destroyed a multi storey building. translation: we ran out into the street. - when we left the corridor, a neighb
of widespread unrest. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has pledged to bolster the island s combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwan s national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget or what we these days have to call fiscal event can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the iss on our programmes all the time. our guest is the director of the institute for fiscal studies, the ifs, paul johnston, welcome to political thinking. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you got. how does that feel? very stran . e! got. how does that feel? very strange! the got. how does that