hello i m abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalating conflict across the region, and just overnight, we learned that israel has mobilized some of its military reserves. a short time ago, israel s defense minister ordered security bolstered across the country after two israeli women were shot to death in the west bank. israel has called it an act of terror. let s get straight to cnn s fred pleitgen, who is near the israeli gaza border, and scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, for us as well. but let s start with you, fred. fred you did talk to t
enjoy hearing, their whole way of life. australian authorities warn people about rising flood waters after days of rain in new south wales. and we catch up with the crowds who turned up at london s trafalgar square to celebrate the festival of lights. welcome to the programme. president vladamir putin has said there can be no doubt that saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine s intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. paul adams reports from 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 destro
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
president putin says there can be no doubt that crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine s intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. officials now say 13 people were killed, and 90 wounded. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. our diplomatic correspondent, pauladams, 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. they simply destroyed a multistorey building. translation: we ran out into the street. - when we left the corridor, a neighbour ran out with her eldest son and
also on the programme. the faces of the ten victims of an explosion in county donegal they include two teenagers and a five year old girl. and max verstappen reigns supreme injapan to win the f1 world championship for a second time, despite atrocious conditions. good evening. president putin has tonight accused ukraine of an act of terrorism after a key strategic bridge built by russia was badly damaged by an explosion on saturday. his comments came after russian missile strikes in the middle of the night killed at least 13 people in the city of zaporizhzhia, bringing the death toll in and around the city to more than 60 people in the past nine days. president zelensky accused russia of waging constant terror against ukraine s civilian population. the missile strikes followed the attack on the 12 mile long kerch bridge, which links russia to occupied crimea. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escal