paid their last respects to the former pope benedict 16th before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like. a
on russia to help bring an end to the ukraine war. a woman s suing a rape crisis charity because she felt she couldn t speak at a support group after a transgender woman began coming to the same meeting. coming up: i m at wimbledon for day two to as two of the greats of the game, serena williams and rafael nadal, return. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s women are currently in action against south africa on day two of their one off test. we will bring you all the latest from taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. an abandoned lorry has been discovered in the us state of texas close to the border with mexico with the bodies of 46 people, believed to be migrants, inside. the fire chief in the city of san antonio described finding stacks of bodies after someone heard a cry for help. 16 survivors among them four children are being treated for heat exhaustion. richard galpin reports. dozens of emergency vehicles try to get to the aban
they will present what they are calling recently obtained evidence. january 6 select committee is ready to hear publicly from a very important member of the trump white house. the fact that the committee has rushed to add a hearing that was not previously scheduled shows that hutchinson may have new information to reveal. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is tuesday, june 28, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re just hours away from a surprise hearing held by the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol riots. the key witness cassidy hutchinson is former aide to this man, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows. hutchinson s testimony is expected to be significant due to her close approximate imit i to trump s inner circle. ryan nobles has all the details. reporter: the january 6 select committee is ready to hear publicly from a very important member of the trump white house who has the potential to revea
first line. politics cannot be allowed to impact the administration of justice. so we ll focus on the filing ahead and the chances that a judge will agree with any or all of it given how late in the process it is. we ll also examine how the various assertions of fact in the filing actually stand up to the facts themselves. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. late word that the justice department has issued a new subpoena for more january 6th-related documents. cnn s kaitlan collins starts us off. what is the former president and his legal team seeking in this filing? reporter: a few things. one is this third party attorney, which is known better as a special master, that can really go through these documents if they re appointed, see what has legal privilege, what doesn t. it takes up time though, so it s a little unusual they waited two weeks to file for this because there s a chance the justice department has already gone through this, the investigators looking at it, becaus
it strikes and claims it makes neither of which are typical of the category. quoting now from the introductions first line, politics cannot be allowed to impact the use of justice. so, we ll focus on the filing ahead in the chances that a judge will agree with any or all of it given how early in the process it is. as well so examine how the various a surgeons are in fact in the filing, actually stand up to the facts themselves. also tonight, cnn exclusive that the justice department is issued a new subpoena for more january six related documents. katie collins starts us. off what is the president seeking and with this? one, is a third party attorney which is known better as a special master. it can go through these documents if they re appointed. see what has regal privilege, what doesn t. it takes up time though. it s a little unusual that they waited two weeks to file for this. there s a chance for the justice department has already gone through this, the investigators ar