you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour, we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams, and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. singing. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles, preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia s invasion of ukraine, as told by the bbc reporters who were there. america s and russia s to
round of rail strikes. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia s invasion of ukraine, as told by the bbc reporters who were there. america s
and save the children said they could not effectively reach afghans in desperate need without their female staff. now on bbc news, review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. - glory to ukraine. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces massing along the border. what follows is the story of russia s invasion of
of trying to on jukt its mar-a-lago investigation. a key member of the january 6th committee weighs in. and we re also following the dire situation in jackson, mississippi, where 150,000 people are without a safe water supply for a third straight day. will an emergency pump finally bring them relief? and americans could be just days away from getting the first updated covid booster shots. the fda is green lighting tweaks to the vaccine so it can better target the omicron variant. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the legal drama in the mar-a-lago investigation. trump s attorneys now have until 8:00 p.m. eastern to respond to the justice department after prosecutors accused the trump team of hiding and removing government documents at his florida home. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. mr. president! reporter:
mass demonstrations. plus voting is underway in japan the country reels from the assassination of his longest- serving leader. a brutal summer hot spell continues with 39 million americans on alert. the sri lankan president and prime minister say they will resign after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the residences of both leaders as the seemingly endless economic crisis boils over. a short time ago four cabinet members also resigned.[ clip playing ] demonstrators broke through police barricades to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says he was moved earlier to a secure location. here is a look inside of the presidents home as protesters pushed their way in. meanwhile, the prime minister endorsed the establishment and appealed for calm after speaking to the president. translator: he informed me to tell the country he will resign on wednesday to ensure