from china. hello, thank you forjoining us. 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 st
last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that 120 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. 100 have been injured. the incident happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in the popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness a freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it s a night out for a lot of people including myself. i was in the area. when i arrived towards 7pm it was very clear that there was just so many people here, probably the most i ve ever seen in itae
of 2021, the government had already been forced to introduce what it called its plan b measures facemasks, compulsory covid passes and working from home. in just a few days in the new year, a grim milestone. the uk reached 150,000 covid related deaths. to picture 150,000 people, it helps to start small. so this is one student, but in a classroom, there might to picture 150,000 people, it helps to start small. so this is one student, but in a classroom, there might be around 30 of them. there are between 500 2,500 people at smaller gigs or in a nightclub. but see how 21,000 fans can fill manchester arena. and the biggest events hold more than this. more than 73,000 at the principality stadium in cardiff, 90,000 at wembley, and see how around 100,000 people turned out for this climate change strike during cop26. and this crowd are not even all of the 135,000 people who buy tickets for glastonbury every year. but 150,000 people, that is everyone who lives in a city such as 0xf
we begin in the us where a congressional committee has released six years of tax returns for the former president donald trump. mr trump battled for years to keep the documents secret until the supreme court approved their disclosure last month. the returns show that in two years covered by the release, he and his wife paid just 15 hundred dollars in federal income taxes. the former president has released a video statement, condemning the release of the documents. although these tax returns contain relatively little information and not information that almost anybody would understand they are extremely complex, the radical democrats behaviour is a shame upon the us congress. joining me now is adam davidson, a contributing writer to the new yorker. he has long covered trump s finances for the magazine. thank you very much indeed for joining us. if i could start by picking up on the point made there by donald trump, a lot of people will neither be able to make head or tail of
hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain, italy and in the last few minutes france have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. lets speak to our political correspondent helen catt. put this in the picture from a british perspective.- put this in the picture from a british perspective. same story? there s been british perspective. same story? there s been a british perspective. same story? there s been a lot british perspective. same story? there s been a lot of british perspective. same story? there s been a lot of concern - british perspective. same story? i there s been a lot of concern about the reliability of info