new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
breaking overnight, russia launches the largest missile attack in two months on ukraine killing at least 20 civilians. this morning ukraine is promising to fight back. here at home, water continues to rise across the midwest and what is being called a slow moving disaster. there is widespread flooding along the mississippi river. and the worst is yet to come. former vice president mike pence testified before the special grand jury investigating former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll play for you what trump had to say about it. and a tense back and forth between donald trump s lawyer and the woman who says trump raped her which he denies. what it was like in the room during e. jean carroll s cross examination. we begin this hour with that breaking news out of ukraine. overnight, a deadly wave of air strikes, 20 people were killed including three children in a strike on a residential building in the central ukrainian city of uman according
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welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan, where the 72 hour ceasefire is in its final hours. the uk foreign secretary told the bbc that now is the time for people to move. it s totally unclear what happens after the midnight deadline local time efforts continue to extend the truce. the uk operation, with round the clock flights, has so far evacuated 536 british nationals. many have been speaking about the nightmare of the last few days and the perils of the escape. the flights are only one way people are getting out. thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals, have got to saudia arabia by boat. many others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. throughout the next crucial hours, we ll try to establish what is happening on the ground, whether the ceasefire can be extended, look at the exodus of people, and talk to some of those left behind. let me bring you the latest from number 10 downing street. rishi sunak s spokesman saying britain s ambassador is speaki
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