In his tv interview, mr zelensky also said ukraine has just a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line against russia. The situation on the frontline is tough. The Regional Governor of ukraines northeastern Kharkiv Region said that nearly 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, since russias Ground Attack there last week. Lets hearfrom president zelensky about those troop shortages. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large proportion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighti
The front line against russia. Heres a clip of the ukrainian president talking about the new law on military recruitment. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so that guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Earlier, our correspondent in kyiv James Waterhouse told me how ukraine is now in a different chapter of the war with morale very low. You have Ukrainian Forces which are thought to make up around half a million personnel, either fighting on the front line or in operations around it. You now have a large portion of those who are exhausted, who have been fighting for the best part of two years with little to no rest, and then you have men avoiding or fearful of the draft, being legally compelled to fight and join the countrys cause, so it is incredibly difficult for ukraine, at a time when we are seeing fighting in the north east, in towns and settlemen
Lorna gordon was at the count. Michael shanks, scottish labour party, 17,840. Applause. Labour didntjust win here, they triumphed. The snp didntjust lose, they were trounced. My campaign has been focused on offering people here a fresh start, a break away from the divisiveness and distraction of two failing governments and to give a voice to those who are too often voiceless in our society. Applause. A few short hours and several gallons of coffee later, the sun was shining on sir keir starmer, labourjumping forjoy. When i left here a week ago with the team, i said, youve got to win it. You blew the doors off theres a real release of pent up emotion here. These activists have waited a long time for this moment, and they hope he hopes that hell be heading to Downing Street eventually as a result of their work. Are you now heading to Downing Street . Look, we have been on a journeyl since 2019 to get the labour party from our worst election result to a labour majority. For me, that alway
the us state department said real progress had also been made in negotiations to open the border to foreign nationals. we are also hearing reports from gaza s largest telecommunications provider saying that all communications and internet services have again been cut off. that news comes as israel confirmed that it carried out an air strike near the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. the hamas run health ministry and a hospital director say at least 50 people were killed israel says its strike killed a senior hamas commander and caused the collapse of hamas underground infrastructure. bbc verify have located the exact position of the blast which you can see here and you can see how built up it is. more now from our international editor jeremy bowen. and a warning, his report contains images some may find distressing. israel says the destruction came from air strikes that killed a senior hamas commander and some of his men. it said hamas was using these civilians as huma
Police charge 47 year old Darren Osborne with terrorism related murder over the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque. Gary haggarty a former loyalist Paramilitary Commander Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. And mark kermode gives his verdict on the latest Transformers Film and other releases in the film review at 5. 45. Our main story at five detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they are considering a number of possible criminal offences including manslaughter after revealing that the cladding on the building has failed initial fire safety tests. Scotland yard has also confirmed that the fire thought to have killed at least 79 people started in a hotpoint Fridge Freezer. The government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish what went wrong but says there is no reason to believe there is a generalfault. Fourteen buildings across the country are now known to have cladding which gives cause fo