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 street. - when we left the corridor, a neighb
of widespread unrest. taiwan s president tsai ing wen has pledged to bolster the island s combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwan s national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget or what we these days have to call fiscal event can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the iss on our programmes all the time. our guest is the director of the institute for fiscal studies, the ifs, paul johnston, welcome to political thinking. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you got. how does that feel? very stran . e! got. how does that feel? very strange! the got. how does that
and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin has said ukrainian intelligence services planned and carried out saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula. he described it as a terrorist attack aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure. elswehere ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. anti government demonstrations have continued in iran despite heavy measures by the security forces. state media there says the security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in dozens of cities across the country. despite an internet blackout imposed by the authorities, videos are continuing to emerge
and chile let outi an almighty roar. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin has said ukrainian intelligence services planned and carried out saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula. he described it as a terrorist attack aimed at destroying critically important civilian infrastructure. elswehere ukrainian authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes on the city of zaporizhzhia. anti government demonstrations have continued in iran despite heavy measures by the security forces. state media there says the security forces used tear gas to disperse protests in dozens of cities across the country. despite an internet blackout imposed by the authorities,