warning, it is distressing. the date of that video suggesting that it was filmed today. kostya ntynivka that it was filmed today. kostyantynivka is the city involved. it is near the front line, near bakhmut, and these are pictures of the aftermath. 3a people wounded that we know of. we don t know exactly the details of the attack, whether it was a missile or a shell, we don t have the details as yet, it is unconfirmed. us secretary of state antony blinken is in ukraine. he is in the capital kyiv, and he has been pledging continuing us support, military and economic support, military and economic support to ukraine. that includes $665.5 million in new military and civilian security assistance. in total, we ve committed over $113 billion in security assistance since the beginning of the russian aggression. now, since i was last here, almost exactly one year ago, ukrainian forces have taken back more than 50% of territory seized by russian forces since february of 2022. in the o
Police investigating the manchester Suicide Bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. Cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to American Media. President trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. In the uk, a minutes silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. From manchester, gavin hewitt reports. In the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a Wounded Community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. In manchester, a long minute ended with applause. Applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. Todays been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. And at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those whove lost their loved ones. Ive come to pay tribute to those who were so courageous that night, those w
Nice to be here. Would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission . No, i wouldnt. I would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. Private sector development, the creation of effective markets. Were still actually operating in oui were still actually operating in our traditional region. But because of the success of the Business Model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said. It is a sign of success, not mission creep. The problem with that is that from the beginning, you were a Financial Institution underpinned by a clear statement of values. In the places youve just outlined where you operate today, those values do not seem to be applied in the same way. Sometimes there are values, such as political, democratic, values, pluralism, like stated. They are certainly applied inconsistently in some places. But we are very op
Nice to be here. Would you agree with me that your bank has moved an awful long way from those early days and from its original mission . No, i wouldnt. I would certainly agree with you that we have expanded our geographically, but the mission is the same. Private sector development, the creation of effective markets. Were still actually operating in oui were still actually operating in our traditional region. But because of the success of the Business Model, we decided we should expand to turkey, central asia and north africa, as you said. It is a sign of success, not mission creep. The problem with that is that from the beginning, you were a Financial Institution underpinned by a clear statement of values. In the places youve just outlined where you operate today, those values do not seem to be applied in the same way. Sometimes there are values, such as political, democratic, values, pluralism, like stated. They are certainly applied inconsistently in some places. But we are very op
Police investigating the manchester Suicide Bombing will resume sharing intelligence information with their us counterparts. Cooperation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation were leaked to American Media. President trump said those responsible should be prosecuted. In the uk, a minutes silence was held to remember the 22 people who lost their lives in the attack. From manchester, gavin hewitt reports. In the minutes before the silence, thousands headed to the squares, the open spaces, the office doorways, a moment for a Wounded Community to reflect, to remember, to stand together. In manchester, a long minute ended with applause. Applause it was really beautiful, i thought it was so nice, everyone coming here and showing respect. Todays been a time to reflect and a time of remembrance. And at the same time, to show strength and unity, and our support to those whove lost their loved ones. Ive come to pay tribute to those who were so courageous that night, those w