welcome to bbc news. i m david willis. our top stories: the us announces it will require negative covid tests for travellers from china, as alarm grows at the rapid increase in chinese infections. tighter measures are also announced by italy, japan, taiwan and india amid concern china s case numbers aren t accurate. it s sparked an angry response from beijing. translation: the argument. you mentioned is a biased smear campaign and political manipulation with a hidden agenda, which does not stand up to scrutiny or facts and runs counter to the truth. as people flee the ukrainian city of kherson, kyiv says russia has carried out more than 30 rocket attacks in the past 2a hours alone.
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us has announced it will require negative covid tests for travellers from china following growing alarm at the rapid increase in chinese infections. as people flee the ukrainian city of kherson? says that russia has carried out missile strikes in the last 24 hour is. from their phones. they ve been advised that the social media app poses high risk to users due to a number of security risks. the social media app is owned by the chinese tech company byte da nce. a short while ago i asked our news reporter azadeh moshiri what had prompted the move. the headline is there are concerns around the app being used for surveillance by the chinese government. now, given the tensions that exist right now
vaccines, and that where there are high cases of numbers, that appropriate nonbiological measures such as masking and social distancing are implemented in order to minimise the spread. i think the experience has shown that travel bans by themselves are unlikely to have any significant impact in halting the global spread of this pandemic virus. ukraine says russia has stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of kherson in the south of the country. kyiv s armed forces said, in the last 2a hours 33 rockets had targeted the city. russian forces abandoned kherson last month in one of ukraine s most significant gains of the war. but it s come, under renewed attack. on saturday, a russian strike on kherson killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 60. our correspondent, hugo bachega, sent this report from kyiv.
enough of them and i think this is a wake up call that china was a little flat footed after it lifted these restrictions. ukraine says russia has stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on the recently liberated city of kherson in the south of the country. kyiv s armed forces said in the last 2a hours 33 rockets had targeted the city. russian forces abandoned kherson last month in one of ukraine s most significant gains of the war. but it s come under renewed attack. on saturday, a russian strike on kherson killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 60. our correspondent hugo bachega sent this report from kyiv. tears in kherson. a final goodbye for another