believe it was an assassination attempt on president putin. let s take you straight to these videos claiming to show the attack. this is the moment of the explosion coming up the moment of the explosion coming up now. there it is. that is circulating on social media. it appears to be a drone flying in from the left hand side before that explosion. we can t be sure of course. this is unverified footage at the moment. here is the drum from another angle, again not verified. shortly you will see the smoke coming up. according to our teams the videos do appear to be taken at the videos do appear to be taken at the time and location claimed. ukraine has denied carrying out any attack and claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. earlier i spoke to wil vernon in our moscow bureau and i were russia editor at bbc monitoring. started by asking will what exactly the russian authorities have said. the what exactly the russian authorities have said. , ., ., h
and getting south africa s youth back on track we ve a special report from johannesburg on attempts more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the ukrainian city of mariupol have been evacuated. they d been withstanding a russian offensive for nearly three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. pictures suggest that the soldiers were bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has stressed the importance of their release. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate pe
Of food and water left for two million palestinians. Well keep our Eye Onjoint Base Andrew where us President Joe Biden is about to leave for israel. There has already been again reaction tonight from egypt and canada, Justin Trudeau said an attack on any hospital is a war crime. On the panel tonight, author and journalist rachel shabi, and from washington, columnist and broadcaster carrie sheffield. Good evening. The Al Ahli Baptist hospital is well known in gaza not far, in fact, from the bbc office. And in recent days, it would have been one of the places in gaza city in which hundreds of families would seek refuge. But tonight the reports are that hundreds have been killed, some still under the rubble, after a devastating explosion. Hamas says an israeli air strike hit the Main Building in which people were sheltering, the Health Ministry says as many as 1000 people may have been killed or injured. The Pictures Emerging Show A Scene Of Utter chaos with bloodied and maimed casualtie
than six weeks. and that comes as the u.s. military is becoming more aggressive in its response to attacks against service members in the wider region. we re going to go through all of that in just a moment. plus, the new donald trump dilemma for democrats. party officials seem to be shifting their strategy on how much coverage they want the former president to receive. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 22nd. the day before thanksgiving. i m jonathan lemire, and we re certainly grateful you re starting your day with us. we will begin this morning with breaking news. israel and hamas have agreed to a deal to release some of the hostages kidnapped during last month s deadly terror attack. qatar, which has been made the announcement late last night. the term of the agreement include a four-day pause in fighting. during that time 50 women and children will be released in stages. now, in exchange 150 palestinian women and children who ar
Coming up at 9. 15am. And the Us Government is turning up the heat on russia over its support for syrian president assad. Americas top diplomat is in moscow for talks with his opposite number. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Also coming up later, we have an exclusive report on how Cambridgeshire County Council failed to protect a 15 Year Old Girl from being sexually abused by her teacher, despite warnings. The victims commissioner, baroness newlove, tells us that teachers and social workers should be prosecuted if they fail to flag child sexual abuse concerns to stop cases like this. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Police in germany say theyre investigating a possible islamist link to last nights attack on the Borussia Dortmund Football Teams bus. Three explosions hit the bus, which was taking the clubs playe