more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin
measures ahead of his visit to el paso this weekend. before he travels, it appears the needs to study up on specifics. we re going to have to use title nine title eight am i right? we begin in washington where 11 rounds of votes over three days, the house of representativeses have failed to elect a speaker. a deal might be coming to move more support to kevin mccarthy. kevin cork is live in d.c. with the latest on this. good evening, kevin. the house has gavelled out tonight and will come back again friday at noon. as it stands, the majority of republicans, some 200 of them, want kevin mccarthy to become the speaker of the house. the other 20 have backed everyone from florida republican byron donalds to even former donald trump. they don t seem to be budging. this isn t chaos. this is a constitutional republic at work. i m a mom of four boys. i know what chaos and dysfunction looks like. mccarthy, meanwhile, said all he needs to do is flip at least 11 votes. ton
predicting a summer of travel disruption for air passengers. the daily mirror chooses to focus on the pay gap between the ba workers and the boss of the airline. the daily mail leads on rwanda, where commonwealth leaders are meeting. it says the pm is to rebuke prince charles over the prince s reported concerns at the government s plan to send some asylum seekers to the country. the times also goes with that story, saying borisjohnson has accused his critics of having outmoded views of rwanda. and there s another royal story in the sun. it says the queen has returned to one of her favourite pastimes horse riding a move it reckons will cheer the nation. perhaps a rebuke is a bit strong. i don t know how you rebuke the future king. but they say boris johnson is urging prince charles to keep an open but they say borisjohnson is urging prince charles to keep an open mind. yes, that is very much the wish of the prime ministerfor yes, that is very much the wish of the prime
we know that putin has a close relationship with him but if this is made without knowledge of the kremlin that could result in quite a sticky situation. so we ll watch to see how this plays out. this obviously happened in late january so there s been a lot of time since then. so there s a lot to watch after this report. boris. yeah, the rift between him and the russian ministry of defense a surprise. kylie atwood, thanks so much. jim. today u.s. officials confirmed the southern border has yet to see the rush of migrants that many border communities had expected when title 42 expired last week. the quick expulsion policy from the pandemic period lapsed on thursday when the nationwide public emergency ended. they have actually seen a 50% drop of encounters with undocumented people compared to the numbers right before title 42 ended. polo sandoval is down in el