information about the apartment building that partially collapsed on sunday. heavy machinery is now removing debris, as search and recovery efforts continue. mosquitoes. they are pesky and persistent. there is a reason you may be feeling more bites this summer. what attracts mosquitoes to us? psammophile. norah: there is a new spelling bee champion, and the nor e, psammophile. that is correct. it is still kind of surreal. norah: and it is friday, so we go on the road. i couldn t read. started teaching yourself? yes, because practice makes perfect. dottie says it was reading that helped her find love again. a love that she had never known. the message she put across that day. really touched a lot of people s hearts. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. we begin tonight with the majority of the country facing hot and humid temperatures, from the midwest to the northeast. 97 million americans across
in the pension market. we ve needed to respond to that very quickly and we just can t respond fast enough. we ll bring you details of that series of interviews the prime minister gave this morning and the latest on the markets. also this lunchtime. russia announces its formally annexing four regions of ukraine after referendums there that have been condemned as illegal and illegitimate. one of the most dangerous storms in us history hits florida, plunging millions of people into darkness. at windsor castle, the first opportunity to see the queen s final resting place. hundredsjoin the queue to pay their respects. and the research which shows dogs can tell when people are stressed by smelling their sweat and breath. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the deadline passed on monday but tyson fury says there s still time for anthonyjoshua to sign up for their world heavyweight title in december. just good afternoon. the prime minister has defended h
hello and welcome to the programme. russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it s the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. in a town in eastern ukraine, rubble and many questions. this used to be a school, apparently turned into a base for russian soldiers. at around midnight on new year s eve, ukraine struck. how many were killed remains unclear. in moscow, the army claimed the attack was carried out with rockets supplied by the americans, but there was also a rare admission of casualties. translation: as a result | of the strike by four rockets with high explosive warheads against the temporary deployment point, 63 russian servicemen were killed. in russia, military bloggers were furious. they accused the ar
hangs in the balance as the world turns away from performing animals. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it s the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. russian military commanders have been strongly criticised over the deaths. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. in a town in eastern ukraine, rubble and many questions. this used to be a school, apparently turned into a base for russian soldiers. at around midnight on new year s eve, ukraine struck. how many were killed remains unclear. in moscow, the army claimed the attack was carried out with rockets supplied by the americans, but there was also a rare admission of casualties. translation: