russian troops could not capture it. kyiv held strong. the government survived. and ukrainians bounced back, determined to enjoy the city that they have denied russia. kyiv feels like a city that dodged a bullet. despite overwhelming odds, russian troops could not capture it. kyiv held strong. the government survived. and ukrainians bounced back, determined to enjoy the city that they have denied russia. this is the ukrainian capital just months after russia invaded. going out in kyiv became an act of defiance, a middle finger to vladimir putin. russia did not kill kyiv. it showed the city how to live again. they are thankful here because they know what could have happened russia failed to take kyiv. when it did occupy the city s suburbs. and horrible things happened here. no. you ve got past me once and twice ten-year-old andriy lived just outside kyiv. one, two, three. four and then five. i met him weeks after his mother and father were married in murdered in
it s the biggest demonstration by the iranian diaspora ever. iranians from across europe are calling on western governments to sanction the powerful revolutionary guard and to throw out iranian diplomats. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world, the programme where the bbc s experts give us clear answers about the big questions of the moment. this week, britain s political and economic crisis entered a new and even more difficult phase, and so did the war in ukraine. all of this has rather overshadowed the already slightly muted celebration of the bbc s 100th anniversary, which falls this week. in october 1922, the bbc started up and quite soon became the world s most famous and respected public service broadcaster operating from its headquarters here in central london. and london is where our programme starts this week with the extraordinary political and economic goings on. pretty much unprecedented in my experience. that the whole
rishi sunak officiallyjoins the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister, this afternoon culture secretary michelle donelan has gone public with her support for him. penny mordaunt is still in the running. she told the bbc she believes in cabinet led politics. i have my views but i will not be imposing i have my views but i will not be imposing policy that i have just made imposing policy that i have just made up imposing policy that i have just made up in a room by myself. the question now does borisjohnson have enough backers to stand as well? labour leader kier starmer says his party hasn t got complacent and repeats calls for a general election. the schools struggling to keep the lights and heating on headteachers warn spiralling energy costs could see most schools in england run out of money next year. and jodie whittaker is set to make her final appearance as the doctor. more headlines at six o clock. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn
we ll have a background in dance, so i m sure they re going to be really intrigued. good morning. we have got some rain this morning across wales and southern england which will be slow to clear, another band across northern ireland and england emergency call handlers being cheered as they walk out of the london ambulance service call centre. pushes just one of the picket lines that thousands of ambulance workers north into scotland and brightening up north into scotland and brightening up behind it. but it is be windy. something needs to change. the nhs is on its knees. we re all at breaking point. like i said, everyone s trying their best, but everyone s tired. hospitals are struggling with beds and then we get stuck waiting with patients for like four to five hours at times, and we just can t get out to see other patients that need us. nhs leaders say the system has coped as well as they could have hoped, but there s worry about the knock on effect on the health service ov
it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo