humanitarian law and those responsible for it have committed a war crime. in a speech to estonia s parliament today, president lewinsky said this. they have executed civilians, they torture them, they raped them, they intimidated them, they ruined maternity hospitals, they ruined food depots and bomb shelters and they did that knowingly. and they knew that children were sheltering there. the mayor of marion poll said the death toll in his city now could be more than 20,000 people. satellite photos from u.s. defense contractor max our technology show russian forces continuing their advance into eastern ukraine today. on a call today, president biden told president zelenskyy that the united states would be providing an additional $800
security corporation in europe released a report concluding that vladimir putin s attack on a maternity hospital in mariupol on march 9th was deliberate. the report found the attack, quote, constitutes a clear violation of international humanitarian law and those responsible for it have committed a war crime. in a speech to estonia s parliament today, president lewinsky said this. they have executed civilians, they torture them, they raped them, they intimidated them, they ruined maternity hospitals, they ruined food depots and bomb shelters and they did that knowingly. and they knew that children were sheltering there. the mayor of marion poll said the death toll in his city now could be more than 20,000 people. satellite photos from u.s. defense contractor max our technology show russian forces continuing their advance into eastern ukraine today. on a call today, president biden told president zelenskyy that the united states would be providing an additional $800 million in milit
them. they intimidated them. they ruined maternity hospitals. they ruined food depots and bomb shelters. and they did that knowingly and they knew that children were sheltering there. joining us live from kyiv, nbc news foreign correspondent, molly hunter and helene cooper with the new york times. molly, what are you seeing today in kyiv? jose, good morning. great to be with you. so we went to the eastern suburbs of the capital this morning. we spent a lot of time around the west and the northwest suburbs, which we ve spoken a lot about. but we went to the east today to see what it was like there, kind of just short of chernihiv. and we were with some paramedics, jose. they were delivering medicine to people who hadn t had any medical care in six weeks. these people had been living underground.
this is bbc news. i m sarah mulkerrins, live in tokyo, where the olympic games are now underway. there were fireworks but no spectators as the opening ceremony took place a year later than planned. saturday will see the first medals being awarded as athletes try to focus on competition rather than covid. i m lewis vaughan jones in london. the rest of the day s headlines: in england, there s confusion over government plans to exempt some key workers like those in food depots from covid self isolation. more than 100 people have died in western india in landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains.
not be, so there could be more train cancellations to come. increasingly, businesses are asking why the date for scrapping isolation rules, just three weeks away, can t be brought forward? once again, this pandemic means balancing public health with our social and economic well being, and everything has a cost. dharshini david, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: the sport is under way: the opening ceremony of the tokyo olympics has taken place and the man in charge has described it as a day of hope. in england, there s confusion over government plans to exempt some key workers like those in food depots from covid self isolation. a high courtjudge in northern ireland has said there should be an investigation into whether the security services could have prevented the ira bombing in the town of omagh in 1998.