one year ago, president volodymyr zelenskyy stood defiantly with his cabinet in kyiv as russian forces attacked the ukrainian capital. ukraine has defied expectations and showed the world tremendous tenacity over the past year, fighting back russian forces time a time. today, there are no signs that europe s biggest land conflict since world war ii will end any time soon. we will be covering this come somber anniversary throughout the morning. at home, we re following the federal response to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. transportation secretary pete buttigieg toured the scene as investigators appear to pinpoint a possible cause for the crash. he certainly had challenges for donald trump, as well. yes, he did. well, i m glad he came here. if he is now ready to join us in stopping the deregulation of dangerous trains like this one, then, yeah, we can work together. we ll have more of what he had to say and what is in store for east palestine today.
concerns over ukraine top the agenda. and a bbc investigation finds that hundreds of dogs are being smuggled out of illegal puppy mills in eastern europe. hello and welcome. the head of mi5 has said he is profoundly sorry that the security service did not prevent the manchester arena bombing in 2017. the chair of the inquiry, sirjohn saunders, found that intelligence could have led to the suicide bomber, salman abedi, being stopped in the days before the attack. 22 people were killed in the attack. danny savage reports. nearly six years on from the atrocity of the manchester arena, a thorough report has concluded the security services missed a significant chance to take action, which may have prevented it. i take action, which may have prevented it. prevented it. i have found a significant prevented it. i have found a significant missed - prevented it. i have found a i significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realist
welcome to the programme, it s great to have you with us. a committee of experts will investigate the cause of tuesday night s rail disaster that killed at least 43 people. rescuers have been working through the night at the wreckage but there have also been protests over what many see as an accident that was waiting to happen. rail workers are planning to strike on thursday in protest at what they say is official neglect of they say is official neglect of the railways. the aftermath of greece s worst ever rail disaster. a stationmaster in a nearby city has now been charged with manslaughter by negligence and already the country s prime minister says tragic human error was to blame. but that has sparked anger overnight. including in the capital athens, because for years, there are been warnings the rail network was not safe. this surgeon who came out of retirement to help the injured says the many young lives lost with the victims of systemic failings. with the victims of sys
brittney griner is pleading guilty to drug charges stemming from that february detainment at the moscow airport. she faces up to ten years in a russian prison unless negotiations can get under way for a prisoner swap. more on the reporting from the new york times overnight that former fbi director james comey and his deputy mccabe were both subjected to intensive, intrusive irs audits during the trump presidency. the odds of a single person being selected for that kind of audit are one in 30,000. for two men who basically had the same job, well, it s kind of like winning the worst lottery. certainly raising suspiciouses about the trump appointed leadership at the irz. we begin with keir simmons. how are the people reacting to this shakeup? another at the top of their political leadership. reporter: there will be those who are breathing a sigh of relief. there will be those who are disappointed because he s a colorful character. there are people and many people who liked
Convicted killer . Yes, the short answer. But Law Enforcement officials in pennsylvania are intensifying the search for the escaped prisoner. Authorities say there have been four credible sightings of cavalcante within a twomile perimeter. They believe they are closing in. We will continue to push him hard. I intend to stress him, i want to push him hard, hell make mistakes, hell show himself. Hes already shown himself we believe a few times. Well contain him and catch him. He has very little to lose at this point. The massive manhunt has the Chester County community on edge. Pennsylvania state police asking people returning from a Holiday Weekend to see if anything is out of place. If so, call authorities. The five foot tall, 120 pound man can be seen in the grainy Security Video before 2 00 a. M. Saturday. White tshirt, white sneakers and carrying a backpack. And authorities are getting some help from his mother, broadcasting her voice with pleas to turn himself in. As desperate as h