this is rowan bridge in mold in north wales, where an amber weather warning for significant ice and snow could bring disruption through today. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least nine people have been killed in ukraine as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. there s been severe damage to parts of its energy infrastructure as well as residential areas. the mayor of kyiv says 40% of the capital s residents are without heating. shelling overnight in southern ukraine has damaged the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. the ukrainian military said more than 80 mostly missiles were fired at areas, including these shown here. just under half are said to have been intercepted by air defences. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is what a cruise missile can do. a residential part of lviv in the far west of ukraine. homes turned to rubble, str
week. we will bring you that live. fresh calls for the government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres in the uk. the first female speaker of the houses of commons, betty boothroyd dies aged 93. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. we ll be live in windsor shortly but first, just to let you know we re expecting a news conference very shortly in belfast from police investigating the shooting last week of det chief inspectorjohn caldwell. two gunmen shot the 48 year old several times in front of his young son at a sports complex on wednesday evening. mr caldwell remains critically ill in hospital. six people remain in police custody for questioning. this is the scene, the podium, as we expect the conference getting under way. there are significant developm
time they arrived. todd: brooke singman joins us live with more. brooke? ashley: they were already dead by the time the authorities arrived on the same here at two victims eric james williams survived the horrifying kidnapping and are back in the united states. all four traveled south carolina to mexico so maggie could get a procedure. this update, she is doing okay but she was crying, watched two of them die in front of her peer of the held hostage in this small shack located in a rule part of mexico and got lost and mistaken members of drug cartel. the mexican police arrested a 24-year-old mexican national in connection with the violent kidnapping. the suspect identified as jose guadalupe jose guadalupe a accused of guarding for shack world victims were found. authorities didn t say whether involved with the cartel. the kidnapping was caught on surveillance video that some find disturbing and all four victims dragged into the back of a pickup truck. you can see the susp
the campaign this week. the supreme court makes th right call on the abortion call at least for now i asked congresswoma alexandria ocasio-cortez about the political moment that we are in, during our sunda exclusive. and it is coming up. first, plus one of the keys to reelecting and come from a tough starting position? former obama campaign manage jim seen it was the last guy t do it, and he joins me just few minutes. meanwhile, ron desantis seem to be running agains everything and everyone. except the guy he is going t have to be to win th republican nomination. smart strategy i m not so sure a little ice cream with presidential nominee turne secretary of state - john kerry and i talked to one of my former boss is about a threat to committing to th work he s doing to fight it. many of us across the countr breathed a big sigh of relie on friday when the supreme court announced that the mos widely used abortion pill will remain available while on appeal moves forward. it is
given to him by the intelligence community, given that they failed to perceive how quickly the taliban would advance and kabul would fall. the president knows how hard people work across the administration to try to give him the best information that they can, but it did not stop them from asking. throughout the entire withdrawal, he was constantly posting the national security team about this or that assessment, and that thinking, and constantly looking for ways to better understand what was going on on the ground. some assessments produced as i put in the opening statement proved to not be correct. but he again, this was an honest effort by everybody to get at the right outcome. their assessment was flawed and failed in that assessment. anybody held accountable for giving the president a wrong view for things turned out on the ground? i don t know how much intelligence you read or look at, it s a mosaic, it s really hard. and i ve yet to see an intelligence assessme