in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and big guns, provided by western partners, still play a crucial role. ukraine s 93rd brigade is stationed near bakhmut. they say the russians attack at least twice a day. theirjob, to stop them advancing. as the conflict turns to stalemate, ukrainian soldiers say they need the support of their international partners more than ever. it is demoralising for them to hear that, instead, america s funding for ukraine has ground to a halt. translation: if there is no support from the western i countries, then it s going to get really bad. russia will seize ukraine, then it will be the turn of the baltic states and poland. i don t think the russians will stop here. our conversation is interrupted by orders to destroy a new target. the crew has to be quick. after a long silence, they re told to stand down and hide the howitzer. but these soldiers worry their guns will remain silent for much longer without new us funding and sup
devastated after losing her libel case against coleen rooney. welcome to bbc news. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack which is thought to have killed them. ukraine and russia have accused each other of the deaths. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen and i do not recommend that people watch this is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and, in among them, many, many charred bodies. there are also other bodies not burned, but bloodied, lying outside on the grou
1a years ago, the Us Government approved the merger with ticketmaster. Since then, live nation has grown into a powerhouse, but the government is sueing and calling it a monopoly to squash competition. In a press conference on thursday, the attorney general Marek Garland pointed to the exorbitant fees and technological failures that have angered concert goers and artists and cold the companys conduct anti competitive and illegal saying it is time to break it up. Metres of ubiquitous and the Live Entertainment industry. It controls at least 80 of Primary Ticketing and major concert venues, it directly manages more than 400 artists and controls more than 60 of Concert Promotions across the country. And it owns or controls more than 60 of large and theatres in the united states. We allege that to sustain this dominance, live nation relies on unlawful and the competitive conduct to exercise its monopolistic control over the live Events Industry in the us and over defence, artists, independ
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jerusalem. thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza pentagram picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? how hospitals in gaza are coin: ? ~ . coping? well, with great difficulty- coping? well, with great difficulty. they coping? well, with great difficulty. they are - coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all i coping? well, with great - difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on upfront this