In ukraine is farfrom assured. francis read, bbc news. meanwhile, president zelensky has confirmed that around 60 civilians were killed when a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine on saturday. 0ur reporter, andrew harding, is in the donbas region and joins us now. there is a long delay on the line. hopefully you can hear us 0k and tell us what the latest is? yes. tell us what the latest is? yes, hood tell us what the latest is? yes, good morning tell us what the latest is? yes, good morning from tell us what the latest is? yes, good morning from the - tell us what the latest is? yes, good morning from the donbas. 60 people good morning from the donbas. 60 people dead and that one attack. that is people dead and that one attack. that is very much the broader picture that is very much the broader picture here as well. we spent the last couple picture here as well. we spent the last couple of weeks travelling to these last couple of weeks travelling to these front tow
Special military operation in the eyes of special military operation in the eyes of the kremlin. a declaration of war eyes of the kremlin. a declaration of war would enable mr putin to mobilise of war would enable mr putin to mobilise reservists around russia to replenish mobilise reservists around russia to replenish his depleted army. the kremlih replenish his depleted army. the kremlin dismissed those as nonsense and rumours. we will have to wait and rumours. we will have to wait and see and rumours. we will have to wait and see. what you can expect to see today and see. what you can expect to see today is and see. what you can expect to see today is mr and see. what you can expect to see today is mr putin really trying to reinvigorate public support for his work reinvigorate public support for his work this reinvigorate public support for his work. this is quite an emotional day for marry work. this is quite an emotional day for many russians. don t forget, their f
More than 60 people are believed to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. voting gets underway in the philippines as the country chooses its next president. the leaders of the industrialised western nations have vowed to step up their support for ukraine in its fight against russia s invasion. in a statement, the g7 pledged to phase out russian oil imports and impose further economic costs on the country. they also issued a blistering rebuke of president putin himself, saying his war of aggression against ukraine had brought shame on russia and the historic sacrifices of its people. earlier, i spoke to professorjeff colgan. he is director of the climate solutions lab at brown university and i asked him what he made of the g7 s plan. let s start with the idea that the war in ukraine is an act of russian petro aggression. 40% of russia s government
Welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: more than 60 people are believed to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. it comes as moscow prepares for victory day, its annual celebration marking the end of the second world war. voting gets underway in the philippines as the country chooses its next president. and the nepali sherpa who s taken on mount everest yet again. we speak to someone who s climbed with him.
Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i m mariko oi. the headlines: voting gets under way in the philippines as the country decides who it wants to be its next president. and i m karishma vaswani, live in manila where more than 18,000 posts, from president to town councillor, are upforgrabs. we ll be hearing from an academic who can give us some of the background to this divisive election. our other main headlines: more than 60 people are believed to have been killed after a russian bomb hit a school in eastern ukraine. a new leaderfor hong kong the man who oversaw the crackdown on protesters becomes the region s chief executive.