the bbc can t verify that figure, but understands many children have gone from care homes and residential schools. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has followed the story of parents desperate attempts to bring their children home. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they d been separated from for six months. ukrainian children, sent to summer camps run by russia, and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles, from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. translation: i should never have let him go but we didn t know. - theyjust took him and that was that. my son had seen explosions. i wanted him to relax from the war, and then this happened. ijust hope we make it in time. russia has been removing children from parts of ukraine it occupi
by russan forces, more than 19,000 children have been taken from occupied areas, according to ukrainian government officials. the bbc has not been able to verify that figure. russia says its motives are purely humanitarian, to protect children from danger. 0ur eastern europe correspondent rainsford has met some of the families, who have been fighting to get their children back. it is the most anxious journey of these mothers lives. dashing to reach the children they ve been separated from for six months. ukrainian children sent to summer camps run by russia and then never returned. alla tells me every minute now counts. the children have been told they ll be put in care if their mums don t come for them. that means a gruelling trip across thousands of miles from ukraine, deep into the country that s declared war on them. daniil went to the camp when his city was occupied. when it was liberated, the russians wouldn t send the children back. translation: i should never have i
and we will try to watch those throughout the programme but we will also look at some of the top business stories because they are developments in banking. first republic has failed in the us but it has been rescued and of course there are concerns about the wider banking industry and another us bank has collapsed and that has caused shock around the world. first republic will be taken over byjp morgan in a deal orchestrated by regulators and it has been under pressure for weeks as customers withdrew cash over worries about its future amid a rapid increase in interest rates. these coming just after the collapse of silicon valley bank. first republic has seen the deposits it held full sharply by more than $100 billion of the lost confidence in the bank and the rescue deal now meansjp morgan will take over $203 billion worth of loans and other securities from first republic. amid concerns about the health of the wider banking system, thejp morgan boss said this has helped to st
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom israeli forces say they have seized key areas in northern gaza. our operation that was launched in the early hours of this morning in the area of al-shifa hospital. the house has voted on a plan to avoid a government shutdown on friday. this was a very important first step to get us to the next stage so we can change how washington works. president biden, xi jinping will be meadeeting in san francisco. we re not trying to decouple from china, what we re trying to do is change the relationship for the better. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, november 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in gaza where there is an ongoing operation at the largest moment. so far we re hearing the israeli army has found no sign of hostages that israel said might have been held at al-shifa, but troop