world. wolf blitzer is off today, i m brianna keilar, and you are in the the situation room. let s go right to ukraine, as we follow the pivotal ballots for bakhmut, and growing concerns it could fall to the russians very soon. melissa bell has our report from the war zone. reporter: bakhmut still stands, says the ukrainian military out of sight any sign of life driven underground. what is like life for the civilians, for the soldiers? what life? what, what life? you know, the soldiers are doing their work, which is quite and civilians are trying to survive. there s no water, there is no electricity. reporter: this was bakhmut in august when the siege had just begun. this is bakhmut seven months on. the city is empty, people are afraid to go . empty, people are afraid to go out. every day new destruction. it s better not to go outside writing dr. elena from inside the town. cnn met her and other nurses on christmas eve, not quite happier times, but certain l
office to settle a disagreement about his tax affairs. it s understood the dispute over mr zahawi s taxes was resolved while he was serving as chancellor of the exchequer. president zelensky says he ll keep asking western allies to send modern tanks to ukraine, after a meeting of more than 50 countries ended without agreement. hundreds of people have been protesting for the right to wild camp in dartmoor national park in the uk. last week the uk s high court ruled that the permission of landowners was required before camping on dartmoor. (00v)millions of people around the world are preparing for the start of the lunar new year. now on bbc news its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. more boos and second from bottom. everton lose again. with their owner and board in the stands to see the protests. at the minute we are in a tough time it upsets everyone at the club and everyone is to try and stick together and move f
as vladimir putin announced a major escalation in the war in ukraine. this all happening overnight calling up reservists and threatening a possible nuclear response as he suffers major setbacks on the battlefield, and in the geopolitical landscape. plus, the latest in the trump documents case as it goes before the special master, the former president s attorneys refuse to back up their claim that trump declassified the documents before taking them to his club in florida. we ll have the reaction from the judge and it is quite telling. also, the attorney general of new york is set to make a major aa nounsa-of- announce. we ll discuss what that announcement might be. and new developments in the story of the migrants flown to martha s vineyard with some sent to the massachusetts island now filing a class action lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. we ll have all of the details on that. with us, host of way too early, jonathan lemire. and former aide of the geo
shortly before a correlation in 1953, whatever your religion may be to pray for me on that day to pray that god may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises i should be making and that i may faithfully serve him and you all the days of my life. for the most part she did just that. and that was not a small achievement given the period she lived in. the week that elizabeth was coordinated, edmund hillary, the british subjects from new zealand, the beekeeper became the first man in history to summit mount everest. the achievement seems symbolic at the time, britain on top of the world. but in fact britain was already over whether the british knew it or not. to this day britain claims to have won both of the century s world wars but they destroy that nation forever after victory came, humiliation. the empire evaporated in along with apron self-confidence, and ultimately had self-respect. it s hard to believe now, but britain was not always a regional banking c
morning we will hear what she meant around the globe after seven decades and seven days of sights and sounds that will echo on the. choir sings. this morning. we ll be joined by two prime ministers new zealand s jacinda ardern. and by the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina. reflecting on his role in the proceedings and on the ongoing war in ukraine, the chief of the defence staff, sir tony radakin. and i ve been speaking to a man who knew her majesty the queen and the new king charles iii well former secretary of state now the united states climate envoy, john kerry. we re live on bbc one and on the bbc around the world this morning. with me at the desk for the next hour, john sentamu, the former archbishop of york, who s been involved in the long planning for the state funeral. victoria newton, the editor in chief of the sun newspaper. and lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, who s presided over much of this week s extraordinary ceremony in westm