police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that the russians have withdrawn from the kharkiv city area in the direction of the russian border. he said said his city was no longer being shelled by the russians and people were gradually returning. the us think tank the insitute of the study of war earlier said russia had failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be concentrating on getting its troops safely back across the russian border. russian troops are instead focusing their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us mor
To clear their debt. Its five oclock, our top story is that at least nine people are dead, after an explosion on the St Petersburg metro. Another 50 have been injured, according to russias National Anti terrorist committee, which also said a second device had been found and made safe. Officials said there was a single blast between two underground trains in St Petersburg, where the metro system remains shut down. President Vladimir Putin, who was in St Petersburg for a meeting with the leader of belarus, said the cause of the blast was unclear, but the russian Prime Minister Dymitry Medvedyev has now claimed it was a Terror Attack. Richard galpin reports. In the immediate aftermath, passengers turned to the dead and injured who have been laid out on the station platform. While others mill around the scene, smoke from the blast hanging above them. Its reported the explosion happened as the train was travelling between two stations. And this is the damage it caused at 2 40pm local time t
Means dining out is dying out in moscow. U. S. Military commanders have said that iraqi forces have recaptured the town of al baghdadi. Air strikes by the u. S. Led coalition. Al baghdadi is close to a military base where u. S. Soldiers are being trained. Jane arraf has the story. We just spoke with the iraqi minute industry of defense and he says they actually did retake the town three days ago but whether the entire town has been taken, the head of the municipality tells us by phone that there are parts of it that are still under i. S. I. L. Control. The same thing we are being told by the anbar provincial council. Conflicting statements of how much have been taken but backed by u. S. Led air strikes perhaps not as dramatic as u. S. Central command would like to indicate, shilly. Tell us about the air strikes. There has been debate about how useful this are but in this case they seem to be pretty effective. Reporter i think its clear, when the u. S. Got into this they have been absol
Motherinlaw among the victims . She was not. Im sorry . Was he fired . We know he was released from the army. And wed have to refer to the air force on that. It was the air force. Where was the selfinflicted Gunshot Wound . Turkey, the head. Thank you. There have been unconfirmed reports that the suspect may have taken a hostage in the car. Its been floating around cnn and other outlets. Any truth to that . That is not confirmed. Mentioned. Apparently he thought the shooter might have attended the same church. Not true . Im not aware of the shooter attending this church. He had Family Members that attended. His spouse attended this church. Im sorry, commander, did you say that the grandmotherinlaw was not a victim . Oh, the grandmotherinlaw . Were not aware of that at this time. Earlier you told us the suspect had called his father. You expand on that conversation a little bit, tells us if the family has been cooperative, if youre interviewing them . They have been cooperative. And i r
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series of special reports ahead of World Aids Day takes you to a russian orphanage where children infected with the virus lived with each negative. Championship has finally produced a winner Magnus Carlsen has defended his crown by beating. In a series of quickfire. Im going to have you with us. Tonight russias president Vladimir Putin is accusing ukraine of orchestrating sundays naval standoff russia seized three ukrainian vessels and now twelve ukrainian sailors have been detained pending trial he was president. Deep can. Ukraines president has declared martial law in the
border region hes warning that russia is preparing for war. This is what life is become for many living around mario paul its the closest ukrainian city to telnet scandal both of wh