between liverpool and real madrid. hello, and a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have you with me this hour. we begin with ukraine. it s 100 days since russia began its invasion. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. 0n the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk. if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of the next towns in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around b
Died of a sudden heart attack in shanghai. Chinas long time second in command, he was known for his pragmatic economic policies. He rose through the party ranks despite not having any power base. At one point he was even earmarked for the top role as president. In his final term, he was the only leading politician who didnt belong to xijinpings group of xi jinpings group of loyalists. Xijinpings group of loyalists. More on that later. Now to the latest on the war in the middle east. Calls for a ceasefire to allow aid into gaza are growing amid warnings from israel that it is preparing for what it calls the next stage of combat against hamas. These are pictures from the ismay Israeli Military as tanks entered Northern Gaza on wednesday. Israel says it was a targeted rate, not the start of the ground invasion. Inside gaza, the humanitarian situation is dire as food and fuel supplies are running low. The Palestinian Red Crescent says it will be forced to shut down Ambulance Services in 2a
To tonight, another war in the middle east. The Islamic Terror Group hamaiddle eas, backed by the ir, caught israel by surprise in the deadliesty the attack o since the holocaust. Since saturday Morningest Attas assault over a thousand dead bodies are still being dug out from the rubble. 11 americans have been killed. Been kilhamas has 150 hostages. A some could be american. It began three days ago when day hamas fired 5000 Rockets From0 gaza into israeli territory as hamas rockets rained down, ot over a thousand Hamas Terrorists poured across the Israeli Border on motorcycles, trucks, boats even flying in on paragliders. This came on the 50th Year Anniversary of the yom kippur war, where israel was being besieged by an arab coalition. Saturdays attack also coincidey cod with the Jewishise Festival Of Scott in the middle of the celebrationst when Radic Muslims murdered innocent men in front of Their Familiesmd ,hauling away women and children as hostages. Hamaldres also stormed a Music
Weve just seen donald trump leave the courtroom in manhattan. Donald trump back in court today at the Hush Money Trial in ny. The former president is accused of falsifying Business Records to conceal damaging stories that would have undermined his bid for the white house. Back on the stand today was the lawyer who negotiated a payment for porn star stormy s daniels. Keith davidson has been detailing how that 130,000 payment was arranged. But in the course of his testimony, prosecutors took him back to the election night, in 2016. And a text message he sent at 3 in the morning to the editor of the national enquirer. What have we done . He wrote. 0ur North America correspondent Nada Tawfikjoins us from new york. The suggestion being that their efforts to quash these stories had in no small part assisted Donald Trumps route to the white house. Thats exactly right, christian. He was asked to say but that text message meant. He said the understanding was all of their efforts had in some way
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