that will be used to anoint king charles at his coronation in may. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: the children s story. the day before war started, it was just like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful, and then, fire would dance, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow, the windows and walls shook. no one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. they packed into overcrowded trains while thousands more waited on platforms. men had to stay behind, so families and loved ones were separated. many people reached other countries and found safety. but some of us couldn t or didn t, and now, this is our life. speaks ukrainian. air raid siren wails. is that an air raid siren? so, we vejust heard a little air raid siren, which means that we have to g
and the ceremony injerusalem to consecrate the oil that will be used to anoint king charles during his coronation in may. ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been pulverised by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians have not taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. for more than six months of russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it and now their commanders are g
ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef
is now in the cloud. we store our photos, ourfamily memories, our shopping lists, and our endless, endless emails to this other place. but the cloud is not some bunch of mist floating in the sky. no, it s a vast digital infrastructure, huge networks of cables and processes, the cogs behind the our online world and housing. all of this are data centres, increasingly and housing all of this are data centres, increasingly massive buildings containing vast banks of servers, holding and crunching our ever expanding online existence. and it s a business on the rise a global market estimated to have been worth under $200 billion back in 2020 is predicted to reach over half a trillion dollars by the end of this decade, which would mean growing something in the region of over 10% a year, all driven by our expanding use of the web. in fact, well overfive billion people were estimated to have used the internet last year. that s around two thirds of the world s population. and as you c