prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out i felt. ..i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc world news. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than 6 months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. munitions explode. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have h
hello and welcome. ukrainian forces have come under increased pressure from russian troops in the besieged city of bukhmut which russia has been trying to capture in months of intense fighting. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught, but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have -
right. it s the top of the hour in the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in new york and we are moments away from an update on today s deadly mass shooting in louisville, kentucky. a gunman opening fire at a downtown bank, killing at least four people and wounding nine others. police responded quickly getting into a gunfight with the shooter. two officers were injured in the exchange, with one now in critical condition. the shooter is dead and police are still trying to piece together how he was killed and why the former bank employee may have gone on this shooting spree. officials are expecting to hold a briefing at any moment. of course, we ll take that to you, but before it begins, let s go first to cnn s shimon prokupecz. so shimon, what do we know about how all of this unfolded right so sometimes around 8 30 this morning after a 30 before the bank was open. the shooting took place police saying that they were there within three minutes. just think about that for the
the oscars have certainly had their shocking moments. but none of these have had the cultural impact of the slap heard around the world. so here s the scene. chris rock s on stage. he s presenting one of the awards, best documentary. the most interesting thing that has ever happened in the academy awards happened when most people went to get their second beer. chris rock spots. jada pinkett smith. will smith s wife sitting in the front row and she s rocking this bald head. i think she looks better without hair than most women look with hair. chris rock says, jada, i love you. she adds to can t wait. the entire audience laughs, including will smith. she shoots. will this look like him? like she is not amused and then will like. like hitting a light switch. jumps up on stage, stalks right to chris rock. then like a pitcher in the bottom of the knife rearing back stance. when violence spiked at the oscars. that s the moment we knew crime was out of control in liberal cities. fir
and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the deal means octopus will take on bulb s 1.5 million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb biggest green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november bulb went into administration. it was only kept going by the government which pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers and taxpayers but also hundreds of staff. today octopus were confident that the takeover of bulb s customers would be smith. octopus has great experience of bringing large numbers of customers across, so for example when the largest to date failed we were able to look after those customers and staff pretty seamlessly, and i think with bulb the experience we have got means we are probably the natural choice. in means we are