european union, but i think it is safe to say that progress has been made. it seems to us that it s very much game on, and we are very heartened by that, we are very conscious that a deal can be done and should now be concluded speedily. the information commissioner is to ask lancashire police why they revealed details about the health of nicola bulley, who s been missing for three weeks. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. good afternoon. a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. david ballantyne smith admitted passing secret information to the russian authorities, after being caught in an undercover sting operation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. david smith, a fan of war memorabilia, a security guard at the british embassy in berlin and a spy for russia. motivated by hatred of britain and
live from cnn center, this is havcnn news room with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of a new barrage of russian missile strikes in mykolaiv as the city is still reeling from similar strikes on friday. there are no reports of casualties. russia also fired five cruise missiles elsewhere in the south but three were shot down. russian missiles also set an industrial facility in kyiv on fire. and in the east ukraine says it is holding the line in the donetsk region and says eight settlements came under fire but russian troops didn t make any gains. t ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines s in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. translator: ukraine has withstood russia s brutal blows. we have already managed to liberate part oof the territory that was occupied after february 24th, we will gradually liberate other regions of our state that are currently under the occupation.
House of representatives is hereby declared vacant. And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. And.
In patiala here and elsewhere within the country. Really, really lovely to hear and lovely to see. Were just seeing as youre stood there, samira, some pictures of the young girls playing. And and of course, we all know cricket runs deep in india when it comes to the world cup, is it going to be Cricket Mania . Well, i think its going to be Cricket Mania for a few reasons. One, cricket isntjust a game here. Its notjust a sport. Its almost treated like a religion. The fans are quite exuberant when it comes to their teams. Now, there is f course, the Big Thing Of India being the favourite to possibly win the world cup this year. And even one of the captains of the Indian Cricket Team was asked about this and decided to be demure about that kind of answer, not to jinx it. But whats important to note is that, yes, mens cricket is going to be here on the global stage, but womens cricket has really taken off in terms of mainstream interest. Earlier this year, india had created a womens profes
connected with is. she was mistreated by her own family, which is even more upsetting. but she stayed true to herself. she didn t believe them when they treated her like she was less than them. and i think for children, when a child s bullied, they tend to eventually believe the bullies. they think, i am. i must be the problem. and cinderella didn t. and then her life got better. these beautiful things happened, things evolved, and she brought her authentic self to the ball, i d like to say. and.and that, in my opinion, is what shined through, was the time of love at first sight and things in all fairy tales. but that s not really what it was about for me. it was about that. and even the beauty of the fairy godmother, of this trusting there will be people out there who can see you for who you are, the best of you, and will help you and look for them. and it helped me persevere through it. and i look back on it now, and i think it helped drive me towards what i do now. hmm.