which legalised abortion across the us. attempts to evacuate more civilians from the devastated city of mariupol have stalled. ukrainian officials say russia has ended a ceasefire and it s now blocking humanitarian corridors. the war in ukraine is forcing countries across europe to reconsider doing business with russia. it comes at a time when moscow s most powerful ally, china, continues to expand its economic interests across european countries. but there are allegations of worker exploitation, environmental damage and so called debt traps where beijing has stepped in to lend billions of dollars. china denies the accusations and insists it s a reliable partner and offers investment where others are unwilling. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has visited key chinese project across the balkans and southern europe and has this special report. it s an unmistakably chinese scene. ..from the workers to the offices. beijing is pouring money into this copper mine,
attempts to evacuate more civilians from the devastated city of mariupol have stalled. ukrainian officials say russia has ended a ceasefire, and it s now blocking humanitarian corridors. the war in ukraine is forcing countries across europe to reconsider doing business with russia. it comes at a time when moscow s most powerful ally, china, continues to expand its economic interests across european countries. but there are allegations of worker exploitation, environmental damage and so called debt traps where beijing has stepped in to lend billions of dollars. china denies the accusations and insists it s a reliable partner and offers investment where others are unwilling. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has visited key chinese project across the balkans and southern europe and has this special report. it s an unmistakably chinese scene. ..from the workers to the offices. beijing is pouring money
the channel on boats have been brought ashore in the past two days, according to witnesses and officialfigures. reunited after two years new zealand relaxes further its strict pandemic rules and welcomes more international visitors. good evening from the ukrainian capital kyiv. the attempts to evacuate more civilians from the devastated city of mariupol have stalled. ukrainian officials say russia has ended a ceasefire and is blocking humanitarian corridors. hundreds of women and children are still trapped in bunkers beneath the city s huge steelworks, alongside tens of thousands of civilians elsewhere in mariupol.
civilians from the devastated city of mariupol have stalled tonight ukrainian officials say russia has ended a ceasefire and it s now blocking humanitarian corridors. hundreds of women and children are still trapped in bunkers beneath the city s huge azovstal steelworks, where 2,000 ukrainian troops are making a last stand against the russian forces surrounding them. ukraine says russia resumed its bombardment of the steelworks shortly after yesterday s successful evacuation of about 100 people from the plant. 0ur correspondent laura bicker reports from nearby zaporizhzhia. a short break to feel grass under theirfeet, after weeks of only concrete. the survivors from mariupol are allowed a break in their long awaited journey away from the front line. translation: for a month we were eating - over a0 of us six food tins.
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian president, vladimir putin, has described his operation in the besieged ukrainian port of mariupol as a success. the city is under russian control, apart from a power plant where around 2,000 ukrainian fighters are still holed up. ukraine say four buses carrying evacuees from mariupol have left the besieged city far fewer than hoped. officials say there will be further attempts to get people out today. in his latest address the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said he believed the west was developing a better understanding of what military support his country needed. mariupol lies at the sourthern most edge of a region known as the donbas. gaining full control of the port city would enable russia to move troops and supplies northwards far more freely. that would help russia s objective of extending its control over the donbas region. the azovstal steel works a massive industrial plant in mariupol