hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it s enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk, as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travelled to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. dylan healy went there to help evacuate civilians. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month, aiden aslin, sha
hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says it s enduring heavy russian shelling in the city of lysychansk as the battle for the east of the country intensifies. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focussing its military power on. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies russian claims that the city has been encircled. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hill travelled to ukraine to help fight the russian invasion. dylan healy went there to help evacuate civilians. both men now face being tried as mercenaries in an unrecognised separatist court. they would not be the first to appear there. last month, aiden aslin, shau
heart and a passion to see abortion overturned in this country, to make abortion history. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. this is bbc news. we start with some breaking news in the battle for city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine, part of the industrial donbas region that russia says focussing its military power on. lysychansk was the last ukrainian held city in luhansk. but now, russian defence ministry says russian ministry says russian and separatists forces have full control of the city. so russia is now claiming control over the entire luhansk region. there are reports of fighters in the city centre. and in another development, this time in russia, about 35 kilometres from the border with ukraine, an official in the belgorod says at least three people have been killed as a result of blasts there. the local governor said that explosions had partially destroyed 11 apartment buildings and at least 39 houses, and that the cause was being i
danish police say several people have been killed in a shooting incident in a shopping centre in the capital copenhagen. there are also many injured. one person an ethnic danish man has been arrested. eyewitnesses have spoken of chaotic scenes after the man opened fire inside the fields shopping mall. police have not been able to establish the attacker s motives. it s not known wether he was acting alone. there is a heavy police presence across the copenhagen region. let s go live to adrienne murray, who is in copenhagen. what is the latest pure healing from the police? the what is the latest pure healing from the olice? . . .,, the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen. the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen. give the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen, give a the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen, give a briefing the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen, give a briefing and - the police? the police chase, soeren thomassen, giv
the entire region of luhansk. kyiv denies carrying out a series of attacks across the russian border, which have reportedly left at least four dead. and a warning in the uk that the number of people being admitted to hospital with covid is expected to rise again. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and 1am in the danish capital, copenhagen where police say three people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre. there are also many injured. the mayor of copenhagen says it s a very serious situation, and one person, a danish man, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. eyewitnesses have spoken of chaotic scenes after the man opened fire inside the fields shopping mall, the country s biggest shopping centre. police have not been able to establish the attacker s motives. it s not known whether he was acting alone. there is a heavy police presence across the copenhagen region. our security correspondent gord