live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and midnight in the danish capital, copenhagen where police say several people have been killed in a shooting incident in a shopping centre. this happened just a few hours ago now. 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. eyewitnesses have spoken of chaotic scenes after the man opened fire inside the fields shopping mall, the country s biggest shopping cnetre. 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 gordon corera reports. chaos on a sunday afternoon, as gunfire erupts inside the fields shopping centre, in copenhagen. some shoppers fled the complex, other tried to find cover, desperately seeking hiding places. translation: we were just |
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
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.
ukraine has confirmed that its forces have withdrawn from the city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine. the city has until now been the last ukrainian stronghold in luhansk, which is a part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focusing its military power on. there are reports of russian fighters in lysychansk s city centre, and russia is claiming control over the entire luhansk region. ukraine s military command said that any continuation of the defence of lysychansk would have lead to fatal consequences so a decision was made to withdraw. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. the capture of lysychansk was a moment for russian forces to celebrate. but their backdrop was another ukrainian city in ruins. russia has been pushing through the eastern donbas for weeks. blasting ukrainian positions in a slow but deadly advance.
that its forces have withdrawn from the city of lysychansk in eastern ukraine. the city has until now been the last ukrainian stronghold in luhansk, which is a part of the industrial donbas region that russia is focusing its military power on. there are reports of russian fighters in lysychansk city centre and russia is claiming control over the entire luhansk region. ukraine s military command said that any continuation of the defence of lysychansk would have lead to fatal consequences so a decision was made to withdraw. our correspondent sarah rainsford is monitoring the situation from kyiv. here was her assessment a short time ago. this is a key moment and you don t normally get the defence minister telling they have taken the region unless that is the situation on the ground. there has been heavy shelling beyond the luhansk region, and the donetsk