Operations in syria. Last night, the russians fired twice at the center of pokrovsk in Donetsk Region. What does pokrovsk have in common with the syrian theater of war . The city of pokrovsk is located only 40 km from the front line. The previous evening, the russians fired at it with iskander ballistic missiles, as the leader said. Pavlo kyrilenko of the Donetsk Regional Administration was targeted in the city center, and on these shots , the liquidation of the consequences of strikes on a residential building killed seven people, including rescuers, military personnel, 88 injured, these are civilian children, Police Officers and employees of the state Emergency Service of the armed forces of ukraine say that the russians deliberately hit this place twice because they knew that many people would come there to help, and this is how bbc correspondents told the world audience about the events in pokrovsky, this city in this part of Donetsk Region, which is under the control of ukraine ,
the team would dearly love to prove george wrong. tim muffett, bbc news rye in east sussex. not great weather for flying this morning, certainly in my bit of london. fog, apparently. it is not a new phenomenon but there was plenty this morning, lots of murky scenes like this one in victoria park. not funny if you had travel plans, this fog that lingered across parts of southern england caused some travel problems, problems on the roads and even problems on the roads and even problems that some of the airports. there was mist and murk underneath this, some rather murky conditions for some of the coasts, the odd spot of drizzle. much of the fog further south there is no clearing and it will continue to, there will be spells of sunshine, temperatures are six to 11 degrees. down towards the south of the uk once again we will see fog developing, perhaps more widespread than last night, parts of wales and the midlands towards the south of england, the stripe of cloud sitting in pla
we ll be speaking to a disaster response expert live in the programme. the desperate search for survivors is continuing for a second night across a vast area of southern turkey and northern syria after two major earthquakes devastated the region on monday. at least six thousand people are known to have died, but with so many feared trapped under the rubble, the death toll will climb further. we ll be talking to an aid worker on the ground and will look at the scale of the devastation in just a moment. but first lets go through what happened. the first earthquake on sunday had a magnitude of 7.8, the epicentre was in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake struck 130km north of the first. rescue efforts continue across the region. this is the scene live. this is gaziantep, this is the live shot, it s just after ten in the evening locally. it s expected rescuers will
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