singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, forces say they ve launched severalattacks, but forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian attack on donetsk was set to be on a significant scale, but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities, where ukraine s ground forces are set to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in the moment, we will have the latest from moscow, but there is to keep, and our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. shhh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. shhh. when it comes to its an
nine of the number one seed iga swiatek is the star attraction on day nine of the french open. she in third round action later against lesia tsurenko as she continues her bid for a third title in four years at roland garros. that match will be on court suzanne lenglen. first out on phillipe chatrier was seventh seed ons jabeur who breezed past american bernarda pera in straight sets for a place in the quarterfinals. casper ruud was beaten in the final by rafael nadal last year, but he s also through to the last 16. by rafael nadal last year, but he s he beat chile s nicholas jarry 7 6, 7 5, 7 5. tottenham are moving closer to appointing ange postecoglou as their new manager. the australian admitted on saturday that his ability to enjoy celtic s treblesuccess would soon be disrupted by some decision making and it seems he s on the verge of taking over at spurs. he watched his celtic team lift the scottish cup on saturday but it seems he s now poised to fill the post that has
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departments across the country. covid is now killing more law enforcement officers than guns, vehicles, or any other threat they face in the line of duty. here s cbs jeff pegues. reporter: police officer christopher cockburn lost his battle against covid-19 last month. tell me about your dad. well, he was a police officer for over 30 years. reporter: kayleigh cockburn, his daughter, says he loved his job. when did your family find out that he had covid-19? on my 30th birthday, august 14. quite a birthday. reporter: exactly a month later, on september 14, at the age of 59, he was dead. i miss him a lot, yeah. ( sirens ). reporter: covid is now the leading cause of death for the men and women in blue. 716 officers since march of 2021. still, there is a reluctance to get vaccinated. in memphis and louisville, just 47% of officers have been vaccinated. and in philadelphia, just 13% of