viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we re right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there s still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don t know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to th
september the 19th, eight days from now. the queen s casket is expected to leave balmoral patacsil in scotland in about three hours. it ll be the first leg of what will be a salmon final journey back to london where she will lie in state at westminster hall until that funeral. let s get more on this was cnn. i see the queen s casket leave balmoral. that is not particularly a long drive to edinburg but it will take six hours. there s going to be several stops on the way and passing through the cities where it will eventually arrive at the official residence of the royal family. the policies of the hollywood house. and it will be taken to rest in the throne. as you mentioned several steps will follow before the queen is returned in london and later on in windsor we will see significant taking prince charles will go to edinburg and he will meet and also on the stated queen s coffin being carried through a procession down edinburg to st. charles cathedral where she will be left
we begin in ukraine where we re getting a word about a new barrage of russian missile tryings in the south. ukraine says at least 10 millions admit mykolaiv sunday morning as the city still reels from similar strikes on friday. two industrial facilities were hit but no reports of casualties so far. ukraine says russia also fired five cruise missiles in the south but three were shot down. in the east, ukraine said fending off russian ground attacks in the donetsk region despite intense shelling, as in this town near the front line. meanwhile, russia s defense minister was in donbas on saturday ordering troops to increase operations to prevent ukrainian strikes in the region. ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. here he is. translator: we have already managed to liberate part of the territory that was occupied after february 24th. we will
From anywhere in the world. Hello, welcome to have you here in the United States and all around the world. Cnns continuing coverage of israel at war. An Israeli Ground offensive into gaza now appears all but inevitable. Its bombardment of hamas targets will become even more frequent, more than 4300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks. Following the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed more than 1400 people with around 200 others missing or captured. Hundreds of am mored vehicles with thousands ever israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas in a moments notice. Saturday the staff repeated what they heard all week, we will go into gaza. Good to have you with us elliot. The Israeli Force has told residents in the north to head south, warning of significant combat. And at the same time, youve got the u. S. Stepping up its socalled deterrence in the region. What can you tell us . Linda, weve been talking about the likelihood, the eminence of a ground force in is
Hello and welcome. Im Lynda Kinkade with the latest on the israel hamas war. An Israeli Ground offensive appears all but inevitable. Authorities in gaza saying more than 4,300 palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks after the hamas Terror Attack in israel which killed more than 1,400 people with around 200 others missing or captured. Hundreds of Armored Vehicles along with thousands of israeli troops are now poised to strike at hamas at a moments notice. On saturday, the idf Chief Of Staff again repeated what theyve heard all week, that we will enter gaza. An Idf Spokesperson told cnn its not a question of if at this point, only when. The timeline, you know, that changes according to many variables on the ground, in the air, and across the sea. The important thing is that the idf will conduct significant Military Operations in order to defeat hamas, in order to bring our hostages home, and in order to fundamentally change the Security Situation that we have in southern isra