hello and welcome to bbc news. russian divers are beginning a fuller examination of the damage caused by saturday s explosion to the kerch bridge which the kremlin had previously hailed as one of its best, ultra modern and well defended structures. though limited traffic has resumed along one carriageway, a section of the other was brought down by the blast. these satellite images give an idea of what happened. this is the i9 kilometre long crossing that s 12 miles which you can see here linking russia, on the right of the screen, to crimea. you can make out smoke coming from one span of the bridge. and this closer image shows how two parts of the road bridge have collapsed. one carriageway remains intact, but at the top of the screen you can see what appear to be flames coming from a train on the railway bridge. russia has promised to fix the damaged sections as soon as possible. ukrainian officials have have not indicated that their forces were behind the attack alt
of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, in any budget, or what these days we have to call fiscal event, can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you god. how does that feel? very strange. he chuckles all we are, as it were, we are a research institute who happen to work on fiscal things, which means public spending and tax, and when the government or the opposition make big announcements on tax and spending, we analyse it and we analyse it off the back of decades of experience we ve got. with the numbers, with understanding of what this stuff means. so we are able to say, do these add up? will it achieve what the chancellor says it will achieve? and what are the risks? when martin le
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russian divers are beginning a fuller examination of the damage caused by saturday s explosion to the kerch bridge, what the kremlin had previously hailed as one of its best, ultra modern and well defended structures. though limited traffic has resumed along one carriageway, a section of the other was brought down by the blast. these satellite images give an idea of what happened. this is the 19 kilometre long crossing, that s 12 miles, which you can see here linking russia, on the right of the screen, to crimea. you can make out smoke coming from one span of the bridge. this closer image shows how two parts of the road bridge have collapsed. one carriageway remains intact, but at the top of the screen you can see what appear to be flames coming from a train on the railway bridge. russia has promised to fix the damaged sections as soon as possible. ukrainian officials have have not indicated that their forces
against the regime continue. ireland s prime minister attends a church vigil for the victims of the donegal filling station explosion. max verstappen has secured his second formula one world championship after winning the japanese grand prix. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russian divers are beginning a fuller examination of the damage caused by saturday s explosion to the bridge linking russia with crimea. the kremlin had previously hailed the bridge as one of its best, ultra modern and well defended structures. though limited traffic has resumed along one carriageway, a section of the other was brought down by the blast. these satellite images give an idea of what happened. this is the 19 kilometre long crossing, that s 12 miles, which you can see here linking russia, on the right of the screen, to crimea. you can make out smoke coming from one span of the bridge. this closer image shows how two parts of the road bridge have collapsed.
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