joining us from all around the world. i m max foster and i m bianca nobilo. it s wednesday, february 14, 09:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in ukraine, where military leaders are celebrating what appears to be a naval hi, i m what s hold ukrainian drones signed a prominent russian warship in the black sea near occupied crimea. a large landing vessel called the caesar kunichoff. photos posted on telegram appears to follow a drone as it approaches the warship. then we see this fiery explosion. ukraine s intelligence agency says, critical holes on a ship sayyed calls it to sink and cnn can t confirm the authenticity of these images, but there s no comment yet from the kremlin. if confirm this could be a significant blow to its black sea fleet melissa bell, tracking this live for us from paris, based on that video, is a triumph, isn t it for the ukrainian side it appears to be, of course, we have no way, max, as you pointed out, remember to go out of confirming this, but
hello, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. we will take you around the world to ask questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. the united states fights fires on multiple fronts. will it win? a briefing from one of america s best-known generals, david petraeus. we face more challenges in number and more complex and more dangerous challenges than arguably at any time since the end of the cold war. also ahead, the imf chief optimistic about the u.s. economy. cheer up, this is a new year, people. then can you feel it rock star lenny kravitz on life, legacy and vying for an oscar. and from the archive, the anniversary of the pope s first visit to atheist communist cuba. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. this year crises overseas could also tip the scales. first in ukraine where the war grinds on and president biden s request for emergency funding could die in congress.
more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi earlier told me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical condit
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniverssary of the killing of qassem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. with more on this, our bbc persian reporter, parham ghobadi, is in the newsroom. good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know. figs good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know.- date on what war we know. as you mentioned. date on what war we know. as you mentioned, this date
they are trying their best to provide essential services to gazans trapped inside gaza, with very little food, water, medicine and fuel. so this is an important update to bring you. 17 more trucks apparently are carrying aid into gaza through that all important rafah crossing which you can see here. this is controlled by egypt and is often used to bring goods in and is often used to bring goods in and out of gaza. i will keep these live pictures and bringing our guest sarah davies, a public relations officer at the international committee of the red cross. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. as we watch these live pictures of the rafah crossing, i want to ask you to give the viewers an insight into how bad things are within gaza. thank you so much for having me. as everyone has really seen over the last more than two weeks now, the humanitarian situation for people in that gaza is dire and only increasing. their needs are increasing. their needs are increasing. people h