let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
with incidents in the weeks leading up to her death. and one month since the devastating earthquakes killed more than 50,000 people in turkey and syria conditions are still desperate. we begin with the war in ukraine. the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says military commanders support digging in further, and continuing to defend the eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports ukrainian troops may have been preparing to withdraw from the city, which russia has been trying to capture for months. fierce fighting is seeing battles happening from street to street. this is where bakhmut is located. the all out assault here by russia has led to the loss of many thousands of men, that s despite the us pentagon saying victory is of little strategic importance. lets dive deeper, here s a detailed picture of the current situation from the think tank, the institute for the study of war. you can see bakhmut in the large circle in the top right of the screen. the red shaded a
viewers joining us here in united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. and i m rosemary church. just ahead, students demand action on guns in the wake of the michigan state university shooting. we ll discuss what needs to be done to prevent the tragedies we re seeing all too often in america schools. former south carolina governor nikki haley throws her hat in the 2024 presidential reign. but she will likely face some stiff competition in the republican primary. and as the death toll in the turkey syria quake continues to rise, images of rescue teams find a survivors under the rubble offer a glimmer of hope. we begin this hour in east lansing michigan. the community is mourning three college students killed in a mass shooting and praying for five others still in the hospital. we have new video showing students at michigan state university hiding from the gunman in the classroom. it s stupid. they already evacuated the other room. [screaming] get
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, america s school shooting epidemic. vigils held for the victims of the michigan state university shooting, as the country marks five years since the massacre at a high school in parkland, florida. we will hear from survivors of both tragedies. a new report says thousands of ukrainian children have been held in russian camps to be reeducated, militarily trained, and even forcibly adopted. and as the death toll in the turkey/syria earthquake continues to rise, images of rescue teams finding survivors under the rubble offer a glimmer of hope. we ll have a live report from istanbul. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, investigators say the gunman who killed three students at michigan state university was likely planning more shootings. they found a
hello and a warm welcome to those joining us. just ahead on cnn newsroom former south carolina governor, former u.n. ambassador formally announcing her ca campaign. she s certainly willing to be the first to go up against the president. both presidents really. now some people here will have to be trdrinking bottled water. this train apparently was not considered a high hazardous material train. children were throwing up, parents were panicking. seemed uncomfortable, nervous and fidgety. so that is why i started getting suspicious. his instinct was correct. these are nine checks and the name on each of them, george santos. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, february 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and south carolina where this just a few hours nikki haley is expected to speak at campaign launch event. haley has formally entered the 2024 race for the white house. and in the months