pym, bbc news. a wave of russian air strikes on cities across ukraine has left at least 25 people dead. officials said 23 people including four children were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of uman. the russian defence ministry said the strikes had targeted ukrainian army reserve units. ofsted is coming under more criticism, after a primary school in cambridge says it wants a judge to review its report. the queen emma school was rated inadequate but in an impact statement the head teacher says the process left her with suicidal thoughts. ofsted says it stands by the report and rejects the allegation that the inspection was not carried out properly. it is the latest criticism of its inspection process after the head of a primary in reading took her own life in january. our education editor, branwenjeffreys reports. the everyday routine of school life but this school is walking a tightrope, challenging the school
hello and welcome to the programme. i m victoria valentine. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, has tweeted: and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, apparently show an apartment building ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet independently verified the pictures, but they are being widely shared.
we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to
in khartoum is very difficult. getting to the airport is hard. people have been telling me that if they have to go through checkpoints, they have to go through checkpoints, they have to pay bribes. if they don t, if they try to get through, they get rocks thrown at their cars. and they try to stop on the road as well. the other routes available to british nationals who want to leave, the government says its primary one is the airfield. but if you live over to the east, towards port sudan, which is about 800 kilometres, 500 miles, from khartoum, that you should be going there and picking up ferries to saudi arabia and jeddah. it is a complicated situation. what you can see now is the nextjourney for these people as they go back to the uk. thank you very much. nick garnett at larnaca airport. ukrainian officials say six people have been killed across the country in a wave of russian air strikes early this morning. four people were left dead and 17 more injured in the city of uman. a resi
at least six people were killed. others are feared missing beneath the rubble. and heading further east to the city of dnipro, another deadly attack. the local mayor said a mother and her three year old daughter were killed. at least 13 people are dead across the country in these strikes. the bbc s hugo bachega sent this update from kyiv. the large scale attack happened after four o clock in the morning here and hit places in central and southern regions of ukraine. some dramatic images have emerged from the city of uman, where a residential building partially collapsed, and in the city of dnipro a mother and her daughter aged three were killed after their house was hit. now, here in kyiv there haven t been reports of casualties. the authorities are saying that iliman cruise missiles and two attack drones were intercepted by the country s air defence systems, and i think this happens as the ukrainians are preparing for a counteroffensive