i usually like to say to you happy friday. happy friday eve. getting us started. russian missiles are blowing the top off an apartment city liviv. officials call it a heaviest attack yet. that city is near poland. more than 300 miles from the front lines in eastern and southern ukraine. dana: both sounds vowing to respond to this escalating violence as ukraine admits russia has been successful in slowing down its counter offensive. bill: a big story overseas. administration has gone back to china again. janet yellen arrived there a short time ago facing a high-stake test to calm tensions between the world s two largest economies as the u.s. and china have a tech war. mike pompeo on deck on this. first to jeff paul with the latest on ukraine. we re following two big stories involving russia. the first being that attack in ukraine but let s get to the possible new whereabouts of russian mercenary leader. he is in russia. originally set to go to belarus as part of a deal
ted williams is standing by. we begin with david spunt here in washington. hi, david. very scary story. nobody injured here. police though are advertising a 20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect or possibly multiple suspects behind this. the businesses were close and still an incredibly dangerous situation. it happened 4:30 a.m. on sunday. three properties in northeast d.c., each location is a business. the first a truist bank atm. somebody embedded an explosive outside the bank causing damage. the second was a nike store. the third a few minutes later was a safeway grocery store. it happened in a 15 minute span. a suspect through a molotov cocktail object in to the store. police put out this photo yesterday and a vehicle likely possibly several suspects they re looking per law enforcement. a champagne colored acura tl with a clear and rare to see a license plate picture, 179-71 ck. it s unfortunate that this is happening in the area and so much
there s growing international pressure on israel to reduce civilian casualties in the war in gaza. tonight at the un, the security council is due to vote on a demand for israel and hamas to allow aid into the territory. and here, the prime minister rishi sunak has again called this morning for a sustainable ceasefire, saying too many civilian lives have been lost. on the ground in gaza, fierce fighting continues with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital according to the hamas run health ministry. the bbc has been filming there, as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem and a warning you may find some of the images in her report distressing. panic at the nasser hospital last night. wounded children brought in for treatment were newly injured by an israeli artillery strike, the hospital says. one 13 year old, who had already lost her parents, her sibling her leg, lost her life. recently, she had spoken tojournalists, app
inning spending, consequential reforms that will rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. jason: here is what we mow is in the deal: it suspends the debt ceiling until after 2024 election, no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year, and it caps it at 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending and money for veterans. we re also learning it claws back some unspent covid-19 pandemic funds and cuts nearly $2 the billion in money used to hire new irs agents. it also reportedly expands work requirements for some adults receiving food stamps but no work requirement changes for medicaid. the house republicans are expected to come back to the washington on tuesday and and vote on the bill on wednesday. we ll take it up with congressman brian mast and congresswoman beth van duyne. meanwhile, china has spent the week courting african countries like the democratic republic of congo for rare either minerals
northern ireland but arriving late in the day. temperatures, high teens to low 20s and it will feel warm in the may sunshine and the sunshine is stronger this time of the year so there will be high levels of uv. are out for any level of time might be worth considering suncream. similar on sunday, best of the sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland cloudy and bright, one or two bits of rain and the temperature is similar, it s going to be quite a one weekend for most of us. nice one, chris, thanks for that. chris fawkes. that s it. more analysis of the main stories on newsnight coming up on bbc two with faisal islam but now the news continues here on bbc one as we join our colleagues across the nations and regions for all of the news where you are. i have a very good night. the economic ascent of china with significant consequences for production of electric vehicles, batteries and microchips. in this new world, does the uk have a strategy? china calls the