he reacts differently when they are people who are loyal to him and that they help him stay in power. also on the programme. another sharp rise in covid across the uk. hospital admissions are up too. the number of new cases has jumped by half a million in a week we ll be looking at the latest figures. in ukraine, at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. the end of an era for radio two s steve wright in the afternoon as the dj announces he is leaving the show after a0 years. and tennis history for britain s heather watson and cameron norrie at wimbledon, as they make it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a swashbuckling century from india s pant frustrates in england on the first day of the test in edgbaston. good evening. the conservatives party have suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations
hello and welcome. the government of ukraine has accused russia of waging a war on civilians, after at least 21 people were killed including children by missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. more than 30 others were injured in the attacks which severely damaged a block of flats and a recreation cente in the resort of sir heev ka. from kyiv, our correspondent joe inwood sent this report it has become a grimly familiar sight. they work through the night to find anyone left alive. by dawn, the scale of the tragedy was obvious. a ukrainian apartment block left a burned out shell by russian missiles. in normal times, serhiivka is a popular holiday destination just to the west of odesa, but these are not normal times. translation: we heard strikes. we live close by. together with the emergency workers, we helped those who survived. adnd those who unfortunately died, we helped carry them away. for hours the search continued, more in hope than expectation. one by one
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast, despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island. missiles have hit the port of odessa where at least 19 people have died. before they were effectively blockaded, the black sea ports were used to export russian grain. now kiev has accused moscow of stealing that grain and it says this russian flagged cargo ship has left the russian occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake
hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast. that s despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island earlier this week. in the past 2a hours, missiles have hit the port of odessa, killing at least 19 people. before they were effectively blockaded, ports in the black sea were used to export grain. now, ukraine accuses russia of stealing that grain and it says this russian flagged cargo ship has left the russian occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. the ship is heading from berdyansk to the turkish port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey a nato member intercept it. thank you for being with us. ukraine wants turkey to stop the ship. is turkey likely to comply? the ship. is turkey likely to coml ? ~ ~ . comply? well, i think there are a lot of questions. comply? well, i think there are a lot of questions. first - comply? well, i think there are a lot of qu