president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collasped, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014 and, after occupying these regions of ukraine in red, it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, as our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built, and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you can see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed crimea, and parts of the r
have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine in red it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed cr
domestic flights have resumed across the united states after being grounded because of a safety system failed. counter terrorism police investigate how scrap metal containing traces of uranium arrived at london s heathrow airport last month. and the conservative mp andrew bridgen is suspended from his party after appearing to compare covid 19 vaccines with the holocaust. good afternoon. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. managers are warning the impact is likely to be worse than last month s stoppage, because now call handlers are also on strike. the prime minister says it s terrifying that people don t know what will happen if they call 999. but ambulance staff say they will leave picket lines to respond to all category one emergency calls where there s a threat to life. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports from manchester.. ambulances are still responding to life threatening emergencies. but the picket lines outside
actor ben stiller in ukraine he told this programme he s worried the world will forget the victims of the war. as you get closer and closer to kyiv, and to the east of the country, you start to see the roadblocks and see the destruction. i m an actor, so the first thing i go is, oh, it looks like a movie. but the scale of it is even bigger, and it s real. ryan giggs resigns as wales manager he steps down ahead of wales appearance at the world cup. he s not been in his post for after being arrested for using controlling behaviour and assaulting his ex girlfriend charges he has denied. new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue to mark his 40th birthday we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. in london the sun is already beating down. for england and wales today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm. northern england are seeing more cloud out of the odd spot of rain. scotland and northern ireland are cloudier than yesterd
welcome to bbc news. we start here in the uk, where millions of people face more travel chaos, as the biggest rail strike in 30 years continues. today s planned walk out by railway workers has gone ahead, after talks between the rmt union and railway employers broke down. the first day of industrial action on tuesday saw half of the rail network closed and 80% of services suspended. our transport correspondent katy austin reports. large parts of britain s railway have come to a halt again, overall, only about 20% of services will run, although in some places it is less. northern will operate fewer than 10%. where trains are running, services will start late and finish early. camelot lives in cheltenham where there are no trains at all today. she can t get to her part time job near bath, teaching english as a foreign language. if i can t get to work i won t have the income to face all the extra energy bills, etc, so i do need to get to work. five minutes do need to get to wo