we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched missile strikes across the country, hitting residential areas as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of ukraine into an emergency blackout. this is the scene in the city of dnipro, where at least five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine s president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, | a residential building was destroyed i as a result of this russian strike. dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and are being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is still unknown. unfortunately the list of the dead is growing every hour. our correspondent, paul adams, is in dnipro with the latest. this was one of the worst att
hello and welcome to you if you are watching in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched missile strikes across the country, hitting residential areas, as well as energy infrastructure, plunging much of ukraine into an emergency blackout. this is the city of dnipro, where at least five people were killed and dozens injured when an apartment building was struck on saturday. according to the regional governor, several children were among those hurt. rescue workers are still combing the rubble for survivors. ukraine s president zelensky spoke earlier. translation: in the city of dnipro, | a residential building was destroyed i as a result of this russian strike. dozens of injured and traumatised people were rescued and being treated. clearing operations are ongoing and will continue throughout the night. how many people are under the rubble is still unknown. unfortunately, the list of the dead is growing every hour. our correspondent paul adams
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their
carley: top democrat caught sharing concerns for midterm including big warning for house speaker nancy pelosi as the click ticks closer to november. you re watching fox and friends first on this busy friday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. those stories in just a moment. we start with ashley strohmier for more on the democrat warning. ashley: despite nancy pelosi s optimism about keeping the majority, chuck schumer is singing different song. chuck schumered there is 60% chance they would hold the senate and 40% chance they would hold the house, adding nancy pelosi could be in trouble. he believes trump will run in 2024. people say president biden struggled to unite the nation. he s more of a puppet than a leader. i think he s trying to be a unifier, it is really rough right now. everything he s doing is totally the wrong thing. ashley: the gop is seeing increase in voters. there is a disconnect that latino voters feel with modern democratic pa