Stop welcome to Bbc News now, three hours welcome to Bbc News now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Ukraines President Zelensky says that a russian Missile Strike has killed more than 41 people. It happened in Poltava a city in the east of ukraine. President zelensky said that more than 180 people were wounded. Speaking in the last hour, he said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. The ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. This is what President Zelensky said a short while ago. Translation i have received preliminary l reports on the russian attack on Poltava. According to the information available now, two ballistic missiles hit the territory of an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital. One of the buildings in the institute of communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many of them were rescued. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there ar
this is bbc news, the headlines. the un says once facilities sheltering thousands of people in gaza has been hit leaving nine people dead. a russian military plane crashes, with no survivors. moscow says ukrainian prisoners of war were on board and accuses kyiv of shooting it down. in the us, donald trump defeats nikki haley in the republican primary in new hampshire but she s vowing to stay in the race. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s hugh. alexander zverev has done something he s never done before, beaten a player ranked in the top five at a grand slam. but he broke that duck with a victory over carlos alcaraz that took the german sixth seed into the australian open semi final. zverev lost only two points on his own serve in racing to a first set lead and had a break in the third to beat alcaraz in three, but the spaniard fought back taking the thidr back taking the third on a tie break. but after exchanging breaks of serve early in the fou
who beat inter in the last round. currently there as well. currently goalless there as well. two more quarterfinal matches to come tomorrow, including the rome derby between lazio and roma. transfer news, and tottenham have confirmed the signing of timo werner on loan. werner becomes the north london club s first signing of the january transfer window. the former chelsea forward joins from rb leipzig. tottenham have an option to make the signing permanent. everton have been successful in their appeal following the red card given to dominic calvert lewin in the fa cup third round against crystal palace. the striker was set to miss three matches after being sent off following a var check for this challenge on palace defender nathaniel clyne in their fa cup clash, which finished goalless. the dismissal has now been overturned by the football association. the former president of a turkish top division team told a court in ankara on tuesday that he regretted attacking a referee
reframe, whose aim is to advance gender equity. keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures. she served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo. she is also the co founder of reframe. welcome. thank you, it s great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected co president of the producers guild of america the first woman of colour to hold the position. stephanie served nine years as vice president in women in film. she runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. keri and stephanie, welcome to you both. happy to be here. now, keri, you were set on a career in theatre, but there was a plot twist when hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. well, that was a very early plot twist in my career. i was coming o
ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full ukrainian counter offensive has begun. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, is the writer and broaddcaster chris morris and stephanie bolzen, washington correspondent for the german newspaper die welt. we will say hello to both in just a moment. also tonight, prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and more peoplejoin the race to be the next us president. former vice president mike pence files his papers to run, putting him in direct competition with his former boss, donald trump. but first the war in ukraine. looks like