we re live on the ground. and president biden s budget, is it dead on arrival. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. intense bombing is hitting cities across ukraine, russia launching a barrage of at least 81 missiles. this is the biggest attack in weeks. striking residential areas and blacking out power. attacks on kyiv have been reported including on a power plant in the capital. the city s mayor says at least two people were hurt. emergency services are at the scenes of the blast in kyiv. much of the city has been left without electricity. officials say a russian rocket also hitting a residential area in lviv killing five people. ivan watson is live in kyiv for us with more. and it looks like at least seven regions haveaen targeted. get us have to speed. reporter: yes, missiles of different types targeted different cities and regions. i think that we have a man that illustrates kind of just how
and on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after three premier league games without a win can manchester united beat brentford at old trafford and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the champions league? good evening. the husband of the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been arrested. police say that peter murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the snp s finances. officers are searching a number of properties, including the couple s home in glasgow. here s our scotland editorjames cook. police have been investigating the scottish national party s funding and finances for nearly two years. this morning, their inquiries led here, to the suburban door of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. mr murrell was arrested as a suspect and questioned by detectives while officers searched the couple s glasgow home. well, this is usually a pretty quiet residential street, but this morning, there s a fairly extraordinary sight
nancy pelosi s husband. deafening silence from brazil s defeated president. no concession from boll sonarob biden, pence, obama, cheney all campaigning for candidates just one week until mid-terms. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. the man accused of hitting paul pelosi on the head with a hammer has been charged with a long list of state and federal crimes, a among them, assault, attempted murder and attempted kidnapping 467892-year-old david depape confessed he wanted to hold the speaker hostage. yes, it appears as though this was based on his statements and comments that were made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi this was politically motivated. they say mr. depape wanted to press mrs. pelosi to, quote, tell the truth. we won t repeat it here, it s not true, except it hinges on the falsehood that paul pelosi was well acquainted with his attacker. there is absolutely no evidence that mr. pelos
Over a u turn on student debt. Christopher nolan tells the story of the dunkirk evacuation, will take a look at that film in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Director General of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already underway to tackle the Gender Pay Gap at The Corporation. His comments come after some of the bbcs best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. The presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey, are among the more than a0 signatories. Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports. Alexjones of the one show. Mishal hussein. Sue barker. More than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc are calling on The Corporation to act now to end its Gender Pay Gap. Good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in. The trigger for todays letter, that list published this week of the pay deals for the bbcs highest paid stars. In the top 20 names, there was only one woman. The best paid men were being paid tw