attempt to claim crimea from ukraine. russia claims at least three people were killed. a russian investigative committee arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. cnn s fred pleitgen is live for us from kyiv with the very latest on this. fred, russian officials are now saying traffic has resumed on the bridge? how is that happening? reporter: well, they are saying that the traffic is in reverse on that bridge. they are trying to clear the cars off that bridge but trying to get the traffic moving again as fast as possible. essentially, what they are saying is that all of this happened, this explosion happened in the early morning hours of this morning. when the lacey latest that they have is a struck they say exploded, even though it s not exactly clear whether or not that is the case, that a truck blew up. we have some of that video of that explosion taking place, which seems to have been massive. as a result ther
the ukrainians. so far the ukrainians have not claimed responsibility. in fact, one senior adviser to the volodymyr zelenskiy, hinted he believes tf an inside job within the russian security services but unclear who is behind it. we can see on our screens that massive explosion that took place in the early morning hours. the russian investigative committee, the russians say is on the scene and has been working. they say that an explosion occurred at a truck, that a truck blew up and that that explosion sort of caused the chain reaction because there was a train carrying fuel going past that area of the bridge at that point in time. several fuel tanks catching fire, blowing up as well. that s what that big fire that we see now with that thick black smoke going out there for a very long period of time before the russians were able to put that out. the status right now seems to be it s quite interesting because you mentioned this, fredricka, that the russians are saying that t
arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. fred pleitgen is live for us in kyiv with the latest. so fred, russian officials saying traffic has resumed on the bridge. what are you hearing? reporter: well, we re hearing and seeing some of that traffic, russian officials say it has resumed and it really seems to be just a tiny trickle of traffic if you will. just to give you an overview, it is a pretty wide bridge, it has the rail link that was disrupted for a long period of time. we are hearing a train apparently has managed to bypass that bridge thounow. but it had four automobile bridges, lanes, two in each direction and it seems like one lane is working for all of the traffic. and the explosion that we keep seeing on our screens there was so powerful that it caused part of the car bridge to collapse. and essentially what the russian investigative committee is saying, all of it happened in the very early morning ho
threatens a french institution the baguette. we find out how many of the country s 35,000 bakeries will survive. good to have you with us. it s that time of year when the global elite gather in the swiss alpine ski resort of davos. the theme for the world economic forum is cooperation in a fragmented world, and top of the agenda will be the global economy which according to the world bank is perilously close to falling into recession . it expects the world economy to grow byjust 1.7% this year. what can the global leaders do who are gathered in davos? critics argue it s a talking shop that rarely leads to significant change in solving the worlds problems. brian coulton is chief economist at fitch ratings. brian, good morning to you. when we look at the official agenda for davos, the list is long. there is an awful lot to discuss, but when it comes to the state of the global economy, that will dominate, won t it? it economy, that will dominate, won t it? ~ , won t it? it
ensure there is trust and confidence in our national finances. that means decisions of eye watering difficulty. as her plans unravelled, liz truss kept a low profile in westminster leaving a cabinet colleague to step in. the prime minister is not under a desk. she. laughter. after a day in which the prime minister was barely seen and not heard, tonight she speaks exclusively to me for this programme. also on the programme. russian forces launch waves of drone attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv. hundreds of metropolitan police are getting away with law breaking and misconduct says a new report. iamat i am at the roundhouse in london where the winner of the booker stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. the prime minister liz truss has said she is sorry and accepts repsonsibility for mistakes in her economic plan as the maj