for the murder and attempted rape of zara aleena in east london her family say she was fearless and independent. and a bit of tennis history for britain s heather watson at wimbledon, as she makes it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. it means everything, playing here at home, in front all of you guys. the atmosphere is, is everything and coming up on the bbc news channel. it was cancelled because of covid last september, but finally the test series decider between england and india got under way at edgbaston, with the hosts bowling first. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drop, far too much. two seniorfemale conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradleyjoined labour in calling for hiss is spend snrun the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps, with the latest from westminster. here is our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. un
president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine s candidacy tojoin the european union to be speeded up. he said membership should be quick and not take decades. earlier, his chief of staff accused russia of waging a war on ukrainian civilians, in response to military defeats. there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. the emergency services say 19 people died and more than 30 others were injured in the attacks. a block of flats and a recreation centre were hit. our corresppondent in kyiv, joe inwood, has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake island in the black sea. now, tha
he reacts differently when they are people who are loyal to him and that they help him stay in power. also on the programme. another sharp rise in covid across the uk. hospital admissions are up too. the number of new cases has jumped by half a million in a week we ll be looking at the latest figures. in ukraine, at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. the end of an era for radio two s steve wright in the afternoon as the dj announces he is leaving the show after a0 years. and tennis history for britain s heather watson and cameron norrie at wimbledon, as they make it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, a swashbuckling century from india s pant frustrates in england on the first day of the test in edgbaston. good evening. the conservatives party have suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations
Meddling in the 2016 poll. President trump has, again, insisted his Campaign Team did nothing wrong. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. The defendants allegedly conducted what they called information wa rfa re against the united states. With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. They used stolen or fictitious american identities, Fraudulent Bank accounts and false identification documents. The indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us president ial election. It says operations included supporting the president ial campaign of then cand