this nation that s trying to turn west, but that russia won t let go. from military exercises, president zelensky headed towards ukraine s very real conflict, and we flew east alongside him, to where troops have been fighting russian backed forces for eight years now. there, he told soldiers they were heroes, thanked them for standing firm in a crisis which the world is watching nervously, but in which it s ukraine that s on the front line. sarah rainsford, bbc news, mariupol. landslides and severe flooding have killed over 90 people in brazil. more than a month s worth of rain fell in just a few hours in the worst affected area the city of petropolis in rio dejaneiro state.
of the discovery of unmarked graves of russian soldiers, of the development of chemical and biological weapons by the us and ukraine, and other such claims, all of which they say are false. but there will be more to come, american officials believe, in the next few days, as russia seeks to sow confusion in this regard. landslides and severe flooding have killed over ninety people in brazil. more than a month s worth of rain fell in just a few hours in the worst affected area the city of petropolis in rio dejaneiro state. wendy urquhart reports. more than a month s worth of rain fell in petropolis in a matter of hours. from the air, devastation is clear to see. a huge swathe of the city has been washed down the mountainside by horrific landslides, leaving a pile of
that service these houses, the wealthier houses in the core of the city and quite frankly we see this happening over and over again in brazil, because poor peoples lives there are quite frankly disposable. we have a very popular commentator who said that the headline of his story which has just come out today was, everybody knew that these rains would kill in rio except seemingly the politicians, the government and the governors. politicians, the government and the governm the governors. sam, thank you forjoining the governors. sam, thank you forjoining us- presidentjoe biden s senior medical adviser on coronavirus, dr anthony fauci, has said it s time for americans to start moving back towards normality, despite the remaining risks from the virus. dr fauci admitted many states are facing tough choices. ido i do apologise, we will have to move on.
sam cowie is a journalist in sao paulo, who s been monitoring the situation. this is a scenario of absolute devastation. at least 94 people had been killed during these horrendous landslides. that was the latest tally recorded at 8.30 local time, the latest tally recorded at 8.30 localtime, it the latest tally recorded at 8.30 local time, it is 11.30 now. this is a death count which is expected to increase over the next few days. firefighters on the scene are saying and unaccountable number, an immeasurable number of people have died or gone missing. this brings back terrible, terrible memories of 2011, when 918 people were killed in this mountainous area of rio dejaneiro. these are
later in the programme we ll speak to to an expert in open source analysis using satellite footage and other publicly avaialable footage, to study troop movements on the ground. landslides and severe flooding have killed over ninety people in brazil. more than a month s worth of rain fell in just a few hours in the worst affected area the city of petropolis in rio dejaneiro state. sam cowie is a journalist in sao paulo. sam, very good to see you, thank you forjoining us. what is the picture on the ground at the moment in the patroclus? good morning. this is a scenario of absolute devastation in the city, at least 94 people have been killed during these horrendous landslides. that was the latest tally recorded at half past eight local time, tally recorded at half past eight localtime, it tally recorded at half past eight local time, it is half past 11 here now. you know,