hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine s territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it s prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia s border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from entering. they re crossing into armenia and turkey. according to one witness, traffic at one checkpoint stretched 5 to 6 kilometers. it was a similar scene along the border with kazakhstan. trucks lined up as far as the eye could see. ticket prices are soaring for flights out of moscow. most of which is sold out for the next few days. the kremlin calls reports exaggeration and fake news. the mobi
in somalia, hundreds of communities are being ravaged by drought, causing a humanitarian crisis that is harming the country s most vulnerable. we have a special report. and johnny depp s lawyers say accusations of domestic violence have ruined him, during closing arguments in the defamation trial with amber heard. hello and welcome to bbc news. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school while the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator some of the students are still alive, and pleading, please send the polic
latin america reports its first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. to her majesty, tuck in. cheers! and a feast fit for a queen. preparations are in full swing for the platinumjubilee. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school while the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator some of the students are still alive, and pleading, please send the police now. authorities now have
latin america reports its first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. to her majesty! tuck in! cheers. and a feast fit for a queen: preparations are in full swing for the platinumjubilee. hello and welcome to the programme. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school while the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator some of the students are still alive, and pleading, please send the police now . authorities now have to explain why there was not
donbas. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox, as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. to her majesty, tuck in. cheers! and, a feast fit for a queen. preparations are in full swing, for the platinumjubilee. hello, welcome to the programme. we began in the united states. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school while the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back four times, telling the operator, some of the students are still alive and pleading, please send the police now . authori