hello and welcome to the programme. i m victoria valentine. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, has tweeted: and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, apparently show an apartment building ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet independently verified the pictures, but they are being widely shared. both sides in the conflict in sudan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three days. the ceasefire had only been partly effective with heavy fighting taking place in parts of the capital, khartoum. almost two weeks of clashes between the two factio
fema, the ckc and and health and human services are heading to east palestine as we speak today. but despite additional assurance, resident fears are mounting and mounting fast. they re still reporting illnesses, they re still suffering symptom from the air, and many are still worrying about the safety of the water that s right around them. we re going to the hear from members of the community today. we ll also hear on a separate issue from house foreign affairs committee chairman mike mccall, why he s not at all satisfied with the handling of this chinese spy craft and the three objects we ve shot down since. and former secretary of state mike pom mike pompeo, the current secretary, antony blinken, could have a chance to meet with his chinese counterpart this very weekend. will he take it, should he take it, and what if he doesn t take it? we ll ask mike pompeo himself. welcome, everybody, glad to see you, i m neil cavuto. let s go to east palestine where we ll find our luca
the coalition government of israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been plunged into chaos after mass overnight protests in the country. the protests were sparked after he sacked his defence minister who spoke out against plans to reform the system of appointing judges. but the coalition has survived a vote of no confidence in the parliament on monday morning. and mr netanyahu has appealed to the protestors for calm. so why have these reforms proved so contentious? these are the 11th week of protests over prime minister netanyahu s plans to overhaul the justice system. his reforms would give the government decisive control over the committee which appoints judges. it would also make it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office. mr netanyahu says that the reforms would in fact stop the courts over reaching their powers. but others say it s a threat to democracy which serves only to benefit the prime minister who s facing an ongoing corruption tri
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