Treatment. Hello and welcome to todays verified live. We start in ukraine where russia has carried out one of the deadliest strikes in months. Ukraines Defence Ministry says 49 people have been killed and 219 people have been injured. It Happened in poltava a city in the east of ukraine. Many people are believed to be trapped under rubble. The countrys Defence Ministry called it a barbaric strike against an educational establishment. President zelensky said it was a very difficult day for ukraine. Translation i have received preliminary l reports on the russian attack on poltava. According to the information available now, two ballistic Missiles Hit the territory of an educational institution and a neighbouring hospital. One of the buildings in the institute of communications was partially destroyed. People were trapped under the rubble. Many of them were rescued. More than 180 people were injured. Unfortunately, there are many dead. As of now, 41 people have been reported dead. My con
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supreme court just put a hold on donald trump s tax returns. this is what we re watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. one week until midterm campaigning stops an the votes starting getting tallied and it is one week until we will likely know who will control the house and the senate. this hour president biden travels to florida where advisers are hoping his warning against republican-controlled congress will resonate with voters. former president obama is also hitting the trail in a big way, heading to nevada and something that we don t see on the campaign trail, well basically ever, republican congresswoman liz cheney crossing the aisle to support elissa slotkin in his re-election effort in michigan. mike pence is campaigning today for georgia governor brian kemp. and in a new interview with cnn this morning, kemp made his case for re-election while clearly trying also to avoid talking about the other republican on the tike this cycle. the an
time for a look at the weather. it isa it is a good old delve into the mixed bag of weather this week. it is certainly cooler for the south east of england for the flower show, but that will be good for keeping the blooms in top shape. however, there is a lot of clout around today and the cloud comes pouring in across the uk bearing rain for some of us. we never really recover those temperatures that we saw at the weekend. one area of low pressure pushing up from the continent and the weather fronts are trying to tuck down from the north west. the picture across the uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rainjust to uk is a bit of a messy one. this area of rain just to the east of london at the moment pulling away in the hours ahead. it should be out of the hours ahead. it should be out of the way by teatime, roughly in time for the school run, so hopefully drier conditions. heavier showers in the south west and wales and some nudging into the midlands. showers in scotland