have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine in red it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed cr
him multiple times with a large knife in broad daylight on the upper east side. attacker still at large. bill: los angeles smash and grab robbers pummeling retailers clearing out a store as the staff appeared customers look on in disbelief. dana: a bad weekend for gun violence. 39 people shot and killed across the country. garrett tenney is live in chicago. good morning. good morning to you. let s start with the stabbing in new york city. police are still looking for that suspect dressed in all black wearing a mask who got off of an e-bike, pulled out a knife and with no provocation started attacking a 29-year-old man carrying a brown paper bag. this happened thursday afternoon. the victim was slashed multiple times in the back and arms. police say the victim did not know the attacker and they re still looking for that suspect. this comes after chilling video was posted on social media showing an individual shouting obscenities on a new york city subway and grabbing a w
shhh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. shhh. when it comes to its anticipated counteroffensive, ukraine has certainly revelled in trying to confuse russia. this video came with the caption plans love silence . but today words seem to have been followed by actions. dance music. in another produced video, with its own techno music, kyiv claims its troops are advancing close to the eastern city of bakhmut, and says that s not all. troops are moving to offensive actions in the eastern front too, according to the country s deputy defence minister, hanna maliar. even russia s defence ministry reported three major counterattacks, which it says it repelled. it released this footage from near the city of donetsk. bbc verify has confirmed it was most likely filmed there, but we don t know when. the enemy launched a n u nsuccessful attempt at a large scale offensive in the south donetsk direction,
said its military spokesman. so, has ukraine s counteroffensive started? well, if you look at the heightened language from both sides, as well as the military movement, it certainly looks to be in the early stages, but what will take longer to answer is the question of whether it will be successful. mr president, welcome. any potential liberation will rely on continued political support, today coming in the form of the uk s foreign secretary, james cleverly, with an exchange of pleasantries with president zelensky. when we made the commitment publicly that we would continue backing you and your country until you are victorious in your self defence, we meant it. when we said that we would do more and go further, we meant it. it s about opening the possibility for training missions for our pilots on fighterjets. kyiv has always managed to straddle defending with diplomacy. you can be sure the
singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, forces say they ve launched severalattacks, but forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian attack on donetsk was set to be on a significant scale, but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities, where ukraine s ground forces are set to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in the moment, we will have the latest from moscow, but there is to keep, and our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse.