we re not looking for a new cold war. secretary antony blink en meets for the first time since the president canceled his trip to beijing. i ll ask the secretary of state. plus, critical moment. there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. the u.s. accuses russia of crimes against humanity as the war approaches the one-year mark. i don t think the ukrainians would collapse or fall. i think they ll continue to fight. will the u.s. and its allies defeat putin without boots on the ground? we ll get a report from the front lines. and primary fight. america is not past our prime. it s just that our politicians are past theirs. nikki haley is the first republican candidate to challenge donald trump, but she s not ready to criticize her former boss. the problem is the media wants everybody to be 100% trump or 100% anti-trump. i don t work that way. may the best woman win. i ll ask one potential candidate who is considering jumping in the race himsel
live from cnn center, this is havcnn news room with kim brunhuber. we re getting word of a new barrage of russian missile strikes in mykolaiv as the city is still reeling from similar strikes on friday. there are no reports of casualties. russia also fired five cruise missiles elsewhere in the south but three were shot down. russian missiles also set an industrial facility in kyiv on fire. and in the east ukraine says it is holding the line in the donetsk region and says eight settlements came under fire but russian troops didn t make any gains. t ukraine s artillery has been stepping up attacks behind the front lines s in recent weeks. president zelenskyy says his country is making progress and will keep up the momentum. translator: ukraine has withstood russia s brutal blows. we have already managed to liberate part oof the territory that was occupied after february 24th, we will gradually liberate other regions of our state that are currently under the occupation.
british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been jailed for 20 years by a new york court for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. also, with petrol and diesel prices near record highs, pressure is growing on retailers and the government to step in. i ll be finding out the impact on people who rely on their vehicle for work. good morning, defeat for serena williams on her wimbledon return. when the covers come off later, we will see emma raducanu and andy murray back in action. good morning, we have rain pushing eastwards that will clear the east in the next couple of hours. behind it, sunshine and showers, some of them heavy and thundery but less windy today than yesterday. i will have the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 29th ofjune. our main story. the cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster, dame deborahjames, also known as bowel babe, has died aged 40. she had been receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. the host of the bbc s you, me and
texas, and buffalo, new york. now, this is sad and infuriating ritual to go through ever going list of mass shootings every time we go on the air. this week, biden said enough. he said enough 12 times in a rare primetime speech to the nation. but apparently, enough isn t enough, because no substantial legislative solution appeared on the horizon. the president believes there is some, quote, rational republicans who might be willing to address this gun violence endemic. senator mitch mcconnell got some favorable headlines, which he suggested a willingness to work with democrats on this. but don t be fooled. he s had a decade long history of blocking gun control. this is not the first mass shooting that he s been involved in. the washington post provided a detailed list of times he spent working to quote, delay, obstruct or prevent most major firearm restrictions from being approved by congress. now, his stories begins back 1989, after a mass shooting rocked his own hometown of