the reality of higher energy bills. millions will find out in the coming days just how much their gas and electricity will be going up by in april, with fears war in ukraine could push costs even higher. good morning. we have rain across western areas today, quite a bit of cloud, but eastern parts of the country, particularly eastern england, brighterand drierthan england, brighter and drier than yesterday. england, brighterand drierthan yesterday. windy across the northeast. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday the 3rd of march. our main story. the mayor of the ukrainian port of kherson says russian forces are now in control making it the first major city to be seized. there s been heavy shelling of the country s second city, kharkiv, and massive explosions have also been heard in the capital kyiv overnight. the united nations says1 million
yesterday. but we have a weather front with rain moving from the west to the east through the day but brighter conditions following on behind. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday the 3rd of march. our main story. the mayor of the ukrainian port of kherson says russian forces are now in control making it the first major city to be seized. there s been heavy shelling of the country s second city, kharkiv, and massive explosions have also been heard in the capital kyiv overnight. the united nations says one million refugees have now fled to neighbouring countries, asjonah fisher reports. a week into this war, the heartbreak continues at ukraine s railway stations. dnipro in the east has yet to come under attack, but it s surelyjust a matter of time. dasha says she doesn t want to leave, but she also doesn t want her children seeing
the atmosphere was changing all the time. firstly, when we still had the power supply, time. firstly, when we still had the powersupply, heating, time. firstly, when we still had the power supply, heating, water, the life there was more or less comfortable, i would say. but on the 3rd of march, the russians entered our district, the 3rd of march, we heard the fights which were going on just to the centre of bucha and after that, when the russians entered, firstly they turned down all the power supplies. they mostly turned down the internet, we had a bad mobile connection of the days,
it s wednesday, the 3rd of march. thanks for joining us on the most news in the morning. i m john roberts. i m kiran chetry. he s including their ideas but not necessarily winning any republican support. president obama s last-ditch attempt to find some common ground on health care reform. we re live at the white house with details in a moment. a $10 billion jobless benefits bill passed by the senate and signed by the president last night. kentucky senator jim bunning finally backing off of his one-man filibuster clearing the way now for more than 200,000 americans to keep receiving their unemployment checks. fallout from an intense week of fighting on capitol hill just ahead. also a winter storm dumping ice and snow this morning from the carolinas to new england. rob marciano keeping an eye on all of it and he s going to tell you how it could impact your travel plans today. a developing story right now to tell you about. you may not believe it, but the faa is now investigati