and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning. there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola s. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it s taken away from the purpose of, of, of their work and of the police s work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation really of much of the press and media coverage and what the family said was media intrusion into their li
coming up at six o clock, breakfast with nina warhurst and rogerjohnson but first on bbc news, ukraine: the children s story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. they packed into overcrowded trains, while thousands more waited on platforms. men had to stay behind, so families and loved ones were separated. many people reached other countries and found safety. but some of us couldn t or didn t. and now this. ..is our life. air raid siren wails ricky: is that an air raid siren? so we just had a little air raid siren. ..which means that we have to go outside. you can see,
this is bbc news. the headlines. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze in cox s bazar district has been brought under control. more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. after more than a decade of negotiations, un member states have agreed to establish an international treaty to protect the high seas. environmental groups say it will help reverse marine biodiversity losses. military spending in china will increase by more than 7% this year. at the opening of congress, the premier, li keqiang, called for more soldiers to be trained under combat conditions. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service in the hope that sharing details will help others. you re watching bbc news. now its time for ukraine: the children s story. child: the day before war started wasjust like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our familie
a special cnn report. how would you react? where would you go? if you woke up one morning to war on your doorstep. this is completely in ruins. for more than a year now, no matter where you turn, pollutants terror can find you. yet despite all of the suffering, this is where they make the molotov cocktails. the people of ukraine are still standing. still fighting, and some say even winning. the ukrainians took this entire area back in september. this is ukraine today. freedom matters, peace moderns. ukraine matters. these are the people who have defied the odds. we are fighting for our freedom. how are they doing it, and at what cost? take your time if you want to take a break. we had to get ready for everything, anything. the kyiv central station, the nerve center of ukraine s 16,000 miles sprawling rail system. nearly one year ago, this ordinary transit hub was anything but. is russian forces advanced toward the city, scenes
of extensive fighting. the mercenary group says the last open roads leading westwards out of the city are under heavy russian shelling. now. ukraine the children s story. child: the day before war started was just i like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our families. that night was the last time our dreams were peaceful. in them, fireworks danced, lighting up the skies. but we woke to explosions. the sky burst into red and yellow. the windows and walls shook. no one knew what to do. in the skies above us, helicopters swarmed and multiplied. we watched as tanks rolled in. millions of people fled. they packed into overcrowded trains, while thousands more waited on platforms. men had to stay behind, so families and loved ones were separated. many people reached other countries and found safety. but some of us couldn t or didn t. and now this. ..is our life. dog barks in distance she speaks ukrainian air raid siren wails ricky: is that an air raid siren? so we