And other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Meanwhile, ukraines generals are reporting significant progress in the counteroffensive against russias invasion. They say their troops have breached the first line of russian defences in the south near zaporizhzhia. The generals said extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But they say that painstaking Mine Clearance has now allowed the forces to advance, and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country, and has, in recent weeks, expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Live now to yuriy sak, an advisor to ukraines defence minister. He joins us from kyiv. Good to talk to you again. Let us first of all talk about the change of the defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov is going. Is it time for new
Kim jonguns planned and very rare trip to russia. What it could mean to ukraine, and what a former american four star general makes of that and other Key Developments in the par. Plus, is it passover already . The exodus is on from the burning man desert, where Tens Of Thousands have been stranded by a plague of mud. Good evening. John berman here in for anderson. We begin this labor day evening with a picnic, president ial politics, and polling. They all came together in New Hampshire. Several republican Candidates Stumping at the same picnic, and new polling thats no picnic for all but donald trump. It matters, the experts say, because now is when voters really start paying attention. And this is attention getting. Trump now has the race nearly to himself. 59 Report Support from republicans. His nearest rival, ron desantis, now 46 points behind. As for a potential trumpbiden matchup in the general election, its 4039 and a large number, 17 , undied. Head to head without third parties
Pretty quickly afterwards. Well come to that in a moment. First to the actual problem. A type of concrete in schools that can crumble. It means some parts of School Buildings can be unsafe. The Prime Minister had to defend his decisions, as he was accused of not investing enough in school repairs. Heres our Political Editor chris mason. You probably hadnt heard of it until the other day, but this stuff concrete that can get crumbly is building into a political mess. Did rishi sunak, when he was chancellor, walk away from repairs happening sooner . The man who used to be the Department For Educations most senior Civil Servant reckons he did. I was absolutely amazed to see that the decision made by the government was to halve the School Rebuilding programme down from 100 a year to 50 a year. The chancellor, of course, was at the time . Rishi sunak. So, what does the Prime Minister make of that . I think that is completely and utterly wrong. Actually, one of the first things i did as chan
To face far weaker Russian Defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Last week, ukraines military said it had captured the village of robotyne, in the zaporizhzhia region, amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelenskyy, aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopeful
His Home State Governor is now urging the democrat to resign from the u. S. Senate. This as menendez has already been forced to step down at least for now as the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. First lets go to cnns kara scannell. Shes outside the courthouse in new york where the charges were announced. Kara, the new jersey governor isnt the only one calling for menendez to resign. Reporter theres a growing chorus of lawmakers frommage new jersey calling for Senator Menendez to step down. Thats after federal prosecutors announced this allegedly brazen bribery scheme. They detailed how an fbi search of the senators home turned up the proceeds of this alleged crime. Some of the cash was stuffed in the senators jacket pockets. Reporter indicted again. New jersey senator bob menendez facing corruptionrelated charges for the second time in ten years. Prosecutors announcing a threecount federal indictment against the democratic senator and his wife over their dealings wit