hello and welcome. many russian citizens are trying to flee the country to escape the military mobilisation announced vladimir putin. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out and there are long queues on other border crossings. they are holding referendums in one of four contested areas on whether they want to join the russian federation. the west describes these as a sham. this isjohn kirby. we believe that these will be sham referenda, they will not be legitimate and they will not be free orfairand they are preordained to allow mr putin to say, look, this is russian territory and now, ukrainian attacks are on the motherland, not on ukrainian territory, which is, of course, not true. and as you heard jake sullivan, our national security adviser, say yesterday, we are not going to recognise that and so many other nations around the world aren t going to recognise that. this is nothing more than a ploy by vladimir putin to try to gain, through some
lawful and correct the british government says its changes to brexit trade arrangements with the european union will not undermine the northern ireland peace agreement. and are the machines about to take over? a senior tech engineer claims an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. hello and welcome to the programme. hundreds of civilians have been killed in the ukrainian city of kharkiv since the start of the conflict by indiscriminate russian shelling. in a new report, amnesty international accused moscow of routinely using internationally prohibited cluster munitions and scatterable mines. the human rights organisation said the decision to use such weapons showed an utter disregard for civilian lives and could constitute war crimes. the kremlin has previously denied using cluster munitions in ukraine and insisted that russian forces have only struck military targets. from the city of kkarkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this wa
We are right next to it. A while what i just hit something it had a house neil inaudible, a massive tornado obliterating the town of greenfield, iowa, three people are dedicated devastating storms also touched down in illinois. And wisconsin purex over this year that has been about 27 percent more tornadoes across the country then its averaged. The rough weather apparently is not over yet. We got it is a gordon in a green field where they are Picking Up The Pieces and our meteorologist, potentially more nasty weather to come. Welcome everybody, im neil cavuto, is go over to greenfield, iowa with the latest. It hello, im standing on the outskirts of greenfield, iowa. Stated patrol limiting the number of people who can get into town for residents and people working on the cleanup efforts. From where we stand on the outskirts, you can see some of the damage behind me. Absolute devastation here in greenfield, iowa. Still unclear how many people were injured or how many people died here, th
Delayed tee times have been delayed. We wait to see whether or not it will be possible for the world number one, the masters champion, to continue playing in this tournament. So the second round at valhalla is under way after the delay, heres how it looks Xander Schauffele will tee off with a three shot lead later after a record breaking opening round of 62, with a trio of americans that includes tony finau behind him. Rory mcilroy and Robert Macintyre are well placed as well, a shot behind that trio. We understand scheffler is now on the course, he is due to tee off in the next hour, we will of course keep you up to date with that here on bbc news. Police have charged three players from australian footballs a league from australian footballs a league on suspicion of betting corruption after allegedly manipulating yellow cards in matches last year. They havent named the players arrested but say they belong to a south sydney club. Football australia has in the last few hours have issued
Police have charged three players from the australian a league on suspicion of betting corruption after allegedly manipulating yellow cards in matches last year. They havent named the players arrested but say they belong to a south sydney club. A league side macarthur fc, have released a statement saying they are shocked and aware of the arrests. They go on to say integrity of our game is a Foundation Pillar and they will work closely with all relevant agencies on this matter, to golf and a stunning, record breaking, round from amercias Xander Schauffele he posted the lowest score in Pga Championship history and equaled the record at a mens major after shooting an opening round 62 at valhalla. Nine birdies in a sensational bogey free round which means he goes into the second round at nine under par, top of the leaderboard with a three shot advantage. Its only the fourth 62 ever at a mens major. The world number three of course, looking to win his first major championship. Its a great s