Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
labour leader sir keir starmer said cowboys are running the country, but rishi sunak said the government has acted decisively. the department for education has today published a list of schools in england affected by the problem: 147 of them, with 19 forced to delay the start of the new school term. ellie price reports. when politicians go on visits before nine o clock in the morning, you know they have a point to make. the labour leader keir starmer went to parkview in north london, one of 147 schools in england who have a problem with concrete. 15 problem with concrete. 113; classrooms. problem with concrete. 15 classrooms. in - problem with concrete. 15 classrooms. in the - problem with concrete. 15 - classrooms. in the commons a problem with concrete. 15 classrooms. in the commons a few hours later. classrooms. in the commons a few hours later. a classrooms. .. in the commons a few hours later. a row classrooms. in the commons a few hours later, a row about class
good afternoon. for the first time, there is a global climate agreement which calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels. delegates at the un climate summit in dubai reached the deal after negotiating through the night. the president of cop28 said it s an agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form form of words that called for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. the latest now from our climate editorjustin rowlatt who s in dubai. justin. well, yes, this is the, some people are disappointed this is a compromise, i have to say these deals always are. we have 198 countries trying to agree on an issue which touches almost every aspect of their society. every country has a different perspective and we are looking for a compromise that charts a course through it. the overall reaction here is that this is an ambitious deal, this deal does make progress, it has got that commitment to transitioning away from fossil fu
the who is now drawing up plans for a full evacuation of the hospital. the organisation says they were able to spend one hour inside the hospital, gaza city s largest, in a mission co ordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage. it comes after hundreds of people left gaza city s main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. some medical staff claimed israeli forces ordered the evacuations, something the israeli military denies. you can see on you can see on your screen you can see on your screen that live picture of gaza city, slightly after 5am there. you may be able to see some light on the horizon as we have seen a number of strikes in the past hour heading in that direction of gaza city in the early hours of gaza city in the early hours of the morning. meantime, a possible hostage release deal is being reported by us media. the washington post is reporting that israel, the united states and hamas are close to an agreeme