this is bbc world news, the headlines hundreds of people are fleeing the ukranian city of kherson because of intense russian shelling. bombardment of the city has increased sharply over the past few days. on tuesday a shell hit the maternity ward of a hospital. pope francis says his predecessor, benedict the sixteenth, is very ill and he is praying for him. the vatican says that benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. the united states is the latest country to consider entry restrictions for travellers from china due to soaring covid infection rates there. taiwan, japan, india and malaysia have already said they ll monitor arrivals from china. here in the uk, police investigating the death of footballer cody fisher have arrested two men on suspicion of murder.
death will have been in vain. we work to make sure people live. everything else is secondary. the bombs don t stop. while he waits for emergency calls. ..he checks if his wife and children are ok. then he heads out to evacuate those in need. in the few days that we ve been here, we ve seen the sentiment of relief that there was in the city after it was liberated from russian control in november change very quickly to one of fear and terror. when the russians withdrew, they pulled back to the other side of the dnipro river, and that s where they re continuously bombarding the city from. hundreds have begun to leave kherson. these roads leading out had been clear till christmas. have you been affected by the shelling?
this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i m joanna gosling. our top stories: hundreds flee the ukrainian city of kherson because of intense russian shelling the hospital s maternity ward is among the locations hit. behind me, actually, is where an explosion took place just over an hour ago. five people were killed here, 20 were injured. every single day, there are people being killed in this city. pope francis says his predecessor benedict xvi is very ill and he is praying for him. in 2013, benedict became the first pope in six centuries to resign. the united states is the latest country to consider entry restrictions for travellers from china due to soaring covid infection rates, after beijing relaxed containment measures this month.
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of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson, with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 mortars fell in a single day. a city haunted by relentless attacks. another shell hit nearby between a block of homes. as the firemen worked, we heard the sound of more explosions. after a brief pause, they returned to the job, dousing the fire before anyone was hurt. down the road, we found people in a panic. punish the russians