is back on the streets. hello and welcome to bbc news. officials in ukraine say at least eight people have been killed in russian missile strikes on the black sea port of odesa. the dead include a three month old baby. 20 other people were injured in the attacks, on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says the attacks were designed to spread terror. it comes as russian troops are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent, caroline davies, has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city s firefighters led those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son niki
with governor desantis since the storm made landfall. and at my direction, fema administrator chris welch, she travelled to florida wednesday night after having been here earlier, and i approved the request within six hours at the time, governor desantis asked for a mass, a major disaster declaration. at the same time, a request from governor mcmasters of south carolina for an emergency declaration. that s a fancy way of saying just getting help immediately and all we can do under the law. and, folks, we re making federal assistance available for florida survivors whose homes or businesses damaged and destroyed. in the uk, the opposition labour party is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous type known as raac. more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to contain the material and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northe
and a staff room i cannot use. my second school, 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they re spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell by date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know- the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s. not publ