and defamation case brought by author e. jean carroll. court resumes this hour. and a man accused of a shooting rampage inside a medical center is about to appear in court. what we re learning about the suspect and what his mother is blaming today. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming up right here on cnn news central. this morning the white house is pushing back hard on russia s baseless accusation that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out an alleged attack on the kremlin. moscow claims it was an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. the white house calls the allegation the u.s. was behind that ridiculous, and ukraine is also strongly denying any involvement in that attack. after making that claim with no evidence, russia ramped up its attacks on ukraine. at least 23 people were killed by russian shelling in the kherson region wednesday. and kyiv s military chief said the city was hit by the most intense air strikes so far thi
our correspondent hugo bachega who s currently sheltering in an underground bunker hugo bachega said that in the past hour, the air raid alert in the capital went off, at around 02:20am, local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed, in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. station and residential buildings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it s in moscow. we see an object lay in from the left and exp
bringing you the regalia, processions and ancient rituals. we ll have all that and more, including the crowning moment itself later today at westminster abbey. these are pictures from inside the venue and how it will look for the grand ceremony. you can see the ornate chairs taking centre stage, there, on top of the medieval mosaic floor of the church. crowds have been camping out ahead of the big day. they were treated to a surprise visit by king charles, the prince and the princess of wales. charles went to one side of the mall while william and kate went to the other. many continued to camp out despite the london rain, to save a spot on the procession route. let s go live now to bbc correspondent louisa pilbeam at the mall in london. people have been camping out and we are edging closer to the dawn hours and a lot going on. tell us what is happening. definitely. i think the excitement is really building now because we are getting towards the morning and there are so many p
a strong denial from the white house. they call russia s latest claims ridiculous. this after the kremlin suggested the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out that alleged drone attack. brand-new jobs numbers just in to cnn. what they say about the state of the u.s. economy now just after the federal reserve announced another interest rate hike. the third this year. captured after a nearly eight-hour search in atlanta. police arrested a man accused of opening fire inside a medical center. at least one person has died. ahead, what we re learning about the victims and a potential motive behind that shooting. these major stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. ridiculous. that s what the white house is calling russia s baseless accusation this morning that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out that alleged drone attack on the kremlin. moscow claims that this was an attempt to assassinate russian president vladimir putin. ukraine has strongly denied a
who was sheltering underground, when the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 am local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it s in moscow. we see an object fly in from the left and explode. now let s pause here. we know this is moscow because this is red square. this is a recent picture of the same place with the kr