u.s. servicemen and women into harm s way. . we have heard from zelenskyy. it seems he is becoming more desperate as he is speaking. can you imagine when you call your friends, your friendly nation and you ask, please close the sky, please stop the bombing. how many more cruise missiles have to fall on our cities until this happened. they expressed their deep concerns about the situation. is the biden administration doing enough? because they re doing an awful lot. but are they doing enough? they re doing an awful lot. the biden administration has done an exceptional job up until this point providing aid, of getting the international coalition together, sanctions packaged, unprecedented sanctions and sending tons of weapons and supplies. but war changes. it evolves. the needs of war em battles change. three weeks ago not many people
raises to the level of genocide. if it does, there need to be prosecutions. and i ll say this. not just of senior folks. historically you go after the top ordered this. we now have the intel capability to go after those pulling the trigger, executing these civilians. everybody should be held accountable and be at risk of consequence. and we need to send that message loud and clear. i know you re calling for the united states to send more military aid to ukraine. if these images from bucha, for example, or borodianka don t spur the u.s. to do that, will anything? well, the administration is sending tremendous amounts of aid. it s almost mind boggling how many weapons and how much transfer is being done on a daily basis into ukraine. i give the administration a lot of credit for that. but war changes. war evolves. one day is not like the next day. so what we re seeing is the evolution of this war. it s changing. the ukrainians can win, but we
but these are terrifying times for the residents of lashkar gah. in fact, all of helmand province, where people have been hiding in their homes. nowhere else to go, nowhere to hide, nowhere to escape the gunfire. these are deeply uncertain times right across afghanistan, including here in kabul, where a powerful car bomb exploded outside the home of the defence minister right next to the highly protected enclave which houses most of the embassies and government officials. the attackers moved into his villa, provoking a gun battle lasting more than three hours. so, tonight, kabulwas shattered by the sounds of suicide vests exploding, small arms gunfire, and it was competing with another event that afghans had been taking to their rooftops to shout allahu akbar in support of the afghan government forces. but every day, this war changes shape and gets worse. in another show of defiance, dozens took to the streets
provoking a gun battle lasting more than three hours. so, tonight, kabul was shattered by the sounds of suicide vests exploding, small arms gunfire, and it was competing with another event that afghans had been taken to their rooftops to shout out in support of the afghan government forces. every day, the war changes shape and gets worse. lyse doucet, many thanks. the number of drug related deaths in england and wales has reached the highest level since records began nearly 30 years ago. there were over 4,500 deaths linked to drug abuse registered in 2020 according to the office for national statistics. but delays in registration caused by the pandemic mean that around half the deaths happened in 2019. record figures for scotland were published last week. the latest figures for england
enclave which houses most of the embassies and government officials. the attackers moved into his villa, provoking a gun battle lasting more than three hours. so, tonight, kabul was shattered by the sounds of suicide vests exploding, small arms gunfire, and it was competing with another event that afghans had been taking to their rooftops to shout allahu akbar in support of the afghan government forces. but every day, this war changes shape and gets worse. if you want to get in touch with me, i m on twitter, @bbckarishma. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, the history making feat of the double double we ll get the latest onjamaica s elaine thompson herah, who has become the first woman to win gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, both in tokyo and in rio four years ago.