shooting. and the platinum jubilee celebrations in the u.k. minus the guest of honor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. welcome, everyone. the war in eastern ukraine now being described as a grinding slog with neither side appearing to make any significant gains in recent days. ukraine concedes russian troops have made some modest in roads in and around the key city of severodonetsk but were pushed back from nearby towns. britain s defense ministry says it expects russians will control all of the luhansk region within two weeks. the international red cross said the scale of destruction defies comprehension. but ukraine claims its forces have progressed into the southern kherson region. as the conflict surpassed 100 days ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, remained confident of the outcome. translator: we have been dedefending ukraine for 100 days. victory shall be ours. glory to ukraine. now, the human toll in ukraine
continues to press forward. and some of the harshest restrictions remain in china. why the brutal behavior of the workers enforcing it have many people concerned. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. the mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, was an unthinkable tragedy. 19 young students, two teachers gunned down. but now we re hearing more chilling details about police failures on that terrible day. a state senator says the incident commander police chief pete arradondo did not have a police radio on him at the time of the shooting. we re also getting new information about a desperate 911 call made by a 10-year-old student while the shooter stalked the building. cnn s ed lavandera with the latest. reporter: new questions raised in the investigation of the deadly school shooting in uvalde. texas state senator says the school district police chief didn t have a radio with him at the scene, something that may have
On other people while denying the Biden Administration any of its achievements, and its clear that the stage is set for a most unusual election. During the coming months, both sides will go all out to mobilise their voters. And for biden supporters, theres the nagging worry that theyve not yet done enough to hold on to the white house. Mark there, produced by newsnight s max deveson and filmed by liam weir. So lets take a look at some of the front pages. Beginning with the daily mail. Stormy daniels, if i have made up my story about six with trump i would have written it a lot better. In the story of the worst Whooping Cough Outbreak in decades. Moving on to an exclusive, dominic cummings, boris and i saved thousands from covid but we want to talk again. His first major interview since leaving number ten. And then the guardian, fear and trepidation as hundreds of thousands of people leave rafah. And dwp have heads in their hands over carer payment crisis. Thats all from us tonight. Mar
alarms about what his return to the white house could look like. you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. plus, abortion fwiet. the texas supreme court temporarily blocks a pregnant woman from an emergency abortion. there s no outcome here that i take home a healthy baby girl, you know. so it s hard. will the state force her to continue her pregnancy? and new charges. president biden s son hunter is indicted for the second time this year. nine new criminal counts including tax evasion and filing false returns. what would be the political impact. plus, under fire. the president s three elite universities facing backlash after their testimony at a congressional hearing on anti-semitism, and now the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned. does calling for the genocide of jews violate penn s rules or code of conduct yes or no. if the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment, yes. conduct committing t
rebuilding of gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which more than 36,000 gazans have been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october seven which killed 1200 people. for more details, our middle east correspondent sent this report. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza that would see the release of some hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians being held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point in this proposal. president biden talked about a permanent ceasefire. in other words, the end of the war in gaza. that the americans would guarantee this permanent ceasefire. president biden also said hamas has been degraded to an extent that it doesn t have