of a mass killing at a nursery. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine in red it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. in the last few hours president putin has ordered his fsb secret service to tighten security on the peninsula. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built, and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the
a nightclub in birmingham on monday. one man was arrested in birmingham, the other in london. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for review 2022. and it s been a big year with a bit of everything for sports fans from france s win at the rugby six nations to lionel messi lifting the world cup with argentina. here in the uk, england s women won football s european championship and birmingham hosted the commonwealth games. adam wild looks back now on the year in sport. even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. he shouldn t be allowed to come. it s his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it s, ithink, the government here has made the choice that, you know, you should be vaccinated. i support the freedom of choice. and nowak is the symbol of freedom of choice at this particu
difficult decisions to come. good mornin: difficult decisions to come. good morning from difficult decisions to come. good morning from this difficult decisions to come. good morning from this womenswear factory in derbyshire. i m here finding out what businesses like this want to hear from the new prime minister as hear from the new prime minister as he stitches together at his plan for the economy. the end of the road for the fiesta. ford is expected to announce the iconic motor is being scrapped. the miracle babies harry and harley are the most premature born twins to survive, and now they re celebrating their first birthday. good morning. chelsea are into the knockout stages of the champions league. they qualified in impressive style. and it s another mild start to the day today, with rain to clear in the far north east of the country, then a drive slot and then more shower remain pushing towards the east, and thenit remain pushing towards the east, and then it drie
two further explosions are heard as authorities continue to search the rubble in the city of zaporizhzhia more than 2a hours after a series of russian missiles hit civilian homes. and miracle baby find out how robbie s life was transformed while she was still in the womb. the uk s independent economic forecaster the office for budget responsibility has submitted its initialjudgment on the prospects for the economy to the chancellor this morning. we won t know what is in the draft report until budget day, which is currently planned for late november, but there s lots of speculation about how this will affect the cost of living. let s remind ourselves how we got here. two weeks ago kwasi kwarteng unveiled his mini budget claiming the biggest tax cuts in a generation. the obr wasn t allowed to assess the economic impact of those tax cuts which spooked global markets leading to a drop in the pounds value. it has affected the mortgage market with interest rates on a typical five