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the dismissal of oleksii reznikov signals a strategy shift. mr reznikov led the ministry since before the start of russia s full scale invasion in february of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraine s army. but as ukraine s government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainian generals claim that they have breached russia s formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskyi told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying that ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine s slow prog ....
of russia s full scale invasion in feburary of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraine s army. but as ukraine s government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainan generals claim they ve breached russia s formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskiy told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine s slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding it ....
to wake up to. the sunrise will be coming up in the next 20 minutes. we are here for a serious reason. not just to enjoy what promises to be a lovely day. we are discussing a topic which matters an awful lot to you at home. water quality. the amount of sewage in our water. this morning we will hear from the water companies. we hearfrom the environment secretary, therese coffey. we will hear from campaigners. and we would love to hearfrom campaigners. and we would love to hear from you as well. we will let you know how to get in touch throughout breakfast. because we have a big bbc investigation today, it has found that what looks like the water companies illegally discharging raw sewage hundreds of times last year. our team has seen analysis. they have looked at data from three of the largest water companies, times, wessex and southern water. it appears to show that on 400 spills last year, lasting thousands of hours, sewage was released, not during wet weather, storms, ....
and done nothing? do you think the education secretary has done an effing good job? she and the prime minister are under siege over crumbling schools. rishi sunak says it s wrong to blame him for the school concrete crisis. gillian keegan appeared to suggest people should be thanking the government for the way it s handled the school safety row. just how damaging is this for the government? and what about the thousands of kids caught up in this? we ll talk to the woman who represents school governors across england and a man who used to be senior policy advisor to michael gove when he was education secretary. also tonight. as labour leader sir keir starmer reshuffles his top team, what does it tell us about the direction of the party ahead of the general election? london mayor sadiq khan introduces another big policy which rolls out fully tomorrow free school lunches for all children at state primary schools another policy labour won t adopt nationally if it wins the next ....
on hamas begins as prime minister benjamin netanyahu promises to bring back the hostages. tonight there are new calls from protesters for israel to stop the bombardment of gaza. good evening, i m jon scott, and this is a special 2-hour edition of the fox report. jon: team coverage tonight. we ve got reporters with the presidential press pool in wilmington, delaware, and amendments on the ground in israel. teams on the ground in israel. first, though, trey yingst is live in southern israel. trey. reporter: jon, good afternoon. we can hear the roar of israeli fighter jets overhead. the past two hours they have been hammering the eastern side of the gaza strip with airstrikes trying to hit different hamas positions as we do know there are ground forces currently operating inside gaza. this is significant, and you ll hear that jet there off in the distance because tonight israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, formally addressing his country and the world, t ....