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why countries in east asia and the pacific region are among the worst affected. we start in ukraine where a battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like. and how it sounds. once a quiet place known for sparkling wine, bakhmut is now a byword for war ....
paid their last respects to the former pope benedict 16th before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks l ....
Each side trying to wear the other down. wear the other down in this battle of endurance. bbc news, bakhmut. to other stories now and in the next hour the us house of representatives will reconvene to try and elect a speaker one of the most important elected officials in the us government. republican kevin mccarthy earlier lost a sixth consecutive vote as a small group of far right republicans rebelled and voted for somone else. the total number of votes cast is 433, of which the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. cheering and applause. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 201. cheering and applause. ....
The honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 201. cheering and applause. the honourable byron donald is of the state of florida has received 20. applause. with one recorded as present. no member elect having received a majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue gave us the latest from capitol hill. two days, six votes, nine and a half hours and there s still no closer to reaching a conclusion than they were at the beginning of this whole process. the problem is there around 20 rebels, on the of kevin mccarthy s party were implacably ....