we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t
of grain from occupied areas of ukraine as some countries grapple with shortages. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he ll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air
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threat to the alliance s security and values. ten people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas injordan, at the port of aqaba. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejournalist and broadcasterjenny kleeman, and christopher hope the associate editor of politics at the telegraph. let s ta ke let s take a look at the first editions that are coming in and the last minute or so. the metro leads with the russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine. it quotes president zelensky, saying the final death toll will be hard to imagine . the i calls it murder at the shops and describes how a thousand people inside scrambled for safety. the ft reports that nato will increase the number of troops defending its eastern flank sevenfold. the telegraph covers comments by the head of the british armed forces who warns the uk must be prepared to act rapidly to contain russia. the ti