the azov style complex is surrounded by russian troops. it is constantly being shelled. but rather than storm the facility, russian president vladimir putin has ordered a blockade that in his words a fly can t even get through. hundreds of men, women and children are believed sheltered inside with no way out. their only protection an unknown number of ukrainian fighters vowing to stand their ground. now not far away, the grim discovery of more suspected graves. mariupol officials estimate 20,000 city residents have died so far, many of those bodies now believed to have been dumped in those long trenches you see there at the top of your screen. despite president putin s boast of, quote, liberating mariupol, ukraine denies the city has fallen and it s bizarre if that s what liberation looks like. the u.s. president joe biden says he has doubts about the kremlin s claim. it s questionable whether he does control mariupol. one thing for sure we know about mariupol. he should al
support, so again the question, what gap remains should they need that with china. head to head for the only time before sunday s french presidential election, marine le pen and emmanuel macron clash in a tough televised debate. and, in a virginia courtroom, the actorjohnny depp says he felt driven to drugs and alcohol because of clashes with his then partner amber heard. live from our studio in singapore, live from our studio in singapore, this - live from our studio in singapore, this is - live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc| live from our studio in- singapore, this is bbc news, it s newsdax welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. in his latest initiative to save the lives of thousands of people trapped in the ukrainian city of mariupol, president zelenskyy has offered to exchange russian prisoners of war for a guarantee of safe passage for his fellow citizens. the city is still under heavy bombardment, as russia intensifi
good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don t i don t really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here s what we re watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we re live in jerusalem, with the latest on that happening now. pope francis delivering his easter message after presiding over mass at the vatican, his message to the world is coming up. the department of justice is investigating after trove of apparent u. s intelligence documents were posted on social media. what the documents show and the potential implications for the u. s and its allies. we got a chance. and oklaho
happen with this court. i do. but i m not on the courts, and certainly i m not on that court where that texas judge decided to, uh, turn upside down the whole process that fda you has used for years for many drugs. cnn s elaine to train is in washington. for us, elena. i mean this was a controversial decision to be sure. so what our members of congress, saying this is all about? well for the reaction has been pretty disparate immediately after the court s decision was announced, democrats began railing against the ruling. they held press conferences. they span the airwaves, and some even went so far as to tell president biden that he thinks that they think that he should ignore the ruling altogether. now republicans, meanwhile, have been far less outspoken, but we did hear from a few today who were pressed on the issue during the sunday shows that includes congressman tony gonzalez. he is a republican from texas, and he had some pretty harsh words for the biden. ministrations
fredricka whitfield and we begin with escalating tensions in the middle east. israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem. scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, fred, let me begin with you. what is the latest hi there, fredricka. well certainly it is still quite concerning here on the ground. i would say it s still very tense and very volatile situation as well. and of course, one of the main reasons for that is what you were just mentioning is those rocket attacks that