hello, i m lucy hockings. russia has blamed the united states for wednesday s alleged drone attack on the kremlin. moscow initially blamed kyiv directly, but the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, has now told reporters that the decision to attack was made in washington, with kyiv executing it on us orders. he gave no evidence. kyiv has denied any involvement, saying it s focused on defending its own territory. the foreign ministry in moscow has separately accused ukraine of launching an unprecedented wave of sabotage attacks against russia. in the hague, president volodymyr zelensky has called for a fully fledged tribunal to hold russia accountable for its war of aggression against ukraine. he made the comments in a speech after visiting the international criminal court. it has symbolic importance, coming less than two months after the icc issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin on war crimes charges. let s listen to what he said at the hague. lasting peace after victory is
catch collapses. night time rehearsals for the coronation of the king and queen, as thousands of ceremonial troops get ready for the role in the procession on saturday. on bbc london, 20,000 council homes started, but is it enough to solve the housing crisis? and the mp trying to force a change in the law on ultra low emission zones. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. russia has accused ukraine of trying kill president putin by launching two drone strikes on the kremlin. unverified footage on social media appears to show an object flying over the kremlin before a small explosion. ukraine said it had nothing to do with it. russian officials say they disabled the drones and have described it as a terrorist act. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow for us. steve. it was strange, earlier today, the kremlin spokesman held his daily conference call. he made absolutely no mention at all of what happened last night to journalists. but a couple of hours later
a 14 year old schoolboy is arrested in the serbian capital belgrade suspected of shooting dead eight of his classmates in a history lesson. new evidence about who was behind the underwater explosions on the nordstream gas pipelines last year an investigation points the finger at russia. banks are urged to speed up new high street hubs where they share premises. and a song for the coronation children imagine being king for the day. and coming up on bbc news. sam allardyce is the new manager of leeds, he has four games left to keep them in the premier league as he takes over from javi gracia. good afternoon. the government are praising police for their quick response after a man was arrested after what appeared to be shotgun cartridges were thrown into the grounds of buckingham palace last night. ministers say a very complex security operation is in place for the king s coronation this weekend, which will be attended by leaders and royalty from around the world. we ve heard
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. let s talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to take out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped,