is newsday. thank you for being with us. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos, from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. and at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missin
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 4:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off, with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signal failure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene, we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos. from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missing. but not everyone has answers yet. ten mem
a large scale military operation something that has not been verified by the bbc. earlier in the day, the ukrainian army released this video, which appears to refer to the long awaited counter offensive. in the video, the words plans love silence there will be no announcement about the start appear. and on twitter, ukraine s defence minister posted the video quoting lyrics from depeche mode, saying words are very unnecessary they can only do harm meanwhile, despite the danger in certain areas, thousands of ukrainians are returning to their homes close to the front line, even though officials are urging them to stay away. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has been to the eastern town of pokrovsk to find out why some are deciding to go home. the end of the line. we re on a journey which people are being told not to take. a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a refugee and is heading back with her precious cargo, her b
overall, we are prepared. yes. in these times of turmoil, there is a hope and belief they won t last forever. futures depend on it. james waterhouse, bbc news, pokrovsk, in eastern ukraine. returning now to our top story russia s defence ministry says it has thwarted a ukrainian attack in the occupied donetsk region. kyiv hasn t responded directly, but says there had been almost 30 clashes in donetsk and luhansk. the increase in activity is the latest sign that an expected ukrainian counter offensive appears to have begun. what to have begun. exactly do we know? live now to ed arnold research fellow for european security within the international security studies department at rusi a defence and security think tank. thank you for being with us. there is a lot i want to ask you and a lot to get through given what we have seenin to get through given what we have seen in recent hours about what is happening in ukraine and indeed in russia. what s your assessment first of al
this comes as russia s defence ministry says kyiv has started a large scale military operation something that has not been verified by the bbc. earlier in the day, the ukrainian army released this video which appears to refer to the long awaited counter offensive. in the video, the words plans love silence there will be no announcement about the start appear. and on twitter, ukraine s defence minister posted the video quoting lyrics from depeche mode words are very unnecessary they can only do harm. meanwhile, despite the danger in certain areas, thousands of ukrainians are returning to their homes close to the front line even though officials are urging them to stay away. 0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has been to the eastern town of pokrovsk to find out why some are deciding to go home. the end of the line. we re on a journey which people are being told not to take. a train notjust to the battlefield, but home. viktoria has had enough of being a ref