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hello and welcome to the programme. i m victoria valentine. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine, dame melinda simmons, has tweeted: and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, apparently show an apartment building ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet independently verified the pictures, but they are being widely shared. both sides in the conflict in sudan have agreed to extend their ceasefire for another three days. the ceasefire had only been partly effective with heavy fighting taking place in parts of the capital, khartoum. almost two weeks of clashes between the two ....
destroy a children s playground. ukrainian official posted this picture showing a large crater at the site. all comes after russia suffered a humiliating blow when an explosion damaged a bridge to crimea. president vladimir putin blamed ukraine for that blast, calling it a terror attack. we ll go to first fred pleitgen live at the scene for us in kyiv. fred? reporter: hi there, max. the scene of one of these explosions we had a rude awakening when we had massive explosions we heard i would say at around 8:15 local time, which is 1:15 on the east coast of the united states. multiple places were obviously hit. i m at the scene of one of these explosions. you can see behind me there s people sort of working that scene over there. there s several buildings that were damaged around this area. you can see several cars there also severely damage there as well. those cars burned out. the latest that we have from the authorities here in kyiv so far, it s always important to ....
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castle in scotland tomorrow and arrived in london tuesday. she will lie in state for four days before the funeral. her son, the new king met with prime minister liz trust in full cabinet today after the ceremony formally proclaiming him the new monarch as king charles the third. arthel: as you mentioned prince william, princess kate, prince harry and meghan duchess of sussex appeared publicly together for the first time since the queens death. the greeted mortars and viewed floral attributes to the windsor castle. fox team coverage, fox news royal contributor standing by. alexis mcadams with more on the queens funeral plans but we will first go to senior correspondent greg, live at buckingham palace in london. i can hear people still are paying tribute to the queen. we are getting into the evening here on a saturday night but people are showing up to pay respects. the crowds here the past two days have a couple of glimpses of king charles the third to their delight bu ....
trump s mar-a-lago estate. a u.s. federal judge has finally appointed a special master to review the confidential and top secret documents seized by the fbi from donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. it could be a while before we hear much more about the investigation. a judge has set a november 30th deadline to complete the review and the justice department is expected to appeal a key part of the justice s order. cnn s sarah murray has details. reporter: special master chosen to sift through the thousands of documents the fbi seized from their search in mar-a-lago in august. he s a senior judge from brooklyn. he was chosen for the task put forward by the trump team. one that the justice department also agreed to. now this comes as the judge says their criminal review. she said no ruling and it s not going to take the government at their word that the documents are classified. the trump team argued that they have the ability to declassify documents. she said she didn t ....