new attacks after u.s. meets in kyiv. and able to sponsor ukrainians fleeing the violence. president biden expected to meet with the hispanic caucus, and new reports that what we know, and the implications of such a deal ahead. the very latest in ukraine, the u.s. secretary of states and defense met in kyiv, with powerful new language. we don t know how the rest of the war will unfold, ukraine will be around a lot more than president putin is on the scene. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can t do the kind of things it has know done. in invading ukraine. it has lost a lot of troops. and president biden easter sunday. and local leaders accuse russia joining us now, erin mclaughlin. and we will start with you. what is the reaction to the new string of attacks as well as the visits of secretaries, austin and blinken? well, with respect to the attacks, the ukrainians they say are outraged, russia continued to attack ukraine over the weekend. a holy
inspiring prince harry at the invictus games. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where, in the last 2a hours, russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. in the east, thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offensive, massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists, for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now, from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let s go. well, we just came here to go to a shelter, but
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has expanded its bombardment of ukraine, hitting sites right across the country over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. in the east, thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offensive massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions. let s go. well, we just came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move o
eric shawn. at effort to bar chinese companies buying up farmland gaining traction on capitol hill but lawmakers warning to beijing may gain control of our food and energy supply as it tries to steal our agriculture technology. all of this astute navy sailors or charges week with selling sensitive military secrets to chinese intelligence agents. both were stationed in california. one of them served on the uss essex in san diego. xbox live chairman of the house select china committee mike gallagher standing by for it less first go to christina coleman who has more on the two sailors charged with spying for china. christina what more can you tell us? hi arthel. federal officials say these two cases demonstrate china s determination to our country s national defense. one of the dependence is mayorkas 38 u.s. citizen born in china prosecutors say served on the amphibious assault ship uss essex and sold national defense information including photos, videos and technical manuals
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