and if you are south korean, you are now officially a year younger than you were yesterday. we ll tell you how a new law has changed the way koreans think about age. but we start with the situation in ukraine and the horrifying details of a russian missile attack on a restaurant in kramatorsk. 11 people were killed and rescue workers have spent most of the day going through the rubble, looking for any survivors. kramatorsk is in ukraine s eastern donetsk region. it s under ukrainian control but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. this was the scene after the attack. it was a popular, busy restaurant, with many families eating out before the nightly curfew. dozens of people were injured, the missile also damaged nearby apartment buildings and shops. among the dead were two 14 year old twins, yulia and anna aksenchenko. president zelensky said the attack showed russia deserved defeat. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene in kramatorsk. i
and make their way to belarus which has a large land border with poland. here s president duda. translation: it is difficult for us translation: it is difficult for us to exclude today that the waggoner group poses a threat the waggoner group poses a threat to bowland, poland, and lithuania threat to bowland, poland, and lithuania with its long border as well lithuania with its long border as well as potentially to latvia as well as potentially to latvia which is also a neighbour of belarus. , latvia which is also a neiuhbour of belarus. . ., well, president duda of poland will be one of the eu leaders meeting for a 2 day summit in brussels this thursday and friday. central to the summit will be the role china plays in the war, and its relationship with russia. lynn kuok, with the shangri la dialogue senior fellow for asia pacific security joins me now. let s begin with how closely china is watching on which is going on with the wagner mercenaries and russia. thanks
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this is the source of the river thames no water visible, just a stone in a field in gloucestershire. but from a trickle it turns into a mighty river that flows through oxford, reading, london and out to the sea. and that river is used to supply up to 15 million people with water. london alone gets about 70% of its water from the thames and its tributries. but the company behind all that thames water, that covers this whole area is in trouble. there are reports that it could be on the brink of collapse. it is heavily indebted to the tune of about £14 billion. the government says it is ready to act in a worst case scenario. here s our economics editor, faisal islam. the british motor industry has bopped along in a stream of profits and easy money since privatisation 30 years ago at the british water industry. but something far murkier is emerging under the surface. the government, to merge, is on standby to take thames
on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. the biggest supplier of water in the uk thames water, with 15 million customers is on the brink of collapse with debts running into billions of pounds. the company is in talks to secure extra funding and the government says it is ready to act whatever happens. thames water, which was privatised back in 1989, is currently owned by a group of private equity and investment funds. the firm has been repeatedly criticised for its poor performance in dealing with water leaks and sewage pollution. its chief executive resigned abruptly yesterday. the state of the uk s water and sewage networks has become a big political issue, with some experts accusing the privatised suppliers of prioritising dividends for shareholders over investment. our economics editor faisal islam has the latest. the british water industry has bobbed along in a stream of profits and easy money since privatisation 30 years ago
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