Middle east where the region is a knifes edge. The possibility of a broader conflict is starting to look more like an inevitability. The only hope to stall Vie Lens is a Cease Fire. We see news reports that iran is rejecting pressure from the United States, france, the u. K. , germany and italy to stand down or delay retaliation for assassination of the Hamas Leader that happened about a week ago. Irans Foreign Minister declared the country is determined to defend its national Security And Sovereignty and that calls to deescalate lack political yod ideology. In reports that iran was ready to take part, irans mission to the United Nations says no. It will not. More critically, hamas says it wont take part in the latest round of negotiations either which by the way are still scheduled for thursday. So what happens next and what does prime Minister Netanyahu trying to achieve now . There is increasing worry that israel is dragging the u. S. Into the war and if so, why . Joining us now fro
i m annita mcveigh at the beautiful antrim castle gardens. we are here all day to look ahead to this thursday s elections to the northern ireland assembly which has been described as the most important election in a generation. the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister, borisjohson, will address the ukrainian parliament later he ll be the first western leader to do so since the russian invasion. he s expected to give details of £300 million in extra military support from the uk for ukraine which will include electronic warfare equipment and night vision devices. the liberal democrats have questioned the timing of mrjohnson s announcement, two days before the local elections. in other developments, president zelensk has used his nightly address to accuse russia s foreign minister of blaming the jewish people for nazi crimes . it comes after sergei lavrov c
away. two civilians are dead and 18 injured after a cruise missile strike that hit residential buildings and shops in the country s northeast. civilian buildings in eastern ukrainian are sustaining extensive damage. watch this moment when a cnn team witnessed an attack on a village market. in another village nearby russian forces struck a fuel depo today. a senior official in the area is urging the 70,000 remaining residents to evacuate now. some southern cities also under fire from russia. ukraine says it is retaliation for this. one of russia s main warships is now at the bottom of the black sea. u.s. military officials believe two ukrainian missiles are responsible. vladimir putin is angry over russia s military losses according to u.s. officials and his behavior is increasingly unpredictable. his forces leaving behind evidence of atrocities. more than 900 bodies of civilians have been discovered since russia withdrew from areas around the capital, according to local polic
presidential election, which is certain to hand ballots have been cast over vladimir putin another six years in power. ballots have been cast over three days. there has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at polling stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. it comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. the rolling protest has been dubbed noon against putin . one of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. on that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. translator: | wish this i special operation would end as soon as possible. it is a pity people are dying, what a pity. can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering? i am an elderly person but i m really worried about this. i came
it s two years since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, triggering the bloodiest conflict in europe since the second world war. but after 730 days of fighting, who has the upper hand? what is life like in ukraine and russia today, and when will the killing end? the global news podcast and ukrainecast have come together to answer your questions. ukrainecast from bbc news. hello, i m oliver conway from the global news podcast. i m vitaly shevchenko, the co presenter from ukrainecast in the ukrainecast studio. i m olga robinson from bbc verify, also in the ukrainecast studio. i m lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international- correspondent and i m back. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. and i m steven rosenberg, the bbc s russia editor and i m in moscow. thank you all forjoining us. we have had lots of questions from listeners to the global podcast, and ukrainecast. thank you all. we will try to answer as many as we can. hello, i m derek from london in the uk. is there