To raise the nationalflag on at least two of the islands. 0ur correspondent andrew harding was on board and sent this update. these are the five chagosians who have come back to this island that they were kicked off, essentially, by britain 50 years ago. they wept, they dropped to their knees, they kissed the sand on the beach behind me here. since then, they ve gone to inspect some of the ruins of their old homes on this extraordinary island that really almost no one has been too for these past decades. strict control from britain about who could actually get there until mauritius made this very bold move to send its own boats without securing permission from britain, simply going ahead and coming here. and if you can see behind me, the men, the mauritian officials, they re busy planting a concrete base for a flagpole, and then they re going to raise the mauritian flag over this island, as on a couple of other reefs
This is bbc news. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines. pounded for weeks, kharkiv has been devastated by russian shelling. but the resistance of ukrainian fighters holds firm. in the south rescuers search for survivors after a theatre is bombed with hundreds sheltering in the basement. new british intelligence reports suggest moscow s invasion has largely stalled with heavy russian losses and fierce ukrainian resistance. for places in ukraine like the city of 0desa yet to witness an offensive, residents are faced with a difficult decision to leave or stay. russia is eager to take the crucial port city on the black sea coast. 0ur correspondent andrew harding is in 0desa as it prepares its defences, and he sent this report. 0n ukraine s black sea coast, they re getting
Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from the western ukrainian city of lviv. the head of the united nations has appealed for an end to the war in ukraine, saying people here are enduring a living hell . ukraine says ten hospitals have been destroyed in the russian bombardment so far, and major cities are running short of both food and medical supplies. heavy fighting is continuing in many parts of the country. but our first report tonight comes from the southern town of voznesensk, where troops and a small population ofjust 35,000 people have seen off an attack by the russian army. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been there. in war, a single bridge can
Were away when the bomb hit. this isn t a war between armies, he says. the russians are trying to destroy us all. back at the army base, heavy going as a front line city waits for news of any more survivors. andrew harding, bbc news, in mykolaiv, southern ukraine. people in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, have been spending their nights underground to avoid the threat that hangs over their city. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerinjoined them in a shelter built in soviet times. the nightly routine as the curfew descends. they seek refuge below ground in kyiv. we can t say exactly where.
But realistic about what lies ahead. we know we can t win here without more anti tank weapons, says yevheni velichko. we re grateful for western supplies, but we need more. you know, the russians will be back. back for the bridge and back for the town that stood its ground. andrew harding, bbc news, in voznesensk, southern ukraine. the southern port city of mariupol is a key strategic target for russia. many have fled but around 300,000 people are believed to be trapped there, with food and water running out. 0ur correspondent wyre davies sent this report from zaporizhzhia, where some people from mariupol have managed to flee. after 170 miles, mined roads and 15 russian army checkpoints freedom. their ordeal