Ukraine says its troops have pushed even further into russia and captured more than 100 russian servicemen, in what has become the biggest foreign incursion into the country since the second world war. Ukraines offensive began just over a week ago. President zelensky insists it is a temporary move aimed at easing pressure in the conflict with russia. As for President Putin, its still not clear what his reponse will be. With the latest, heres our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. No Border Checkpoint on this crossing to russia, just a burnt out russian tank. A different assignment for ukrainian War Reporter natalya nahorna. This is a historical moment, she tells the camera in the city of sudzha. Such a claim might be premature, but ukraine is talking up this Land Grab while it can. Its providing humanitarian aid and organising evacuations. There are even plans to set up military offices. But on the battlefield, success always comes at a cost, as this injured soldier attests. Tran
The 15 member who committee were unanimous in their decision. It comes as a new strain of the disease has emerged. Talks have begun in switzerland aimed at securing a ceasefire in sudan. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces has killed thousands and displaced around 10 Million people. The us Led Talks began without either party involved after the armed forces said they would not attend, and the rapid support forces pulled out of todays talks, despite travelling to geneva. And Train Drivers in the uk are to vote on a multi Year Pay Offer aimed at ending a dispute with the government That started around 18 months ago. The offer will now be put to members of the Aslef Union for a vote. Under the deal, theyd get two increases of between 4. 75 and five Per Cent, for the first two years of the dispute with four and a half Per Cent for 2024 5. Ukraine says its troops have moved further into russian territory, in what has become the biggest foreign incursion into
Been knocked out in the first round of the Australian Open but he has hinted it might not be his last game. Talk to you later. And with the weather it is louise. Hi, there. Hope you have your thermals later on this week. You will need them. For the rest of the afternoon, sunny spells and scattered showers in the east. Cloudy in the west. More details coming up. Thanks, louise. Also coming up, getting the ball rolling zoe ball has begun her tenure as bbc radio 2s first female weekday breakfast host on the nations favourite radio show i loved it. I really enjoyed it. It does not stop. Those three hours flew by. I managed to sleep last night, which are think out a bit. This morning i kept saying, brive. Breathe. I had so many messages from people saying, brive. Brive. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. At the start of a crucial week for brexit, the Prime Minister has made a last ditch attempt to get mps to back her deal when the commons votes tomorrow. Speaking to fa
Amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelensky, aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopefully this is the spot, this is the place where we can now actually put all the modern nato technology, the tanks that weve been getting and the training that weve been receiving, put all of that to use, to our advantage. Hopefully, its the key moment. Again, well see what happens. Its hard to predict at any point, including at this point.
After two days of terrible headlines about crumbling schools at risk of collapse. Good morning, sir. Good morning. It was the chancellor who took to the airwaves to try and reassure the public that the government had matters under control. Welcome back to the studio, chancellor. Appearing on the Laura Kuenssberg programme, mr hunt said ministers would do whatever was necessary to keep Schoolchildren Safe. We will spend what it takes to sort out this problem as quickly as possible. So do you commit to covering whatever costs are required to remove all of this dangerous concrete from schools around the country . We will spend what it takes to make sure that children can go to school safely, yes. The chancellor has insisted the government acted fast when the dangers of School Ceilings unexpectedly falling on children came to light, but did they . Injuly 2018, a Staff Room Ceiling suddenly collapsed at a Primary School in kent, and crumbling raac beams were blamed. In december of that year