whether the parkland school gunman, who killed 17 people, should get the death penalty. after being closed by the kremlin in the early days of war, russia s last remaining independent tv channel makes a defiant return to the airwaves. and could you soon be allowed to get wed in your back garden? a change in the law is set to give couples more say over wedding venues and ceremonies in england and wales. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. europe is facing another day of brutal heat and the reality of a fast changing climate. in france, several towns and cities recorded their highest ever temperatures on monday. the uk experienced its warmest ever night last night and is expected to register a0 degree plus temperatures for the first time later today. the met office here has an extreme weather warning in place for large parts of the country. and wildfires are having a devastating impact across the continent, with spain and portugal being parti
in the uk for the first time since records began. but high inflation means people s wages are falling in real terms. the wagatha christie court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. and the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. good evening. for 82 days, the ukrainian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night, more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port city has been key to moscow s military campaign giving russia full control of more than 80% of ukraine s black sea coastline. russian troops encircled mariupol in early march, damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. but ukrainian forces held out at the huge steelworks in
high. plus a funeral procession will take place soon as they demand answers for the killing of one of the arab world s most prominent journalists. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. first time since russia invaded ukraine 11 weeks ago, a russian civilian has been killed on russian soil by ukrainian shelling. report comes from the governor of belgorod just across the border from ukraine s second largest city kharkiv. ukraine won t say whether it s responsible for a series of recent attacks on the region. meanwhile new drone video and satellite images show ukraine has blown up at least two pontoon bridges in luhansk region. russians building them to move farther west in donbas offensive. and ukrainians claim they ve recaptured more villages in the kharkiv region, much of the area still in range of russian artillery fire. in the south, ukraine is offering to swap russian prisoners of war for wounded ukrai
To commit what are nominally six separate armies to its donbas offensive. but, while that may seem like a large amount of troops, the assessment adds that russia is having to deal with severe under manning, and now has a dilemma between deploying reserves to the donbas, or defending against ukrainian counterattacks in the southwestern sector around kherson. the russian president and turkish president are visiting tehran today for a summit with their iranian counterpart. here s the turkish president erdogan meeting with iran s president raisi. the trip is president putin s second foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine, and highlights the growing diplomatic warmth between russia and iran. earlier, i spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow, who explained why mr putin is in tehran. principally, this is all about syria, because russia,
Already? that hasn t achieved a great deal other than bringing everything to a head now. absolutely, and he has obviously doubled down. he s hoping to clutch some kind of victory from the jaws of general strategic defeat. and he may well be able to make some gains. much depends on how the donbas offensive continues to unfold or whether it stalls. then we ll see. but putin has not signalled so far that he s willing to get off the ramp, as it were, or get on the off ramp. go and seek peace with ukraine. norare ukrainians ramp. go and seek peace with ukraine. nor are ukrainians in a position to negotiate. they feel that they can push back. == that will depend on russian public opinion being supported. it depends