welcome to the programme. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing at least three people. two children are said to be among the injured. president zelensky has described the attack as another crime against humanity . we ll have the latest. also in the programme. the british television presenter, phillip schofield after acknowledging an affair with her younger colleague at this morning, has resigned. and the family of the british national that has died in sudan say they were abandoned by the embassy we will have the latest on the crisis and british cycling since it will ban transgender women from elite female competition. we will discuss that position. we start in ukraine, which has faced another heavy night of russian missile and drone attacks. a medical clinic in dnipro in the east was hit by a missile where at least two people died and around 30 people were injured, including two boys aged under six. president zelensky described the
uavs or drones to more detailed location data to their missiles and to also collect the damage assessment. so there has been a change and an increase in capacity by the russians recently in that regard. we are in the shaping phase now, both sides are trying to disrupt the other as much as possible. tie down forces, stretch them, and the russians don t actually have many more meetings at the moment to do that. in the ballistic missiles and the drone attacks. that is essentially what it is about. ., , , ., ., attacks. that is essentially what it is about. , ., ., ., is about. there has been a lot of as to what this is about. there has been a lot of as to what this counteroffensive . to what this counteroffensive when the counteroffensive will start and some people counter that it is a process, not an individual moment, not an individual act. so would you say it is already under way? i not an individual act. so would you say it is already under way?- say it is already under way? i
russian/ukrainian border and biden is going to try to make clear to putin that the u.s. is committed to meaningful diplomacy to try to deescalate tensions in that region. but also to make clear what the cost for russia will be if, indeed, the russian president decides to move forward with an invasion of ukraine. u.s. officials have made very clear that those costs will be severe financial and economic sanctions that will go much further than anything the u.s. did in 2014 when russia annexed crimea from ukraine. ultimately, this phone conversation will be about trying to determine what exactly can be accomplished during those security talks on january 10. the clear goal from u.s. officials from their perspective is dees a calating and having russia draw down forces. jeremy diamond, cnn, delaware.
and the pullout of 7,000 from afghanistan. although have been altered several times by the president and his national security team. the senate delivered a rebuke president trump s foreign poll us is agenda. in a 68 to 23 vote, lawmakers advanced a vote that s highly critical of plans to withdrawal troops from syria. it was sponsored by mitch mcconnell, who rarely breaks publicly with the president. the measure warns against a precipitous withdrawal of forces from the two countries. 43 republicans voted in favor of it along with 25 democrats. while the resolution is nonbinding t showcases a public riff between members of the republican party and president trump. president trump continues to defend his decision to pull troops out of syria draw down forces in afghanistan tell iing the new york times, quote, i got elected on saying we re getting out of these endless wars. the trump administration is planning another surge in the number of u.s. troops stations along the southern bord