which has been under lockdown for more than three weeks, has reported its first official covid deaths in two years. to have them here is extraordinary. and prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and what ukraine s presence there means. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has expanded its bombardment, hitting sites right across the country over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. translation: we can assess now that russian military has| begun the battle for donbas, for which they have been preparing a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated for this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves and do everything that we must to keep what s ukrainian. what is not, we simply don t need it. th
aus a us federaljudge throws out the mandate forcing people to wear masks on aeroplanes and public transport. prince harry speaks to the bbc about the invictus games, and how ukrainian soldiers are taking part against the odds. so they remove the uniforms, took the team strips on, jumped on the coach, came here and try to sleep for a couple of days and then try to decompress in they got to go back. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukraine says that russian forces have now embarked on the large scale offensive in the east of the country that has been aniticpated for the past week. indeed, theyappear to have expanded their bombardments, with sites right across the country being hit over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky laid out the scale of the attack and the challenge for his forces in the donbas. translation: we can assess now that russian military has| begun the battle for donbas, for which they have been p
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has expanded its bombardment of ukraine, hitting sites right across the country over the past 2a hours. in a televised address, president volodymyr zelensky said he could confirm that the battle for the donbas region had begun. in the east, thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offensive massing troops in the region, where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports now from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions. let s go. well, we just came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move o
to the federal reserve that the central bank is succeeding in its fight against inflation. let s get the latest on this with our north america business correspondent michelle fleury in new york. some relief after the roses that the inflation is coming down. it some relief after the roses that the inflation is coming down. inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month in inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month in a inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month in a row inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month in a row that inflation is coming down. it was the tenth month in a row that inflationl tenth month in a row that inflation was slowing down and people are looking at it as a sign that perhaps the worst of the inflation crisis is behind us. the problem we have is that the battle is yet to be one because typically if you look at the federal reserve 2% target at 4.9%, we are behind that by a s
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, russian warplanes accused of taking down the u.s. drone over the black sea. u.s. officials say it was reckless and unprofessional. we ll look at how moscow is responding ahead. and we re tracking two major coastal storms in the u.s. more flooding in california and a nor easter dumping snow on the east coast. plus, u.s. stocks appear to rebound following the collapse of silicon valley bank. this as federal authorities launch investigations into the bank s failure. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, russia is disputing a u.s. claim that one of its fighter jets hit a u.s. drone, forcing it to crash into the black sea near ukraine. the u.s. military says russian warplanes intercepted the american surveillance drone on tuesday, dumping fuel on it, a