almost a year after the first cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the uk, the number of people who ve died with the disease has passed 100,000. it is a grim moment in the country s struggle against the pandemic, and britain is the first european nation to pass that landmark. only the us, brazil, india and mexico have reported greater loss of life. in downing street, borisjohnson promised lessons would be learned. he said it was hard to compute the sorrow felt by the nation as a whole. on this day, i should just really repeat that i am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and, of course, as prime minister, i take full responsibility for everything that the government has done. what i can tell you is that we truly did everything we could and continue to do everything that we can to minimise loss of life and minimise suffering in what has been a very, very difficult stage and a very difficult crisis for our country and we will continue to do that. the virus was fi
and the global news podcast. it is two years since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, triggering the bloodiest conflict in europe since the second world war. but after 730 days of fighting, who has the upper hand? what is life like in ukraine and russia today, and when will the killing end? the global news podcast and ukrainecast have come together to answer your questions. hello, i m oliver conway from the global news podcast. i m vitaly shevchenko, the co presenter from ukrainecast in the ukrainecast studio. i m olga robinson from bbc verify, also in the ukrainecast studio. i m lyse doucet, the bbc s chief international- correspondent and i m back. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. and i m steven rosenberg, the bbc s russia editor and i m in moscow. thank you all forjoining us. we have had lots of questions from listeners to the global podcast, and ukrainecast. thank you all. we will try to answer as many as we can. hello, i m derek from london in the uk. is the
hello, i m lauren taylor. a defiant president zelensky has insisted ukraine will win the war as the country marks the second anniversary of russia s full scale invasion. several western leaders, including the eu commission president ursula von der leyen, are in kyiv in a show of solidarity with ukraine. mrs von der layen praised the extraordinary resistance of the ukrainian people, and reaffirmed the eu s full support. president zelensky again stressed his country s need of more weapons. former uk prime minister boris johnson is also in kyiv. in a post on x, mrjohnson said he had no doubt that the ukrainians will win and expel putin s forces provided the uk gives ukraine the military, political and economic help they need. there ve been further russian attacks on ukrainian cities. for a second night running, targets in the port city of odesa have been hit, killing one person. three others were seriously injured. this is the live scene in kyiv on the morning of the secon
hello welcome to our viewers joining plus the united states and all around the wornld. i m linda kincade. welcome to cnn newsroom. coming up concerns at the united nations won t be able to carry out critical relief work as nations cut funding following stunning allegations about some workers in gaza and u.s. president joe biden hits the campaign trail in south carolina, telling voters why he expects to defeat republican frontrunner donald trump and the mother of convicted michigan school shooter is on trial. raising questions about parent responsibility for their children s actions. the head of the u.n. agency helping palestinian refugees in gaza says the group might have to end operations there. these nine countries paused funding for the relief and works agency known as unrra. they accused staffers and launched the investigation, saying one accused staffer has died and the identity of two others verified and u.n. secretary general is asking that countries continue to fu
BKU (Ugrahan) members burnt effigies at 47 locations in 17 districts of Punjab, including Maur, Bathinda, Sunam, Sangrur, Moga and many other locations.