of normal isn t the right word but some semblance of normality. or routine. and obviously as you know the war has moved further east. we saw one of the railroad locations that was hit. we saw that on the way over. there s indications of the fight that is going on. and there are air raid sirens every now and then. there s a very different mood in kyiv right now and a lot of focus on what s going on in the east. it s interesting for you to be there. when i was there and certainly the last time kyiv was such a hot bed for bombing and bombardment from the russians and now you have two of the highest profile americans going over to visit ukraine. blinken and secretary of defense as well, lloyd austin going over. things have changed there. yeah, statements were very strongly supportive obviously of the zelenskyy regime. and the u.s. is sending the heavy weapons that the ukrainian really say they need for this new phase of the war. yeah, be safe. good to see you. see you again
from the ground in ukraine. it was the highest level visit to ukraine since the invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken made the risky journey to visit ukrainian president zelenskyy in the capitol, kyiv, there, the u.s. promised return of diplomats to ukraine and new military aid. president biden also finally announced a nominee for ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador to slovakia, bridget brink. we don t know how the rest of the war will unfold but we do know a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin on the scene and our support for ukraine going forward will continue. it will continue until we see final success. following his visit, austin made the administration s most aggressive comments toward russia so far, saying it intends to see russia, quote, weakened. we want to see russia weakened to a degree that it can t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine, so i
and so he got upset and so he said he d take one and he d challenge me to one and he d beat me. maybe he would, maybe he wouldn t. but what i said is, okay, well, if that s the case, then get on a debate stage and let s go. bring it, donald. show me what you got. nikki haley going after donald trump at the very start of her speech in her home state of south carolina. a real shift from previous rallies. we ll have more from the campaign trail and the new polling from the gop front-runner. plus we ll bring you the latest from capitol hill where there are now serious doubts about the possibility of passing a border bill, which includes urgent funding for ukraine. and also ahead, we ll explain the new action by israeli forces inside gaza that could create even more tension with the biden administration. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, january 25th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin this morning with the race
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where thousands continue to flee the worsening violence between rival military factions. the fighting started nearly a week ago and so far it s claimed at least 350 lives. civilians in the capital khartoum who are trapped between the factions are running low on food and water. efforts are under way to secure a three day truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid al fitr. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest. another sunrise over khartoum. but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan s shell shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these are the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that has been waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can t even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers live in fields and provide service apart from hospitals, very close to thei
beheading ukrainian prisoners we are live in ukraine, plus cries for help. dramatic new +911 calls from the bank shooting that left five people dead as we re also learning new details about the shooter s past and in a story you ll see first on outfront fears growing the u. s could be dragged into a war with china as beijing says its military. it s ready to fight. let s go, outfront. good evening . i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight beheaded two horrific videos out of ukraine that appeared to show russian troops mutilating ukrainian soldiers. the video is not surprisingly graphic and what we re about to show you. it s just a few images from these two videos. so in this one image, you can see what appears to be a russian soldier crouched over ukrainian screaming in pain as that masked soldier. uses a knife to behead him. images from a second video, and here you ll see what appear to be the bodies of ukrainian soldiers that have been beheaded by russian troops