Military, allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops who d crossed the border. It s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge problem for russia. The governor of russia s kursk region put it in figures. He told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. The kremlin leader cut him off. Leave the numbers to the military, he said. Translation: the main task| is with our ministry of defence and that is to force the enemy from our territory. Our adversary will, of course, receive a fitting response and, without doubt, all our objectives will be met. As ukrainian troops have moved in, residents have moved out. Officials say that more than 120,000 people have been evacuated in kursk region, and thousands more in the neighbouring region of belgorod. There are fears of a ukrainian incursion there, too. What is happening is huge. For the first time in more than 80 years, foreign troops are fighting on russian soil. And yet, the country s l
Good evening. The ukrainian army claims it now controls 1,000 square kilometres of russian territory, after launching its surprise offensive across the border. Thousands of people have had to be evacuated from russian towns and cities. State television says, so far, 11,000 people have been moved from belgorod, as ukraine continues its advance into the nearby kursk region, with the local governor saying in all more than 120,000 people have left their homes. In kursk ukrainian forces, shown here in yellow, have been operating up to 20 miles inside russia. Kyiv s plan seems to be to draw russian forces away from the front line in ukraine, shown here in red, where moscow has been making slow but steady gains. Today, president putin vowed to kick ukraine out of russia. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports. A music video from the russian military, allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops who d crossed the border. It s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge probl
was banned from taking part. and it s day four of the women s world cup. france and jamaica draw nil all. firefighters on the greek island of rhodes are struggling to contain a wildfire that s prompted the evacuation of thousands of people. these are pictures of houses burnt in a village in rhodes. three hotels have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. locals and tourists alike have been evacuated from homes private boats have joined the coastguard, picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. in patras, a city on the greek mainland, west of athens, a bridge under construction has collapsed, reportedly killing one person. emergency services are at the scene. it s not yet known if the heatwave is the cause of the bridge collapse. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. the budget airline, jet2, says it s cancelled all flights that wer
case. and the long overdue honor for a 102-year-old world war ii veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone after holding the attention of millions of tv viewers this summer, the recent pause to the january 6th hearings into the attack on the capitol have turned attention now to the department of justice and attorney general merrick garland to provide what could be the next act in this american, legal, political, and constitutional drama with outside pressure mounting for indictments of mr. trum and some of his inner circle, i sat down with the attorney general today for an exclusive interview. the ag dismissing accusations his office hasn t moved swiftly enough to build cases against those at the top of the ladder and telling me concerns over further tearing the country apart would not deter his office from holding those criminally responsible accountable. let s start off and talk about january 6th. we just watched weeks of s
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newsroom starts right now. our top story, u.s. president donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former attorney michael cohen. the president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top campaign advisers and russians. according to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. there are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. trump and his advisers have said mr. trump was not aware of the meeting. here are just a few examples. did you tell your father anything about this? it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. donald trump jr. put it all out today. did you he know the time that they had the meeting? no, i didn t know anything about the meeting. let s focus on what the president was aware. nothing. it must have been a very unborn meeting because i never h