i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as possib
with a report released today that has sharply criticised the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigour and concluded that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an also accused the fbi of repeated instances of quote confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying fbi leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented. former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said, quote, special counsel john durham concludes the fbi never s
of a large number of explosions. air raid sirens have sounded across the country. video footage on circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city s zoo. that comes as on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made made a surprise visit to the united kingdom to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelensky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence mis
from the roof. local fire services say about 90 people were thought to have been in the building when the blaze began. one survivor shared his experience: the worry is the people who were sleeping up on the third floor. they had firestop doors and that, but there were quite worried moments for a few of the lads. a few of them got taken away in an ambulance, cause they had smoke inhalation. and we re just praying that there s no one stuck in their rooms. new zealand s prime minister chris hipkins has promised a thorough review of the disaster. look, there will be able opportunity to have a look at this in coming days and a number of investigations, including the police, the coroner and so on and we need to allow those investigations to allow those investigations to take place and i am sure they will be things that will need to be followed up as a result of those. now to elections in turkey. the country s presidential race is headed for a run off for the first time ever, as neither presi
one survivor shared his experience. let s hearfrom him. the worry is there were people who were sleeping up on the third floor. they had firestop doors and that, but there were quite worried moments for a few of the lads. a few of them got taken away in an ambulance, cos they had smoke inhalation. and we re just praying that there s no one stuck in their rooms. new zealand s prime minister, chris hipkins, has promised a thorough review of the incident. look, again, there will be ample opportunity to have a look at this in coming days. there will be a number of investigations, including the police, the coroner and so on, and we need to allow those investigations to take place and i am sure that there will be things that will need to be followed up as a result of those. let s get the latest from abbey wakefield. she s a reporter for tv new zealand