you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro
for the murder and attempted rape of zara aleena in east london her family say she was fearless and independent. and a bit of tennis history for britain s heather watson at wimbledon, as she makes it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. it means everything, playing here at home, in front all of you guys. the atmosphere is, is everything and coming up on the bbc news channel. it was cancelled because of covid last september, but finally the test series decider between england and india got under way at edgbaston, with the hosts bowling first. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drop, far too much. two seniorfemale conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradleyjoined labour in calling for hiss is spend snrun the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps, with the latest from westminster. here is our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. un
view of events in the uk and around the world in dateline. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mp s. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. last night chris pincher resigned his government role after allegations that he had grouped two men. he had been drinking here, a private scope in london, with other conservative politicians. he admitted drinking too much and said he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things he had embarrassed himself. we take over the things incredibly he had embarrassed himself. we take over the
president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine s candidacy tojoin the european union to be speeded up. he said membership should be quick and not take decades. earlier, his chief of staff accused russia of waging a war on ukrainian civilians, in response to military defeats. there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. the emergency services say 19 people died and more than 30 others were injured in the attacks. a block of flats and a recreation centre were hit. our corresppondent in kyiv, joe inwood, has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake island in the black sea. now, tha
ofcom says the bbc has an impartiality. does it? jonas tonight at 8:45pm here on bbc news. join us tonight. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the conservative party has suspended the mp chris pincher, who stood down from his government role following allegations he assaulted two men at a private members club on wednesday night. he quit his post yesterday, saying in a resignation letter he drank far too much . two senior female conservative mps, caroline noakes and karen bradley, had joined labour in calling for his suspension from the party and said there should be a new code of conduct for mps. with the latest from westminster here s our correspondent nick eardley. this is chris pincher. until yesterday, hisjob was this is chris pincher. until yesterday, his job was to enforce discipline among conservative mps. but last night he resigned his government role after allegations that he had groped two men. mr chris pincher had been drinking here, a private members club