viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s chief international correspondent clarissa ward joins me now from central kyiv. what is the latest on this? reporter: so, essentially, rosemary, people here woke up to the sound of air-raid sirens followed by two loud explosions. then there were at least another two explosions, and we re right in the center of the city at the location or right next to the location of the impact of one of those blasts. you can probably see behind me there s still a lot of smoke in the air from that explosion. we don t know yet how many people may have been injured or possibly killed in this series of blasts here in the capital. we did speak to th
Military are operating without Senate Confirmed leaders. Or Chief Of Staff. 300 top nominees are also on hold. Because of this one lawmaker. Alabama senator, Tommy Tuberville. His objection to the new policy that will reimburse Service Members or their families for travel. If they have to go to another state to get an abortion. After six months of frustrating paralysis. The secretaries of the army and the navy and air force wrote this opinion piece. Officers in the millions of service they lead are the foundation of americas enduring military advantage. Yet, this foundation is being actively eroded by the actions of a single u. S. Senator, Tommy Tuberville. Joining us now is the secretary of the air force. Air force secretary frank kendall, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth , and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro for this joint interview. Let me start with you. Air force secretary frank kendall,. How is america less safe and less prepared than it was just six months ago . First of all, we
for the first time, fewer than half the people in england and wales describe themselves as christian. new figures from the 2021 census also show that, over the last ten years, there s been a steep rise in the number of people who see themselves as having no religion. and there are now over a million more people who say they re muslim. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool reports. we have this huge church building which was built to hold hundreds of people originally, and now it would be about 20 adults and five children on a sunday. be about 20 adults and five children on a sunday- be about 20 adults and five children on a sunday. father ian has recently seen another on a sunday. father ian has recently seen another church on a sunday. father ian has recently seen another church across - on a sunday. father ian has recently seen another church across town - seen another church across town clothes, but even when he started here 14 years ago he had questions about whether it was viable
rising. we know that dozens of others were injured in the fire, and we are now learning a few details from pro reform outlets and organizations what may have taken place at the notorious complex in tehran which is known to hold hundreds of political prisoners. we re talking about journalists, human rights activists, political professors, writers and even film directors who have been detained in this brutal complex by the iranian regime often for their defiance against the regime. it has been a huge concern to many. we have learned from the proreform outlet which has been speaking to sources within the prison over the weekend that they were told that a revolt had taken place in part of the complex and that a fire had later ensued although we did also hear from the iranian
policies. i want to switch gears. we were disrupted by that presser. jessie, i want to talk to you because more unmarked graves have been found near a school in british columbia. it s the latest discovery of unmarked burial sites that hold hundreds of indigenous children. u.s. interior secretary deb holland remind us this is also an echo of america s past. i have to tell you, reading about this was so devastating to me. some studies suggest by 1926 over 80% of native american children were essentially kidnapped and put in these reform schools. they were beaten for speaking for languages. they were sexually abused, some of them died trying to escape. how do we reconcile with this past? people ask, why do we hate america. this is the real american history we have to talk about. thank you. tiffany, first and foremost, thank you for talking about this topic. also, thank you to the secretary for bringing this up in a