At least 36 people were killed across the country and dozens more wounded. In the latest development Ukraines Prosecutor General says he has discussed russias actions with with the international criminal court. Russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major Nato Summit begins in washington. According to reports, at least 36 people were killed across the country and dozens more wounded. Child patients were moved outside, some even still rigged up to drips. Ukraine said a Cruise Missile was used Something Russia denies. Kyiv s mayor, vitaliy klitschko, called it one of the worst attacks his city has seen since the start of the war. In total, five cities are thought to have been targetted. Including president volodymyr zelensky s hometown. Earlier vitali klitschko spoke to my Colleague Lucy hockings. Since the start of a full scale invasion, they have launched attacks on cities across ukraine numerous times. It is certainly one of the wor
Has a new leader he is Edwin Poots, and he takes over from arlene foster, who stood down after criticism of her handling of brexit. Mr poots narrowly beat his opponent, the Mp Sirjeffrey Donaldson today, in the first Leadership Election in the dups 50 year history. Our Ireland Correspondent Emma Vardy has more. The new leader of Northern Irelands largest unionist party has made one thing clear opposing the new Brexit Arrangements for Northern Ireland, the northern Ireland Protocol, will be one of his biggest priorities. Edwin poots beat his rival, sirjeffrey donaldson, by 19 votes to 17. This party has been the authentic voice of unionism and will continue to be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership. The northern Ireland Protocol has proven to be a massive challenge for us. And if we are to fight this, to ensure that everybody in Northern Ireland is not worse off as a consequence of the protocol, then its for us to do that together. Edwin poots had been viewed as the more
her from two committees. the prime minister is being urged to block plans for a new coalmine whitehaven in cumbria. dozens of environmental groups have written to him and saying they are mystified that the government has not intervened even though it is due to host a climate in glasgow this year. downing street insists the government is a world leader and will not reverse the decision. newsreel: and beneath this land lie more than 200 million tons of coal. it s more than half a century since the last deep coal mine opened in the uk. the plan is to burrow under the irish sea to access a vast deposit of high quality coal. the local mayor is delighted. i think the project is absolutely fantastic. you know, it ll bring huge amounts ofjobs and prosperity into the area. it s been broadly welcomed right across copeland. i ve never known a project that s carried so much public support. the coal produced here won t be used to generate power, but to make steel, he says, and means less
as we sort those technical problems out, let s turn to that case in new york. prince andrew has demanded a jury trial as he seeks to defend the civil sex case that has been brought by virginia giuffre, according to legal documents filed by his lawyer in new york. it was reported he might have to pay more than $5 million to his accuser to persuade her to settle, although mr giuffre has signalled before that she wanted to a proceed to a court trial. the duke has strenuously denied the allegations she is making. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. this is a formal response by prince andrew s legal team to virginia giuffre s complaint, and so in it, he goes through every allegation in the complaint line by line and either denies or admits to the assertions in the complaint. so, for example, he denies all allegations of sexual abuse with virginia giuffre on the three occasions that she alleges when she was 17 in the us virgin islands, and london and new york. he also den