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officials in ukraine say at least eight people have been killed in russian missile strikes on the black sea port of odesa. the dead include a three month old baby. 20 other people were injured in the attacks, on a military facility and two residential buildings. the ukrainian foreign minister says the attacks were designed to spread terror. it comes as russian troops are reported to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works in the city of mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are still holding out. more on that in a moment, but first our correspondent, caroline davies, has the latest from odesa. thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in odesa. this was the aftermath of a missile strike on the city. blown out glass and rubble, cars crushed and burnt, floors collapsed. through the debris, the city s firefighters led those that can walk out to safety. vitalia and her son nikita were on the 12th floor when the missile hit. t ....
of its market value, as its subscriber growth goes into reverse. so, let s begin. a lot to get through in the front page of the guardian. failing to block party get inquiry as backbenchers mutiny or this is getting a bit complicated now. fix, bit getting a bit complicated now. a bit of an getting a bit complicated now. 3 t of an understatement the statement from the prime minister today was that he believed in all good conscience that what he was doing was not in breach of the rules. and so therefore, he did not mislead parliament. and this investigation on whether or not it should be investigated. the vote on that tomorrow is whether or not he should be subject to investigation over whether or not he did mislead the house are not and there were suggestions earlier in the day that the tory mps receive a three line whip but now it seems, at least according to the guardian that attempt has been abandoned and the investigation may instead be kicked down the road. unfortun ....
upon humanitarian corridor as the fate of the city rests on the heavily bombarded steel plant where ukrainian forces say they will not lay down their weapons. ukraine claims these intercepted communications involving a russian commander purportedly show exactly what russia was planning to do at that facility. will there be some kind of an explosion? they said to level everything to the ground. oh. they are being bombed and bombed. they are knocking them out. knocking them out. in the east, a significant escalation in fighting. officials in zaporizhzhia say russian forces there are attempting to push toward the city. and donbas, ukrainian forces have repelled numerous advances as u.s. advancements sees no major territorial gains for russia in that region since the start of this new offensive. all this as sources say the u.s. is set to announce another $800 million in military aid to ukraine. focussed this time on artillery and ammunition. we re covering every a ....
international monetary fund and world bank have warned the global economy faces lower growth this year and next, after the recent global inflationary shock caused by russia s war in ukraine and the ongoing covid pandemic. the world bank cut its forecast for global economic growth this year by almost a percent to 3.2%, warning that high inflation would hit billions of people in the pocket. the imf believes rising global debt could lead to lower growth in developed countries by 0.9% over the next three years. the fund believes higher interest rates are likely to hit developing countries the worst. joining me now is pauljackson, who s the global head of asset allocation research at invesco. what do you expect to be the priorities in the imf/world bank spring meetings? i would imagine it is getting support to the poorer countries that will suffer from the rising inflation and perhaps offering more support to the countries that are immediately around russia, ukraine and bela ....
and in cricket, joe root steps down as england men s test captain after five years in the role. russia has threatened to intensify attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv, if its territory is further targeted. tensions have risen since russia s iconic warship the moskva sank yesterday moscow says the sinking was caused by a fire, but ukraine says it hit the vessel with missiles. a weapons factory near kyiv has already been partially destroyed in a russian attack. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the ukrainian capital. this was the moskva. russia s prized warship in the black sea. it s now sunk. ukraine says its missiles hit the vessel. russia says a fire caused the ship to sink. it s a humiliating loss for the country and believed to be the biggest such incident since world war ii. in what is being seen as retaliation, russia s defence ministry shared this video, saying it had launched an attack on a missile making facility outside ukraine s capital. it also ....