hello, welcome to bbc news. i am ben thompson. we begin this hour in ukraine. kyiv says it s moving forward in what appears to be the start of a counter offensive. the ukrainian army has released these images showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. it s defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc. here s a map showing you some of the areas where ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks, along the south and eastern front line. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia region, and, as i mentioned, in the eastern part of donetsk. in particular, around the tow
welcome to the programme. i m yalda hakim. we start in bangladesh where thousands of refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged by a powerful cyclone. the weather system hit land on sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world s largest refugee camp in cox s bazar. at least 29 people were killed in myanmar, which bore the brunt of the storm. in a moment we ll have an exclusive interview with bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina. they were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters. agency say a nightmare situation was just averted a stop that serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in a moment, we will have an exclusive interview with the prime minister, but earlier this month, the bbc was given special access to the camp. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan and her team report now on the story of anwar a five year old boy who has only kno
about why they wanted to stop those kind of maga attacks on trump democracy and the loss after the insurrection. but we have the receipts from those you see on your screen today, including senator graham, a loyal trump supporter then criticized what trump was leading on the insurrection on the night of january 6th. but now as he faces legal pressure to testify in georgia for his own role in helping a trump effort that he claimed was over when he gave his famous enough is enough speech after trump fans stormed the capitol, clambering to kill mike pence. i hope he runs again. if you think trump is bad for the party, i disagree with you. i think president trump is good for the party. [ cheers and applause ] all i can say is count me out. enough is enough. it is over. i ve travelled the world with joe. i hoped he lost. i d pray he would lose. he won. he s the legitimate president of the united states. some of this is pretty simple even though people would wish it otherwise.
be in the group released today. both sides are talking about extending the truce, which would allow for more hostages to be released in the coming days. we are taking the necessary steps in order to be prepared for a new mobilization, a renewed attack against hamas and its strongholds, wherever they are holding out. they are still holding over 100 around 200 hostages. ten people a day, that could be 20 days. so we need to keep that in mind. here s a look at the women and children who have been freed from gaza since friday. we ve been seeing celebration, and emotional reunions in israel, here, you can see a cheering crowd greeting a convoy of buses carrying released hostages. we re also proud of well wishers waving israeli flags outside the hospital, where the former captives arrived in military helicopters. and yesterday we did see the release of the first american hostage, there she is, 4-year-old abigail adan. president biden says that abigail is getting the care sh