As a ukrainian journalist, ive been following russias full scale invasion from day one. When moscow took the area around the Southern City of Nova Kakhovka, i realised it could become a flash point. The city is close to a key reservoir and europes Largest Nuclear power station. Live from london, this is bbc news. Dozens of towns and villages are flooded in ukraine after a major dam is breached. Lets go live now to kyiv, speak to bbc ukrainian s viktoriia zhuhan, whos there. For today, we understand from ukrainian authorities that about 16,000 residents on the banks of ukraine controlled areas are in immediate critical danger. Our team has been investigating for many months. Water supplies are of key importance in the hot and dry south of ukraine, and russia previously targeted the waterways here, along with other civilian infrastructure. Man made flood into a weapon. Yet, this breach caused much bigger disruption. I knew that soon this story would fade from the headlines. I wanted to k
Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped, but both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now were looking at a live pictures of gaza city, where weve seen many flashes of explosions in the past hour or so. Israels allies, including the us, germany, italy, france and the uk have released a joint statement criticising the weekends surprise strikes by hamas, saying lets get the latest from the ground now. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, is in the southern israeli city of ashkelon, just 13km or about eight miles north of the gaza strip, and has this report. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for
The netherlands a target of 323, which theyve never managed in a 50 over game. And the dutch found themselves penned in by the new zealand bowlers, santner leading the way. The men in orange had to hit out, but when they did, it backfired, thanks to the Juggling Skills of a relieved trent boult. Santner says he didnt bowl that well, but if you take five wickets for 59 runs, youre a hit with your team mates. The netherlands finally ran out of batters three and a half overs before the end, a 99 run victory for a dominant new zealand. Disappointment for the dutch and new zealand very happy with that win, but not getting carried away at this early stage. We knew that, you know, turning up we knew that, you know, turning up today honestly after the highs of beating england, we couldnt get too complacent. We know the netherlands are a good team, and they almost went pretty, you know, touched pakistan the other day, so it was honestly nice to you know, get the w tonight, its another two point
Days of intense violence. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attack is only just begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel. 0ur bbc team was in ashkelon in southern israel, not far from the gaza border when a salvo came in. Ashkelon is so close to gaza that there is no more than a ten second warning. Israel is moving in more fire power. The next stage of the offensive against hamas looks certain to be a Ground Offensive, much bigger than other incursions since hamas took over in gaza in 2007. Lines of cars outside a Military Base on the road to gaza were parked by reservists as they reported for duty, getting ready, saying their goodbyes. Parents came to the base for a few
Civilians are not warned about impending air strikes. Theres been International Condemnation of the taking of civilian hostages. Israel says some 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped. But both israel and hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange. So far in this conflict, at least 900 people have been killed in israel, and almost 700 people have been killed in gaza following Israeli Military action. Right now lets look at some pictures of gaza city. You can see it is rather dark. That is where a barrage of rocket fire has been exchanged in the past hours. Meanwhile, israels army is calling up 300,000 reservists and moving tanks close to the gaza strip in preparation for a land incursion. In a televised address on monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on israels Opposition Parties to form a National Unity government and said quote air strikes in gaza are only the beginning. Translation hamas have made a mistake of historic proportions. We will exact a