into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. the southern ukrainian city of mariupol has been left in ruins after being subjected to fierce russian bombardment early in the invasion. the city was besieged by russian forces and ukrainian officials now estimate at least 25 thousand people were killed there. our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary s report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it distressing. artem has seen what no child shoul
People survived the crash and were taken to hospital. Now on bbc news, ros atkins on the week. The village of manston is a short drive from the kent coast. Down the road as the port of ramsgate. In the village itself there was a church and thejolly farmer pub, and next door is the airfield and, because of that, manston has been welcoming new arrivals for years. In the 20s, students arrived for pilot training, in the 50s, it was used as a base to carry out drills. Now manston airfield is hosting new arrivals again. Thousands are coming across the channel by small boat. Many are taking to this facility. You have an Asylum System completely gridlocked. As more people arrived, the government has condemned an invasion. The system is broken. Illegal migration is out of control. And so the small village in kent finds itself as part of a story that raises fundamental questions about how the uk responds to those who arrive on our shores. Hello, welcome. Now, this is the plan this week. We will
while attempting to land in stormy weather. authorities say more than 20 people survived the crash, and were taken to hospital. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join naito. prepared tojoin nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ende
distress signal through action and credible climate action. at least 19 people have died after a passenger plane crashes into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on this country s infrastructure. in his latest video address, volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. estimates suggest about 40% of ukraine s energy system has been damaged or destroyed in russian attacks targeting vital infrastructure. translation: during the week, i had several special meetings i as of this evening stabilisation black codes continued in kyiv and six regions. more than 4.5 consumers are without electricity. most of them are in kyiv and the kyiv region. it s really difficult. d
This is bbc news, the headlines. president zelensky of ukraine has said russia is planning to continue attacking the country s infrastructure. around 4.5 million ukranians are currently living without power. aid agencies in the southern city of mariupol say at least 25,000 people have been killled since the war began. the head of the un has told the cop27 climate summit global warming is changing the world at a catastrophic pace. the annual meeting has discussed giving money to poorer countries to deal with the climate related losses and the damage they ve already suffered. the prime minister of tanzania has confirmed that at least 19 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed into lake victoria while attempting to land in stormy weather. authorities say more than 20