russia s offense ministry is vowing to increase missile strikes on kyiv after the sinking of the moskva vessel. u.s. officials claim it was hit by two missiles while russia claims a fire broke out on the ship. this comes amid the horrifying discover of 900 bodies following russia s withdrawal from an area. most of the civilians were executed and bodies abandoned in the streets. overall the united nations has recorded 4,633 civilian casualties in the country so far and that number is climbing. russia s bombardment of the key port of mariupol has left the city in ruins. the city has been able to with stand the kremlin s attack this far, weapons and supply shortages could weaken the resistance efforts. the governor said the city has been, quote, wiped off the face of the earth by russian forces. with that in mind, president zelenskyy is ask the biden administration to designate vladimir putin as a state government of terrorism. nbc news raf sanchez is in ukraine where the gover
from tampa to tallahassee. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we are standing by for an urgent update from the governor of florida, ron desantis, on the hurricane disaster all along the state s gulf coast. this as hurricane idalia was just weakened into a tropical storm. but it is still packing a punch as it takes aim at georgia and south carolina. cnn correspondents are on the scene covering idalia s devastation in florida and the storm s assault on georgia happening right now. but first, let s go to john bierman in the city of perry. john, you just got there. what have you seen so far? reporter: yeah, alex, the storm made landfall on keaton beach. 18 miles due that way and then passed directly overhead here in perry. you can see some of the damage it did. i m at roady s truck stop. you can see the wind just completely blew the awning over. it ripped up the brick there. t
we start in kyiv where officials say it has been hit by the most powerful attack since spring as ukraine and russia launch a wave of air strikes against each other. moscow says ukrainian drones have targeted at least six russian regions, warning attacks on its soil will not go unpunished . ukraine says it was targeted by a wave of russian cruise missiles and drones, but shot down nearly all of them. the mayor of kyiv says two people were killed and two others were injured by falling debris. these are the moments the debris fell to ground in kyiv as you can see, there was a large explosion when it came down. and this is more video from kyiv it s not clear if this is a separate incident, or the same debris filmed from another angle. our correspondent paul adams is in kyiv, and sent this update on what happened there in the early hours of the morning. this is what a single intercepted russian cruise missile will do to a street here in kyiv. it s been a few hours since the
rate in 2022 was 1.49 the lowest since records began. for a country s population to hold steady, there must be 2.1 births per woman. and falling birth rates are causing alarm for politicians, facing a future of ageing populations and shrinking workforces. let s get more on this with our correspondent. let s get more on this with our correspondent. south korea has broken its correspondent. south korea has broken its lowest correspondent. south korea has broken its lowest birth - correspondent. south korea has broken its lowest birth rate - correspondent. south korea has l broken its lowest birth rate record once again according to new numbers released on wednesday by statistics korea, mother country s birth rate recorded 0.72, an 8% decrease from the previous year. the capital city seoul recorded 0.55 which is the lowest among all the districts across the country. although the low birth trend is spreading all across the world, especially among developed countries, south
at least 14% of democratic voters however declared themselves to be uncommitted, not favouring any candidate. this is seen as strong pushback to biden from key demographics that he might need to win the state again progressives, voters of color, and arab and muslim voters concerned by his stance on the the israel gaza war. activists in the state had been organising to send president biden a message no ceasefire, no vote, and encouraged voters to select the uncommitted option instead of the president s name. the biden campaign released a statement, but didn t mention theissue statement, but didn t mention the issue of a ceasefire. the group which urged democrats to vote uncommitted, released a statement, listen to michigan saying: see you there, it says. the movement has wide ranging endorsements including congresswoman rashida tlaib, who posted this earlier. i was proud today to walk in and pull a democratic ballot and vote uncommitted. we must protect our democra