hopefully rest and reflect a bit, we are here at deadline white house. our thinking about the families 4700 miles away in ukraine. with this holiday season it must feel like for them. christmas eve mark ten months since the start of a russian war that has not let up. even now, as we head into the thick of winter. when russia unleashed that first air strike on february 24th, it was the largest attack on the european state since world war ii. it is a gut punch that capture the world s attention more than any other, came less than two weeks later. putin s forces laid siege to the port city of mariupol, unleashing ripped through a children hospital and maternity ward, sending pregnant women fleeing for their lives. we are only beginning to grasp the scope of the atrocities there. according to the bbc, satellite images show that since june, more than 1500 new graves have appeared at a mass burial site inside mariupol. devastating. and yet. and yet the twice impeached, disgraced
50 people she will make a statement at 5pm this evening about the migrant crisis as well as addressing her breach of the ministerial code. a victorious comeback as brazil s former president lula da silva beats his far right opponent jair bolsanaro to win his old job back. hope to find survivors is fading after a bridge collapsed in western india. . , ., , after a bridge collapsed in western india. . , .,, ., india. hundred and 41 people are known to have india. hundred and 41 people are known to have died. good afternoon. the home secretary will make a statement in the commons this afternoon over worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. the facility, at manston, is said to be dangerously overcrowded, with reports of an outbreak of diptheria. some 4000 migrants are being housed there even though it s meant for only up to 1600. more people were sent to manston after a petrol bomb attack on a separate migrant facility in dover. robin brant reports.
catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united dates. united states. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. thank you for being with us, in ukraine there is more follow-up thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday the u.s. ambassador to ukraine said russia must be held accountable for the attack, kyiv says dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the strike, russia says ukraine is responsible, the international red cross says it is still waiting for access to the site. to the north missile strikes were reported in you train second largest city, and russian forces have been stepping up the attacks, likely trying to pull resources from the front lines to protect civilians. meanwhile these been in the odesa region after a russian missile strike set off a grass fire, according to local officials russian forces fired at least two missiles from occupied crimea, but t
controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams, where students split time between classroom learning and industry placements, th
cracks in american democracy. plus, one year after the fall of kabul, we will speak live with the head of the u.n. delegation there about how the taliban takeover has reshaped life in afghanistan. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. we begin in ukraine where threats to europe s largest nuclear facility are prompting an outcry from world leaders. 42 countries along with the european union are now calling on russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the nuclear power plant. it comes after days of repeated shelling around the facility raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. russia and ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks. to the south, ukraine says the underground resistance movement blew up a railway bridge near the russian held city of melitopol. russian troops used the bridge to transport weapons and other equipment from occupied crimea. meanwhile, a u.n. chartered ship carrying 23,000 tons of wheat t