we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t
Shaun ley there for us at the g7 summit, and as we heard, reflecting the g7 leaders, very much standing together, saying that they stand with ukraine for the long term. and of course we are absolutely keeping and i on everything that is happening in ukraine as well. keeping an eye. we will, though, turned to other news. the prime minister has brushed off continuing questions about his leadership, saying he s focusing on his work and the plans to get on with the government s agenda. borisjohnson says it is his job to humbly accept criticism and help people through the cost of living crisis. 0ur political editor chris mason has been talking to him at the g7 summit. prime minister, what is it about your character that is repelling voters at the moment and repelling so many of your mps? look, i think that the golden rule of politics is, if possible, despite all the very polite invitations of brilliant journalists, resist comment
People, helplessness, russia continues to help ordinary people. it is vain to expected to be reasonable or humane. all of this continues to hurt. the g7 summit, leaders absolutely focused on what is happening on the ground there in ukraine. ~ ,,., , ., is happening on the ground there in ukraine. ~ ,,., , . , is happening on the ground there in ukraine. ~ ,,., , ., , .,, ukraine. absolutely, and this was a weekend, matthew, ukraine. absolutely, and this was a weekend, matthew, where - ukraine. absolutely, and this was a j weekend, matthew, where missiles returned to the capital city kyiv after a relative lowell over weeks and we sign strike on a really residential apartment block, and this came at a time when those g7 leaders were meeting. he felt as if president putin was sending his own message, because this particular place had been targeted when the un secretary general had been visiting a couple of months ago, and so once again, this attack, as you say, early days, but this a
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Though, she is still living with the consequences of what happened three decades ago and still looking for answers so many years later. jim reed, bbc news. 24 2a minutes past five p:m.. just to give you an update on that attack on the ukrainian shopping centre, borisjohnson condemning centre, boris johnson condemning what centre, borisjohnson condemning what he has described as vladimir putin s cruelty and barbarism following that missile attack on a shopping centre. borisjohnson shopping centre. boris johnson describing shopping centre. borisjohnson describing vladimir putin as, his actions, as cruel and barbaric. we will keep you up to date with that, of course, everyone in the region saying they re very concerned that the death toll in the number of injured will continue to rise in that attack, about 1000 people thought to be in that shopping centre. comments in the g7 starting