did all the missiles were shot down and no targets were hit. our correspondent james landale has the latest. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, a
in bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to take shelter. now on bbc news, more sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night. coming up on tonight s programme: is the title race over? manchester city could be a game away from being champions after they win and arsenal lose. a record breaking day at wembley where chelsea beat manchester united to win the women s fa cup again. and partying like it s 2006 sale beat leicester to reach their first rugby premiership final in 17 years. welcome along, thank you for joining is on what could prove to be a pivotal day in the premier league title race. arsenal who for so long were top of the table may well have to make do with finishing second after being beaten 3 0 by brighton at the emirates. it was a goalless first half but shortly after the break, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock through enciso. and it got even betterfor brighton, as denis undav capitalised on a mistake to make it tw
any strike by teachers, a huge knock on effect. most state school teachers in england had a 5% rise in 2022, and a 3% rise was recommended from this year. but the unions want above inflation increases, and to ensure pay rises don t come out of schools budgets. they argue they are playing catch up on pay over the last more than a decade. the government says it s a fair and reasonable offer and that schools would receive an extra £2.3 billion over the next two years. are you a pupil or parent off school and work today? how are the strikes affecting you? do you agree with what the teachers are doing? teachers please get in touch, too tell me why this matters. this morning are teachers right to strike? a pay deal for hundreds of thousands of nhs staff in england is expected to be settled later. ministers will meet health bosses and representatives from m unions this lunchtime. but some workers including nurses are still opposed to the offer, which includes a 5% rise
joins pay talks. a powerful arctic storm sweeps across swathes of the us and canada more than 200 million people are under weather warnings with temperatures dropping to minus 45 degrees celsius in some places. multiple arrests in afghanistan, after protesters marched in outrage at the taliban s latest prohibition on women attending universities. and the british husband and wife duo that have more singles at christmas than the beatles. meet ladbaby who bagged number one for the fifth time. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world a gunman has shot and killed two men and a woman in central paris. all were of turkish kurdish descent. police say the attacker, who was 69, was acting out of hatred of foreigners. he has been arrested. he had just been released from detention for targeting an african migrant camp in paris a yearago. clashes later broke out between police and a large crowd which had gathered at the scene. protesters s
also on the programme an injured rafael nadal withdraws from wimbledon, missing an opportunity to achieve a new grand slam record. and the american actorjames caan best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. borisjohnson is no longer leader of the conservative party, but he s still british prime minister following an extraordinary day at westminster. shortly after 12.30pm this afternoon, he walked out of the door of number 10 to confirm he will resign as tory leader and that he intends to stay in charge until a successor is chosen. many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are deeply unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. remember, this time yesterday, mrjohnson was insisting he would not stand down. but after the avalanche of resignations over the past 48 hours, today, everything changed. our political editor chris mason begins our coverage. at bre