united states. we ll look at whether there is any relief in sight. and children as young as six months old just days away from getting covid shots. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital kyiv was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. air defenses worked on enemy targets, but so far no fires or casualties reported. officials are urging people to stay in shelters. meanwhile two european leaders say the war may drag on for years. boris johnson and jens stoltenberg made the statements separately and both said that the west should be in for the long haul. and president zelenskyy is pledging to regain all the territories captured by russia in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were
We will have more on all of those stories. First, though, lets head to the bbc sport centre, round up the sport. Good afternoon. The england and both report have announced a new regulator sport and complete lead change the game. It is in response to a report earlier this or that outlined racism, sexism and elitism in cricket. Here is dan roan. The game has undergone a period of soul searching over the last free months, and nowhere has that process been more relevant or painful than inherent headingley, the county was engulfed in a racism scandal two years ago. It was heavily criticised for the way that it handled the allegations of its former player azeem rafiq, and it was fine hundred of thousands of pounds and docked 48 points in the County Championship by the ecb earlier this year, but this this scandal spreads well be on one county, because three months ago, the independent commission for equity in cricket produced a damning report that found that the game across england and wales
Of wind from storm agnes through wednesday. It will still be pretty bursary on thursday. Still some rain and showers that they were. As when stating while to come down. Then we will probably see another bout of heavy showers working across the uk as we go through friday. Thanks, chris. And thats bbc news at six. You can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. From the six team, its goodbye. The news continues here on bbc one as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. Hello there. I am 0lly foster. Here is what is coming up for you on sportsday this evening. Making Cricket A Game for everyone. But the ecb say they cant meet all the recommendations of an equality and diversity report. After the wallabies are walloped by wales, eddies jones is feeling the heat at the world cup. Anarchy at ajax as their fans force their game against feyenoord to be abandoned, the dutch fa say they have to finish the match this week. Al
Thought the most important story was the reaction of the death of a Petty Street Criminal and it was most reported but not close to a story that is rocking your world and you probably didnt feel the tremor. The International Monetary fund revealed that chinas economy surpassed that of the United States and now china is now the Worlds Largest economy. They reported on this story and it could should have caused demonstrations in our streets. We are losing our country and no one seems to notice. Less than 15 years ago, the u. S. Economy was three types the size of china. And americans since 1945 have grown used to having the number one economy and must have taken it for granted. Get ready to the new ranking or get angry and well do something
about it. Our current president said running up the huge debt on children and dprand children was irresponsible and unpatriotic. If so, he is the least patriotic president in history. Our debt topped the 18 trillion mark. That is more than double than