have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions of ukraine in red it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. it is the bridge the kremlin built. and it was under attack. an explosion at dawn. this was the result. russian officials claim a lorry had been blown up here and that the fire then spread to a fuel train. whatever the cause, you could see the damage. this is the bridge that links russia to annexed cr
when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
Well hear from captain harry kane about their desire to go one further than recent tournaments and get their hands on a trophy. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. We are live in southern israel, less than a mile from the gaza strip, behind me about an hours drive from tel aviv. The us President Joe Biden is now in tel aviv for meetings with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet. Soon after the us president arrived he said he was Deeply Saddened And Outraged by the devastating explosion at a hospital in gaza city yesterday evening. He said responsibility lay with what he called the other team. In other words, israel didnt do it. The Israeli Military blames the attack on a misfired rocket from palestinian islamichhad group. Its the second biggest armed group in the gaza strip. Like hamas its backed by iran. It is usually seen as more extreme than hamas but both groups are designated as Terrorist Organisations by many western governments, includ
what they have organised but again, he urged people to exercise caution and to get that boosterjab. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. as the booster programme continued in scunthorpe and around the country, there was a clearer message from the government about christmas in england. go ahead with your plans, as there won t be any new measures affecting them. but, given the threat of 0micron, nothing can be ruled out after that. speaking before that announcement, one minister suggested they weren t rushing tojudgment. we are looking very closely at the data, that s why the prime minister said we reserve the option of coming back with further measures, but we are not at that stage, because obviously there is very significant economic disruption should we do that. merry christmas! that still leaves uncertainty around christmas and vital decisions affecting communities and families. we have to consider the risks of the omicron variant to individuals and the nhs,
but given the threat of 0micron, nothing can be ruled out after that. speaking before the announcement, one minister suggested they weren t rushing tojudgment. we re looking very closely at the data. that s why the prime minister said we reserve the option of coming back with further measures, but we re not at that stage because obviously, there is very significant economic disruption should we do that. merry christmas! that still leaves uncertainty beyond christmas, and labour said more clarity was needed. families need to be able to plan their own activities, and crucially, business needs to be able to plan for their trading. and the problem with the dither and delay that we re seeing from borisjohnson, entirely as a result of wranglings within his own political party, is that that lack of grip is costing the country dear. with case numbers rising week on week, some experts argue there may need to be intervention soon, but it s reasonable to wait a little longer for more data.