of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents scrambling to their rooftops. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s ok. there s no words. - it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing really that you can do but, i you know, we re just| glad that we got out. but, worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children
footballers wives comes to an end rebecca vardy says she s devastated after losing her high court libel case against colleen rooney. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re going to start in ukraine. we re getting more details about the rocket attack that s thought to have killed a0 ukrainian prisoners of war being held by russia. it happened in the occupied part of the donetsk region. these images have come in of the attack. the russian defence ministry claims ukraine was behind it and claims the rockets were us made. but ukraine says russia fired the rockets and moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen, and i do not recommend that people watch this, is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there
against colleen rooney. we re going to start in ukraine. we re getting more details about the rocket attack that s thought to have killed a0 ukrainian prisoners of war being held by russia. it happened in the occupied part of the donetsk region. these images have come in of the attack. the russian defence ministry claims ukraine was behind it and claims the rockets were us made. but ukraine says russia fired the rockets and moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen, and i do not recommend that people watch this, is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and in among them, many charred bodies. there are also bodies lying outside on the ground. none of the circumstances surrounding this are clear. the r