this time a massive grave outside of mariupol. officials are pointing to these satellite images showing the ground in one part of the city that s recently been disturbed, and there are claims from a credible source indicating the site has been used to dispose bodies. cnn is still working to independently verify those claims. now, it s estimated more than 100,000 people are trapped there in mariupol, including soldiers and civilians. the deputy prime minister mentioned a short time ago a humanitarian corridor is reopened after a brief delay. officials are trying to evacuate women, children, and the elderly from mariupol. in the meantime the plan now is to take full control of southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region to establish a land corridor to crimea, that area in the southern part of the country that russia annexed in 2014. take a look at this. it s new drone video showing just a scene of utter destruction there in the small village north of kyiv. house after
finalize the war. there is a diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows even if it s hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands. and with such neighbors, hundreds of thousands and maybe millions of victims. victims, losses of people, we don t want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn t have the right to deny it subjectively because it will be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. and it s also important for our partners, i may say, because we are constantly speaking about that and made certain step for the diplomatic solution of the military conflict and the war with russian federation, our partners, both european and the partners from beyond the oceans, the united states, canada, everybody sees that what russia says and was saying during all these times, that ukraine itself doesn t want to everybody could see it was the kind of p
we ll have the latest reaction from brussels. also in the programme: no escape from covid. we meet some of hong kong s poorest, living in such crowded conditions, that self isolation is almost impossible. amber heard takes the stand in the defamation trial brought by former husband johnny depp. she alleges domestic abuse. he slapped me again. like, it was clear it wasn t a joke anymore. and record breaking rain in the spanish city of valencia triggers floods and causes chaos in the city s transport system. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday.
stand at this hour and president biden reacting to the leak and slamming republicans, saying controversy is about more than abortion and warning that the crowd is the most extreme political organization that s existed in recent american history. plus, amber heard takes the stand in the defamation trial pitting her against her ex-husband johnny depp. the courtroom drama continues and we will break it down. we begin with what the president is saying about the impact of the possibility the supreme court could possibly overturn roe v. wade. white house correspondent kevin corke has details. good evening. to call extremists who voted for his predecessor is a shocking claim. however, it also reflects a
tonight at ten, the plight of ukraine s most vulnerable children, abandoned by carers, young victims of russia s invasion. we report from a centre in southern ukraine, with very few facilities to look after children with disabilities. because of their disabilities, they are not treated as human beings. they are only kept alive here. and it is not a problem of this institution, it is the problem of the system. in the besieged port of mariupol, officials say the russians have launched a major assault on the remaining ukrainian forces there. we ll have the latest on the conflict and the european union s plans for a total ban on oil imports from russia. also tonight. amber heard takes the stand in the defamation trial brought