cambria and anglesey, the rest of england staying dry, it will feel attached milder. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. police say nine people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal, in the republic of ireland. a massive fire has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. ukrainian officials say they ve found two mass burial sites in the recently liberated town of lyman one with around 200 graves. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today, as workers walk out for the 11th time this year. we are hoping to bring you the latest update from creeslough, where police will hold a news conference. just to remind you of the story, at least nine people died following that huge explosion at a petrol station in creeslough in county donegal yesterday. the latest update was nine people who had been killed and a number of injured w
more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh
filled with fear, fog and friction. real war is brutal. the crucible of combat is enormous costs in terms of killed, wounded and displaced persons and refugees. and yet, despite the enormous costs, the ukrainians are advancing steadily and deliberately. braving brutal and bloody battles to reclaim their homeland. as we publicly said weeks ago, this offensive will be slow, it will be difficult and it will come at a high cost. one of ukraine s most senior military commanders, in charge of operations in the east, says it is practically impossible to dislodge the well prepared russian defences, with the limits they have on supplies. general oleksandr syrskyi has been speaking to our defence corresponednt jonathan beale. the offensive has been going on that more than a month now. even president zelensky has said it is slower then ukraine had hoped for. is that true? slower then ukraine had hoped for. is that true? ~ ,, ~ ., is that true? translation: we would like to net is that true? tr
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saying the ukrainians themselves are saying. what we ve been hearing, especially saying. what we ve been hearing, especially over the last couple of weeks especially over the last couple of weeks is especially over the last couple of weeks is the counteroffensive is not going weeks is the counteroffensive is not going as weeks is the counteroffensive is not going as fast as we would like. desire going as fast as we would like. desire and expectations are two different desire and expectations are two different things. this doesn t necessarily mean that the counteroffensive is going slower than what the ukrainians or the united than what the ukrainians or the united states or european allies expected. we would like it to be much expected. we would like it to be much faster but that s a completely different much faster but that s a completely different question. i kind of looked back at different question. i kind of looked back at where we were at last year and essenti