it is good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, we re standing by for two big live events. first, senate democrats are about to address the cameras after a consequential day of closed door meetings debating the viability of joe biden s candidacy. can they come together with the presidency on the line? we re also watching the white house where the briefing should start any minute now ahead of a major appearance by the president at the nato summit. how a celebration of the alliance became a high stakes test of his fitness to serve. and out west, firefighters racing to contain a wildfire that continues to threaten michael jackson s former never land ranch. and just moments from now, the court will continue in the trial of bob mendez. can they rebuff the prosecution s argument that he sold the power of his office for cash and bribes? we begin with ali vitali on capitol hill where congressional democrats have been huddling about what
at least 36 people were killed across the country and dozens more wounded. in the latest development ukraine s prosecutor general says he has discussed russia s actions with with the international criminal court. russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major nato summit begins in washington. according to reports, at least 36 people were killed across the country and dozens more wounded. child patients were moved outside, some even still rigged up to drips. ukraine said a cruise missile was used something russia denies. kyiv s mayor, vitaliy klitschko, called it one of the worst attacks his city has seen since the start of the war. in total, five cities are thought to have been targetted. including president volodymyr zelensky s hometown. earlier vitali klitschko spoke to my colleague lucy hockings. since the start of a full scale invasion, they have launched attacks on cities across ukraine numerous times. it is cert
to win the quarterfinals for good evening. russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities the day before a nato summit opens in washington. at least 36 people have been killed according to officials, and 140 wounded. in the capital kyiv, the main children s hospital has been largely destroyed. this is the shot of the damaged hospital. as you can see, medical staff and emergency services are still trying to clear the rubble. they have been trying to clear it by hand to find survivors. five other major cities throughout the country have also been hit by missile strikes today. abdujalil abdurasulov is in kyiv. since the start of the full invasion in 2022, russia has launched air strikes on ukrainian cities numerous times but this attack is certainly one of the worst. ukraine s biggest children s hospital was directly hit by a missile. there are disturbing images in the package. after two and a half years war, the scenes shock like never before. this
in the uk and around the world. good evening. russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukraine, the day before a nato summit begins in washington. at least 36 people have been killed and 140 injured, according to president zelensky s office. in the capital kyiv, the main children s hospital has been largely destroyed. members of the emergency services have been trying to clear the rubble by hand to find survivors. today, five cities across the country have been attacked, russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure, insisting the strikes had been aimed at military facilities. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv. this is an attack which turns out, it has been condemned by the united nations and the new uk government, and ukraine has promised to retaliate, but we don t yet know what that could mean. but this, as i say, is going to be seared in the memory of many ukrainians. meta but there is also a hope here that some of ukraine s alli
here in the uk it s the first week in power for the newly elected prime minister, sir keir starmer who s just completed a tour of all four uk nations england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. mr starmer has also been meeting his labour party s new mps, who today started to arrive at the uk parliament many beginning their political careers. our political editor chris mason has more. applause. however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren t applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it s all been a bit of a whirlwind and there s a lot to take in, but i m really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was