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this is bbc news. i m nuala mcgovern our top stories. in the aftermath of intense fighting in ukraine, the bbc uncovers evidence of civilian killings, that could amount to war crimes. this is more thanjust a collection of terrible deaths, this is a crime scene because under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. a convoy of buses carrying residents of the besieged southern ukrainian city of mariupol reaches the relative safety of the nearby city of zaporyzhzhia. celebrations by union workers in new york as amazon is dealt a major defeat being forced to recognise a trade union for the first time. will smith says he s resigning from the body that awards the oscars following his attack on chris rock at this years ceremony.
trapped in the city that has been besieged by russian forces, and thousands of them took the risk themselves and ended up fleeing from mariupol to a town nearby still in russian held territory called berdiansk. and it is there a convoy of at least a0 ukrainian buses, 300 private cars, managed to get to these residents and take them to the relative safety of zaporyzhzhia. the fact is this is positive, you have president zelensky saying they have managed to save 3,000 people from a city that is without food and water but you still have more than 100,000 residents trapped there, some estimates put it up to 170,000. it is a success, there are still challenges and as far as the icrc are concerned, they will try tomorrow. what is it with the operation that makes it so difficult? there are a number of
don t believe i have any more. there are no excuses for this. an ambulance waits for a frail survivor of a merciless and failed russian attack. and ukrainian soldiers leave the battlefield with the swagger of victory. orla guerin, bbc news, irpin. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has announced more than 3,000 people have fled the besieged city of mariupol in a convoy of buses and private cars. the convoy travelled from the occupied port of berdiansk to the relative safety of zaporyzhzhia with about 2,000 people, who had managed to make their own way out of mariupol. however, red cross efforts to bring in aid and evacuate residents from the shelling in mariupol were frustrated for a second day in a row. earlier, i spoke to our news reporter azadeh moshiri. the icrc for a second day has
welcome to bbc news i m nuala mcgovern. our top stories. in the aftermath of intense fighting in ukraine, the bbc uncovers evidence of civilian killings, that could amount to war crimes. this is more thanjust a collection of terrible deaths, this is a crime scene because under the laws of war, civilians are supposed to be protected. a convoy of buses carrying residents of the besieged southern ukrainian city of mariupol reaches the relative safety of the nearby city of zaporyzhzhia. cheering. celebrations by union workers in new york as amazon is dealt a major defeat being forced to recognise a trade union for the first time. will smith says he s resigning from the body that awards the oscars following his attack on chris rock at this year s ceremony.