also on today s programme: nationwide puts up its mortgage rates by 0.45% and other lenders also increase the cost of new deals. the kent hospital where the maternity unit was almost shut down by inspectors as basic hygiene was not observed. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing two people and injuring over 20. and british cycling says it ll ban transgender women from elite female competition. and coming up on bbc news. three teams, two relegation places to avoid. leicester leeds and everton head into the final weekend of the premier league hoping to secure their survival. good evening. the parents of 10 month old finley boden have been sentenced today for his murder on christmas day in 2020. his mother, shannon marsden, was given a minimum of 27 years and his father, stephen boden, a minimum of 29 years. finley had been taken by social services soon after he was born, but was given back to his parents 39 days before he died. during
welcome to the programme. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing at least three people. two children are said to be among the injured. president zelensky has described the attack as another crime against humanity . we ll have the latest. also in the programme. the british television presenter, phillip schofield after acknowledging an affair with her younger colleague at this morning, has resigned. and the family of the british national that has died in sudan say they were abandoned by the embassy we will have the latest on the crisis and british cycling since it will ban transgender women from elite female competition. we will discuss that position. we start in ukraine, which has faced another heavy night of russian missile and drone attacks. a medical clinic in dnipro in the east was hit by a missile where at least two people died and around 30 people were injured, including two boys aged under six. president zelensky described the
you have not been able to tell that much during the last year because of the war, about the fact that this country has a rich and distinct culture? i was standing in between two great cathedrals. one cathedral is behind you, saint sophia of the 11th century. and this, one st. michael s cathedral, was ruined by the way, by bolsheviks insurgents, and was fully rebuilt. but this is the great square, it shows how rich the ukraine history is, and russia right now, they are robbing artifacts from museums, so they steal also our history, because ancient kyiv started from here the place where we are standing right now. and russians all the time or trying to take this on their behalf, the rich history of ukraine. but going back to the 30s, this has been a struggle for ukrainians. they have always felt that association with russia is meant to diminish the cultural heritage. vladimir putin said it on the night he declared the special military operation, that it is not a place of
on and colliding with a u.s. drone over the black sea we ve got exclusive reporting on what s behind the aggressive actions. plus, new details about georgia s investigation into whether former president trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results we re learning the grand jury has heard a new trump phone call and in texas, we could soon get a ruling surrounding a lawsuit that aims to ban an abortion medication that women have been using safely for decades. right now on capitol hill, treasury secretary janet yellen is testifying before lawmakers as concerns are growing that now first republic bank could be the next to fall shares of first republic fell 30% when the markets opened this morning after suffering major losses on wednesday. this after two major banks collapsed over the weekend and swiss regulators overed a lifeline to credit suisse. she insists americans deposits are safe i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and