who joins us from washington. hello, welcome to the programme. the news emerging from the steel plant in mariupol is hard to verify, but it does seem tonight from the reporting of several news agencies, that the most severely wounded ukrainians have been taken out of the plant. 40 wounded ukrainians that need urgent treatment and we are told around a dozen buses have left the plant in the last few hours. the russian ministry of defence said those troops that do surrender would be taken to hospital in a nearby town, in separatist held ukraine, where they will then become prisoners of war. we will keep across that and bring you details as we get it. meanwhile there is some evidence emerging that vladimir putin is directly overseeing battle plans for ukraine. western intelligence sources believe the russian president, together with his military chief general garasimov, are intervening in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by morej
and blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first professional footballer in the uk men s game for three decades to come out as gay. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. could arsenal get the win they needed against newcastle to move back into the champions league places? good evening. britain s most senior military officer has asserted that ukraine is winning the war against russia and has now secured its survival as an independent state. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, was speaking as the ukrainian army reported making progress in the north. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory around the country s second biggest city, kharkiv, the target of heavy bombardment since the invasion began in february. russian forces are now focusing on the donbas region further south, but they are continuing to meet fierce resistance. we start tonight with a special report from near the eastern city of izyum, known as the gateway to the donbas. our
President joe biden just touched down making remarks at a September 11th Remembrance at the Military Base in anchorage. Well bring the remarks to you as soon as they get under way. The Memorials Today A Reminder of the moment of National Unity that took place in the aftermath of the brutes September 11th attacks. As the attacks revealed humanitys capacity for pure evil. The ability to inflict almost unspeakable horrors on other humans. What happens after 9 11 reveals best of humanity. Never forget the images, allhands on deck effort and the National Effort to support First Responders and victims and all their families and the pledge to never forget. The attacks also fundamentally changed washington, d. C. For a moment. Officials of both parties along with former officials of both parties were in Public Office at the time of the attacks attended events today to mark that. It is an echo of how americans were, for a while, able to set aside all differences, political and otherwise. And ju
President joe biden just touched down making remarks at a September 11th Remembrance at the Military Base in anchorage. Well bring the remarks to you as soon as they get under way. The Memorials Today A Reminder of the moment of National Unity that took place in the aftermath of the brutes September 11th attacks. As the attacks revealed humanitys capacity for pure evil. The ability to inflict almost unspeakable horrors on other humans. What happens after 9 11 reveals best of humanity. Never forget the images, allhands on deck effort and the National Effort to support First Responders and victims and all their families and the pledge to never forget. The attacks also fundamentally changed washington, d. C. For a moment. Officials of both parties along with former officials of both parties were in Public Office at the time of the attacks attended events today to mark that. It is an echo of how americans were, for a while, able to set aside all differences, political and otherwise. And ju