of their prime minister. and the actorjohnny depp takes the stand in his $50 million defamation trial against his former wife, amber heard. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia has launched a major offensive after pulling back its forces from near the capital, kyiv. moscow claims to have struck more than 1200 military targets overnight as part of efforts to establish full control over the donetsk and luhansk regions, known collectively as the donbas. in mariupol, a strategic port on the edge of the donbas, russian backed separatist fighters have been trying to storm an industrial complex. the city s last defenders have been holding out inside, along with hundreds of civilians. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report from a village close to the eastern front line. russia unleashed its long anticipated assault on ea
absolutely for most concerned about the welfare of our troop and so we will remain focused on this and again, this will develop in the next several days and ours, and we will keep you posted. us defence secretary lloyd austin there. our correspondent sean dilley was at that briefing was at that briefing at the pentagon. here s his reaction. to deconstruct some of that language there, we understand from lloyd austin that he was on tour, that is he was posted to south korea at the time. he has been identified by our partner cbs as private second class travis king but even that is something the pentagon is not prepared to confirm or deny at this point, partly because of what we heard mr austin say there, which is that we are currently working to notify the next of kin, there s not a lot they don t know, they re currently very concerned about the welfare of their service man, something retreated from the white house, from presidentjoe biden, not too long ago. but it s a puzzle, w
a few moments ago england were 213 for 4 after 42 overs, sciver bru nt reaching her century. in the men s ashes it s must win again for england as they prepare to face australia in the fourth test at old trafford. they trail 2 1 in the series but come into the game after an excellent win at headingley. jimmy anderson is restored to the side on his home ground, but the weather doesn t look great for the five days. captain ben stokes says they may need to play even more positively! we know we have to win this game to take it to the last game for us to have a chance of winning the ashes so going into the last game at we were 2 0 down and we knew we had to win that so that helped a little bit and may be again with the weather thatis and may be again with the weather that is predicted, that it might bring more out of us again knowing we might have to push the game on even more. the open, golf s final major of the year, gets underway at royal liverpool on thursday and rory mcilroy
south east of athens where wildfires broke out monday night. guy de launey is in ljubljana. and imogen foulkes is in switzerland. i started by asking azadeh to bring us up to date on the situation in greece. i don t know if you can see it right now, but some of the winds are being felt here, and that is really complicating the situation for the firefighters within the country, because it makes it that much more difficult for them to get close to the fires and fight them. now, where i am today is the aftermath of those fires. as you can see around me, these hills have been completely decimated. if you were here with me right now, you would not only be able to see the fact that these trees have been burned, but you would be able to smell the ash and feel how hot it is around here. but in other parts of greece, on the other side of athens, fires have still been burning. this is very much a situation where firefighters are having to continue to respond to it. here where i am, t