The attack comes as the leaders of nato begin arriving in washington for the alliances 75th summit. President zelensky is leading a large delegation, including ruslan stefanchuk, chairman of ukraines parliament. My Colleague Carl nasmanjoins me now. And carl, you had a chance to speak with Mr Stefanchuk. Idid, he i did, he is here in washington, dc, he was speaking in an event, this was structurally framed the tone and set the stage for what he was going to be talking about, it was emotional, he said that he first found out about those Missile Strikes from his family, he lives in kyiv and they sent a Text Message this morning saying that he is alive, and thats why ukraine is at stake here. I had a chance to have a conversation with Mr Stefanchuk and Mrs Wattie told me. Thank you for being here, your country was just hit in some of the Missile Strikes that russia has carried out in months, some of those missiles hit Childrens Hospital in kyiv, what your reaction to that . This is what h
On a kyiv summer morning. People helping with bare hands at ukraines largest Childrens Hospital. Even for a war hardened city, this was a Missile Strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russias invasion. Some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. They illustrate how these attacks do not discriminate. Translation we were in the middle of surgery when the windows got shattered, the surgeon quickly covered the baby to save him. I want the world to stop this, these children are innocent. Tatiana had a near miss. Translation we got here five minutes before it all started. I then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert. An underpass acts as a shelter this time. Residential buildings were also hit in kyiv, here bodies were recovered. Other cities were also attacked. On a visit to neighbouring poland, President Zelensky promised retaliation. Translation beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything that these terrorist
Frantic desperation on a kyiv summer morning. People helping with bare hands at ukraines largest Childrens Hospital. Even for a war hardened city, this was a Missile Strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russias invasion. Some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. They illustrate how these attacks do not discriminate. Translation we were in the middle of surgery when the windows got shattered, the surgeon quickly covered the baby to save him. I want the world to stop this, these children are innocent. Tatiana had a near miss. Translation we got here five minutes before it all started. Then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert. An underpass acts as a shelter this time. Residential buildings were also hit in kyiv, here bodies were recovered. Other cities were also attacked. On a visit to neighbouring poland, President Zelensky promised retaliation. Translation beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything th
Le pens national rally is projected to have between 1m and 143 mps a likely third place behind president Emmanuel Macron s centrist alliance, together. Its predicted to win between 160 and 162 seats. If confirmed in the full count, france will have a hung parliament. Our first report is from our europe editor, katya adler, who was at national rally s headquarters. In a Shock Result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left, far left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party in the french parliament, beating the far right. Translation the vote is final. The defeat of the president and his coalition has been clearly confirmed. Equally stunned by tonights results, marine Le Pens national Rally Party so sure victory would be theirs, except it wasnt. At an absolute loss for words, it seems. This has been a huge slap in the face for marine Le Pens party. All the polls had predicted they at least would become the largest party in the french parliament. They said they were po
At least 36 people were killed across the country and dozens more wounded. In the latest development Ukraines Prosecutor General says he has discussed russias 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 certainly one of the wor