Assassination. we begin with russia s air assault on ukraine, 60 missiles launched so far with russians using strategic bombers for the first time reportedly. the capital of ukraine, kyiv, is being targeted and the mayor said there have been a series of explosions in the city with water supply interrupted in every district and metro service suspended. and cnn is also learning exclusively on top of this this morning, everything that s happening in ukraine, president zelenskyy s request to share a message of world peace prior to the kickoff at the world cup final on sunday has been rejected by fifa. will ripley is live in kyiv this morning. what s happening on the ground with the assaults we re seeing playing out overnight? reporter: what they re saying
And sinisa mihalovic, who played for yugoslavia at the 1998 world cup, has died at the age of 53. he d been battling leukaemia. the serbian won the european cup as a player with red star belgrade and also claimed serie a titles with lazio and inter milan before going on to manage ac milan. he has died at the age of 53, that is it for now from qatar, when we come back we will be getting the thoughts of gary lineker as we look ahead to that world cup final on sunday. let s head back to the bbc sports centre and the rest of the sports centre and the rest of the sports news. studio: thank you very much, let s start with the news about the future of two rugby union clubs, wasps and worcester. today, the rfu confirmed that wasps will take their place in the championship next year, offering a way back to the top of the game. this after their new
Today, france opened their doors to the world s million damning media. the list semifinal win over morocco of a sickness and players have gone down with it. many have been laid low by this cold virus. it seems some have been a nursing some players back to full health. translation: players back to full health. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of the translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of the virus. translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of the virus. they translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of the virus. they had - translation: no, we are not, we are not afraid of the virus. they had a - headache, a little summer gay, i made them a little tea with ginger and honey and they were better, but no, no, we re not worried about that. i hope everyone is getting better, i hope everyone will be ready for the final. french fans will be vastly outnumbered on sunday, over 4
Hills, there will be some snow. peak district as well. wintry showers across scotland. look at the temperatures, they are starting to rise. plymouth, 8 degrees. that is a sign of things to come over the weekend. here is the map for sunday. a lot of isobars and that means gale force winds. here comes the rain. in the morning, it could be quite icy because there will be a lot of cold air across the country, even the risk of freezing rain and some hills to know for sure. this is what it will look like early in the morning. this is the snow that will come into parts of wales. parts of scotland. but i think the winds will really be strong and will push in the mild air, so by the time we get to the second half of the day, it will be much milder. double figures in plymouth. three degrees in scotland and look at this, monday morning, that almost looks tropical. i exaggerated a little bit, but you know what i mean. i will keep my shorts in the drawer, thank you.
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