did all the missiles were shot down and no targets were hit. our correspondent james landale has the latest. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, a
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tens of thousands of people have been gathering along this is ciudad juarez on the mexican side of the border. they ve been there for weeks, and many are expected to try to cross into the us in the coming days. that s because a temporary law introduced during the pandemic that makes it easier to remove migrants from the us is expiring later tonight. the us has been beefing up its security forces along the 2,000 mile border. that s where we start tonight. sophie long is in el paso, texas. sophie, president biden himself said this week that the border situation wil be chaotic for a while. what s the situation on the ground where you are? interestingly, at the moment, where interestingly, at the moment, where i am, in el paso, a stone s throw away from one of the crossings, it s very quiet. for many months here there has been hundreds of people who have made it across the border, sleeping on the streets of el paso, to
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in france where more than a hundred police officers have been injured in the latest protests over pension reforms. demonstrators used the traditional may day rallies, to voice their continued anger, against president emmanuel macron s plans. these protests have been widespread. take a look at the figures. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets across the country. that includes 112 thousand in the capital, paris alone. but the country s hard left cgt union, says the figure is actually three times that number. at issue of course is president macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62, to 64. he signed the legislation last month, and the meaures are due to take effect in september. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake has the latest. singing. the may day march, a french tradition reaching back decades, but fuelling this year s protests, the vision of a future whe
kick off in liverpool. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in sudan where fighting around the capital, khartoum, continues, as representatives of the rival military factions, hold talks in saudi arabia. both the sudanese army, and the rapid support forces, are claiming successes. the talks which began injeddah on saturday, are aimed at reaching a humanitarian ceasefire. the fighting has prompted a mass exodus. the united nations says around 100,000 refugees have escaped to nearby states. among those are 10,000 who ve headed to egypt in the north, while chad has seen an influx of more than 25,000 people. and more than 6,000 sudanese nationals have made their way to the central african republic. 0ur africa correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, has sent us this report, from the border with south sudan. day and night, the mass movement of people out of sudan continues. a conflict now in its third week has left a trail of human suffering. christina
as president putin tells russians they re in a battle for their existence. we ll speak with ukraine s ambassador to the us. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. a jury in new york has found that donald trump sexually abused and defamed ejean carroll. but the nine men and women who served on his civil trial say he did not rape the former columnist, in a department store changing room in the 1990s. mr trump had strenously denied her accusation. nada tawfik is outside the courthouse in new york, and joins me now. what more do we know about the verdict? ed what more do we know about the verdict? ~ ., , , , ., verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours verdict? ed turk “urors less than three hours to verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make verdict? ed turkjurors less than three hours to make a verdict? ed turkjurors less than l three hours to make a unanimous decision, not finding that donald trump rate eg and carol but