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hello and welcome to bbc news. russian forces are now said to be fully occupying the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine's army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered "an emotionally difficult stage" and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever.
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shelley phelps has the latest. as severodonetsk falls, civilians have been fleeing the area. ukraine says its retreat is a tactical withdrawal, to fight from higher ground in the neighbouring area, which is come under heavy bombardment. elina hasjust come under heavy bombardment. elina has just arrived from there. low? it was a horrible last week, yesterday we could not take it anymore. thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there. otherwise it would be it. i already told my husband if i die, bury me behind the house. husband ifi die, bury me behind the house.- husband ifi die, bury me behind the house. you need to understand. — behind the house. you need to understand, there _ behind the house. you need to understand, there is _ behind the house. you need to understand, there is so - behind the house. you need to understand, there is so much l understand, there is so much shelling around the houses, it is no good to stay there. severodonetsk is a huge loss for ukraine and russia's biggest victory since it captured the port of mariupol.
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president zelensky called for help in his nightly address. translation:— help in his nightly address. translation: , . ., , ., translation: this confirms that sanctions packages _ translation: this confirms that sanctions packages against - sanctions packages against russia are not enough. ukraine needs more assistance with weapons and air defence systems, those our partners have, should not be on their sites or in storage but in ukraine, where they are needed. they are needed here, more than anywhere else in the world. meanwhile, russia says it will supply belarus with a missile system capable of carrying nuclear weapons. system capable of carrying nuclearweapons. it system capable of carrying nuclear weapons. it follows concerns from the country's president, alexander lukashenko, about what he describes about aggressive policies being pursued by its neighbours, poland and the way any other. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: we have made a decision that _ translation: we have made a decision that within _ translation: we have made a decision that within the - translation: we have made a decision that within the next - decision that within the next few months we were hand over to
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belarus the missile systems which, as you know can use both ballistic and cruise missiles both in conventional and nuclear versions — lithuania. the wall in ukraine is top of agenda for global leaders arriving at a summit in munich. president zelensky will address them on monday, hoping to persuade them of more support for his war—torn country. shelley phelps, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the most significant gun control bill in nearly 30 years has been signed into law by us presidentjoe biden. it imposes tougher checks on young gun buyers, and encourages states to remove guns from people considered a threat. congress approved the legislation with bipartisan support this week, following a spate of mass shootings. the sunday times has reported that prince charles accepted a suitcase containing a million euros from a former qatari prime minister.
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it says this was one of three cash donations totalling three million euros for his charity. the royal household has insisted all the correct processes were followed. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. a passenger ship has capsized off the coast of colombia, sparking a rescue operation by the country's navy. the 22 passengers and two crew on board were brought to safety after the emergency in an area known as paso del tigre. adverse weather conditions are being blamed for the sinking. hong kong's iconic skyline has been lit up by a special light and music show to mark 25 years since its return to china. giant outdoor screens built among the dramatic skyscrapers along victoria harbor showed congratulatory messages. hong kong was officially handed back on the 1st ofjuly in 1997 after more than 150 years of british rule. you can find all the latest analysis on the bbc news website, updated 2a hours a day.
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just visit bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. borisjohnson has insisted that questions about his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow his party's defeat in two by—elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he'd been attending a meeting of commonwealth leaders, he claimed that people were heartily sick of questions about his conduct and that a psychological transformation of his character would not happen. from the rwandan capital, kigali, alex forsyth sent this report. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir. last night, he attended an official dinner with his wife, carriejohnson, mingling with government heads
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while his own leadership is under scrutiny. after losing two by—elections and his party chair, critics want him to change but borisjohnson says he won't undergo a psychological transformation, claiming it's policy people care about. when things are tough, of course people are going to, rightly, going to direct their frustration, their irritation, at government, and at me. i'm the leader of the government. i think, to be absolutely clear, in the last few months, people in tiverton, people in wakefield just heard far too much about stuff they didn't want to be hearing about. his cabinet have rallied round — some more so than others. the foreign secretary, in kigali herself, was pretty clear where she stood. i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he's doing a fantasticjob. he's led on... ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recover from covid. but those who have long called for him to go haven't given up.
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borisjohnson is actually galvanising an anti—boris johnson vote. the leader of the party should normally be more popular than the party itself, and what we're seeing with borisjohnson is that he's a huge drag on the ticket. the summit in kigali was meant to be about boosting trade and co—operation but, for the uk, it's been overshadowed — first by plans to send asylum seekers here, then by politics miles away. this morning, the prime minister claimed that the question of his leadership was settled when he won a vote of confidence among his own mps. clearly, for some, that's not the case. after rwanda, he's not heading back to the uk, but on to europe for meetings of the g7 and nato but he knows his domestic problems will be waiting. here, the clean—up begins as the commonwealth summit closes. borisjohnson wants to brush away these by—election defeats, clear he's not going anywhere but there is no doubt they will leave a mark. alex forsyth, bbc news, kigali.
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there's been further strong criticism by president biden of the supreme court's decision to ban a woman's constitutional right to abortion, the ruling was, he said, painful and devastating for many americans. clinics have begun closing in some states, and there've been demonstrations both in support of and opposed to the ruling. our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports. my body! more than 2a hours after the supreme court threw out roe v wade, the protests continued. i'm here because i think america has digressed several decades since this ruling. the answer to pro—life his pro—death. and so does the ideological divide. you're being shouted at by someone who's... the things we're saying aren't going to change those people's minds. the constitutional right to an abortion will end, leaving it to the individual 50 states of america to make their own laws on it.
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jill and i know how painful and devastating a decision this is for so many americans, and i mean so many americans. the decision is implemented by states. my administration is going to focus on how they administer and whether or not they violate other laws by deciding not to allow people across state lines to get public health services. and we're going to take action to protect women's rights and reproductive health. the country mr biden now leads is even more split. around 26 republican—led states will ban abortion except for when a woman's life is at risk. but it's unclear how that will be medically determined. democratic—led states like new york say they will protect abortion rights. conservatives have been building for this moment for decades. they say this is about protecting women's rights. there are just so many people that don't understand the pro—life movement, they don't understand the pro—life position and they don't understand
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all the things that we are doing to help women and children. this is not a religious issue at all, this is a human rights issue. many of the protesters who are here and are pro—choice have told me that they want the government to do more, but president biden has said there is nothing he can do to restore abortion rights to a national level. he is hoping this will galvanise voters for the midterm elections in november, but will it be enough for voters to turn their attention away from other issues that they deeply care about? nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. i've been speaking to louise melling from the american civil liberties union. i asked her what impact this latest ruling is having across america. the decision issued on friday as you can imagine isjust devastating. the court declared that the federal constitution has no protection for abortion and the immediately began to
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ban abortions. clinics on friday were turning people away, sending people away, calling and cancelling appointments. the right to access abortion has been so critical for so many lives for the ability to control our bodies are now has no protection in the federal constitution. 50 protection in the federal constitution.— protection in the federal constitution. so the impact has been immediate. _ constitution. so the impact has been immediate. what - constitution. so the impact has been immediate. what is - constitution. so the impact has been immediate. what is yourl been immediate. what is your message in the united states are affected and scared right now? , ., . , are affected and scared right now? , ., ., , now? first of all, we see you and speaking _ now? first of all, we see you and speaking for _ now? first of all, we see you and speaking for all - now? first of all, we see you and speaking for all from - now? first of all, we see you and speaking for all from my| and speaking for all from my organisation, we were here before and we will be here, we will put everything we have to do the fight to ensure access and help people secure services and help people secure services and have that right. you and help people secure services and have that right.— and have that right. you say ou are and have that right. you say you are going _ and have that right. you say you are going to _ and have that right. you say you are going to do - and have that right. you say i you are going to do everything you are going to do everything you can. what can you and other campaigners do what should other people be doing now to change the ruling? first other people be doing now to change the ruling?— change the ruling? first of all, we change the ruling? first of all. we can _ change the ruling? first of all, we can shine - change the ruling? first of all, we can shine a - change the ruling? first of all, we can shine a light i change the ruling? first of| all, we can shine a light on the harms, because people need to know what the real—life harms are of this decision. secondly, we can tell everyone to go to the ballot box to vote in your state legislatures
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against people who restrict and to vote on those coming up to reinstate constitutions, for example, stay protections for abortion and strike down ballot measures to restrict those. and what we also really need to do is work to change the culture, to speak to why this matters so much, to talk about, again, to shine a light on the harms and why this right is so important and to build the culture and state laws to restore our rights. state laws to restore our riahts. . , , ., , ~ rights. in many states, i think 13 already. — rights. in many states, i think 13 already, abortions - rights. in many states, i think 13 already, abortions are - rights. in many states, i think| 13 already, abortions are being banned in most cases. abortions will not stop. many people's fears are that this will see a rise in illegal and unsafe abortions?— rise in illegal and unsafe abortions? . ~ ., ., abortions? what we know for sure is that _ abortions? what we know for sure is that we _ abortions? what we know for sure is that we will _ abortions? what we know for sure is that we will see - abortions? what we know for sure is that we will see a - abortions? what we know forj sure is that we will see a real disparity in terms of people who have needs and those who do not have needs. we will see increased risks of carrying two terms. it focuses on that you
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are 1a times more likely to die from childbirth then you are from childbirth then you are from having an abortion. in the state of mississippi, the numbers are as as much a 75 times more likely to die carrying to term. we are going to see real harm. i will this impact negatively poorer communities across the united states as well? the most devastating impacts, as with so many of our rights and liberties, is for people with limited resources. it was true before the decision and now it is even more true, that people who do not have the means, struggled to travel the distances for any kind of medical treatment for abortion and struggle to take time off work and to find childcare and to find people to preserve their health as they are carrying to term. it is so unjust and such an insult to the dignity and rights of women and other people who can become pregnant throughout the united
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states. spain's prime minister, pedro sanchez, has blamed mafias involved in human trafficking for the mass storming of the border between morocco and the spanish enclave of melilla on friday. at least 23 people died in the attempt to cross fences into spanish territory and spanish and moroccan security forces were also injured. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. it was a scene of chaos and sometimes brutal charge. security personnel, almost overrun by hundreds of people trying to enter spanish territory. according to officials in morocco, some died while falling from the fence, others were crushed in the stampede. many were injured and taken to hospital. others could be seen celebrating, successfully reaching spanish soil. the country's prime minister had no doubt who was to blame. translation: ., .,
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translation: a violent and organised — translation: a violent and organised assault _ translation: a violent and organised assault organised | translation: a violent and | organised assault organised by mafia, who traffic human beings to a city situated on spanish soil. as a result, it is a attack on our territorial integrity. melilla has been under spanish control for more than 500 years. the source of some irritation for morocco, which claims the territory as its own. in which claims the territory as its own. . , ., , , its own. in recent years, it is become _ its own. in recent years, it is become a — its own. in recent years, it is become a focal _ its own. in recent years, it is become a focal point - its own. in recent years, it is become a focal point for - its own. in recent years, it is i become a focal point for mostly sub—saharan migrants, trying to reach europe. there has been some criticism of the response of spanish personnel, saying it was heavy—handed. the mare of barcelona described the events as institutional racism —— town mayor. for now, the border is relatively quiet in order restored by the movement of migrants and refugees, desperate people looking for a better life, suggests this could well happen again. tim allman, bbc news. let's go back to our top story on ukraine. i'm joined now by andrew
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d'anieri, who is an assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia center. andrew, thank you for coming on. a lot of talk about severodonetsk over the last couple of days. how big a loss is that city for ukraine? ukraine's severodonetsk is a tactical loss but it is nontropical and strategic defeat. of course, ukraine does not want to give up more territory to the invaders but severodonetsk is not a huge city, this isn't murray mariupol or kharkiv and ukrainian forces will be able to retreat further from the front line and will be able to regroup and defend ukraine from arguably a better position than they were in severodonetsk so a loss to be sure but not catastrophic.— loss to be sure but not catastrohic. ~ ., catastrophic. while we have seen ukrainian _ catastrophic. while we have seen ukrainian forces - catastrophic. while we have | seen ukrainian forces pulling back, they have been counter—attacking in other areas, for example around kherson. areas, for example around kherson— areas, for example around kherson. ,., , , kherson. kherson is interesting because this — kherson. kherson is interesting because this is _ kherson. kherson is interesting because this is where _ kherson. kherson is interesting because this is where ukrainian forces have been most successful, aside from in the
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north, in counter—attacking and we've also seen some partisan activity in russian occupied kherson region. and that combination, along with the transfer of long—range rockets from the us, could allow ukraine to launch more successful counter—attacks and liver in —— even a counteroffensive to take back more territory from russia. in terms of morale for both armies, how do you see things at the moment?— at the moment? everyone we talked to, — at the moment? everyone we talked to, from _ at the moment? everyone we talked to, from the _ at the moment? everyone we talked to, from the ukrainian| talked to, from the ukrainian side, says morale is pretty high, which is surprising given that ukrainians are especially in the east outnumbered. some say 7—1, even 10—1. and russian soldiers more and more, we see they understand that those sent to fight in ukraine are being sent into kind of a meat grinder and really, their lives simply are not valued by the russian government. they know that they will be under heavy fire in ukraine so morale is
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stronger on the ukrainian side than the russian side but not decisive yet.— decisive yet. and a big nato summit coming _ decisive yet. and a big nato summit coming up - decisive yet. and a big nato summit coming up shortly. | decisive yet. and a big nato - summit coming up shortly. what do you expect to come out of that? , , . . , that? this will be a really aood that? this will be a really good opportunity - that? this will be a really good opportunity for - that? this will be a really. good opportunity for nato, which has been surprised —— provided strong support as a whole to ukraine over the past central to codify their strong support in a long—term fashion. the lead up documents to the summit have indicated that nato wants to station more trips in the baltics and to come up with a long—term strategy for supporting ukraine and this is the perfect opportunity for them to do that. on the ukrainian side, we know president zelensky will be heavily involved in the summit and so we could also see some kind of symbolic declaration that ukraine monday will be in nato. �* , that ukraine monday will be in nato. �* . . nato. and zelensky again callin: nato. and zelensky again calling for— nato. and zelensky again calling for a _ nato. and zelensky again calling for a defensive - calling for a defensive systems. how important are they right now? systems. how important are they riaht now? �* . systems. how important are they right now?— right now? add defence systems are crucial- _ right now? add defence systems are crucial. we've _ right now? add defence systems are crucial. we've seen - right now? add defence systems are crucial. we've seen even - are crucial. we've seen even just a few weeks ago that russia, while they are focusing on the east and the south, they
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have shown an ability and a desire to send rockets to westin ukraine, on keefe, and so when we talk about being safe in one's country, ukrainian civilians in western ukraine, they air defences crucial because russia has shown they are willing to send rockets really at any time to menace ukrainian civilians —— western ukraine at kyiv. it’s western ukraine at kyiv. it's really interesting to speak to you, andrew. thank you for joining us. police in norway have charged a 42—year—old man with murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts after a shooting which left two people dead and 21 others injured. shots were fired at a popular gay venue in the capital oslo and led to authorities cancelling the city's pride parade. there was however, a defiant march by some of the community. gareth barlow has the latest. a march of unity in the face of terror. all chant: we're here! we're queeri we won't disappear! norwegians took to the streets of oslo after what the prime
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minister called a shocking attack on innocent people. the shooting, in a busy nightlife district, happened in the early hours of saturday morning with shots ringing out in three locations. speaking to reporters, officers were quick to label the shooting a suspected act of terror. translation: he is suspected of homicide, attempted - homicide and terrorism. the charge of terrorism is motivated by the number of injured and killed and the number of crime scenes. we think, at this stage, there is good reason to believe he intended to spread terror among the population. the suspect, a norwegian citizen of iranian descent, has been detained with two weapons, one of them an automatic gun, retrieved by investigators. police say the 42—year—old is known to security services and added the suspect has also experienced mental health problems.
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the attack targeted two bars, one of them the london pub, a popular lgbtq+ venue where revellers hid in the basement, the hail of bullets shattering the calm of oslo's normally quiet streets. translation: the last ten | years, we have said we need to end this hate and then, we do nothing about it. itjust happens again and again. we can't let this continue. this was a party, and you choose to destroy the lives of people who've done nothing against you. translation: i'm shocked. when i scrolled through facebook last night and saw friends write, "i'm safe. "i had to run, but i'm safe now," it's completely absurd. and it, sadly, shows how much hate against lgbt people still exists in norway. following the attack, the threat warning has been raised to the highest possible level and all police officers will temporarily carry guns. meanwhile, norway's king harald called on the country to come together to defend freedom, diversity and respect. gareth barlow, bbc news.
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lars arnesen is the vice chair of oslo pride. he told us about his disappointment at having to cancel this year's event. that was a really, really hard decision to make because we know that our community has been waiting for this parade for three years now, through the pandemic we have not been able to be in the streets since 2019, so we really worked hard to make this happen but unfortunately, it wasn't possible due to security reasons. i think this has affected us really, really hard. personally, for me, i know a lot of the people that were outside london pub last night and i know a lot of the volunteers that we have in oslo pride also know people that were there and were either witnesses or injured last night
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so this is definitely been a really hard hit to our community and i was really happy to see that even though we cancelled the official event earlier today, we cancelled the official event earliertoday, it we cancelled the official event earlier today, it was still thousands of people that meant in the streets and showed their solidarity and laid down flowers outside london pub, so i was really happy that we were able to be together, even though we were not able to have the official pride brigade co—operate today. it affects me personally. i know i have friends that were there and i have friends that were attacked so this has been a really hard day for me and, you know, we have been awake for many, many hours now and we are very, very tired but we've tried to do our best to get through this. that was the vice chair of oslo pride, lars arnesen. sir paul mccartney has taken
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to the pyramid stage for glastonbury�*s headline performance. it's the postponed 50th anniversary of the festival and there for us is our culture editor katie razzall, who sent this report. # can't buy me love! # love! # can't buy me love! 80 years of age and the pyramid stage is his. sir paul mccartney, glastonbury�*s oldest ever solo headliner. # can't buy me love! # everybody tells me so. checks, checks, 123. this morning's sound check took place in front of fans who had already claimed the best spots. some were really dressing for the occasion. so, i got here nice and early because i thought i'd make the most of it. i beat them all here. brilliant.
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we've only got 9.5 hours to wait. that's all! i've worked a night shift and i come here, haven't gone back to the tent, but i may as welljust sit here and hang in there. he's the legend, he'sjust written the soundtrack. to our lives. it's great. we're on the way to the park. you're not following me that far, are you? # don't walk away, love. noel gallagher was the warm—up act for mccartney here tonight. ten years after leaving oasis, he has a best—of album with his solo venture high flying birds. i started off my record—buying journey with best—ofs because, back in the day, when people used to go to record shops and didn't have that much money, you know, you're not going to buy all eight, nine beatles albums, you're going to buy the red and the blue one, the best of the beatles, and work your way in that way. what do the beatles mean to you? everything. i don't really trust people who say they don't like them. you meet a few, "i don't really like the beatles". it'sjust like, "well, who do you like?"
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as for macca himself, yeah, he's got the back catalogue that literally no—one else in the music business can touch. oh, man! it's so good to be here. we were supposed to be doing this three years ago. cheering. there have been many legendary sets in the somerset fields over the last half a century. this one has onlyjust begun. katie razzall, bbc news. it's time for the weather with alina. hello. we've had some dramatic skies across parts of the uk through saturday, especially in the west, where we saw the most frequent showers. and some of those showers brought thunder and lightning and impressive cloudscapes and it's all been down to an area of low pressure which has been slow moving to the west of ireland, and that continues gradually north and eastwards through sunday, bringing the most frequent showers to the north and the west of the uk and the strongest winds here as well. so, through sunday morning, most frequent showers across northern ireland,
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northern and western scotland, north west england, parts of wales, perhaps a few into south west england, not so many getting further eastwards — in fact, the further east you are, the more likely it is to stay dry with the best of the sunshine and hence, the highest temperatures. but somewhat cooler further north and west, where you've got the cloud, the showers and also the strength of the wind. so, for western coasts, particularly for irish sea coasts, we could see those gusts touching a5, maybe 50 mph through sunday afternoon, so it's a blustery afternoon but it should push the showers through fairly quickly. and whilst we can't rule out showers at glastonbury, certainly through the second half of the afternoon, it's looking dry. we should see increasing amounts of sunshine as well to end the day, so fingers crossed for much of the day it should stay mainly dry. but as we head through sunday evening and overnight, those showers start to make their way a little bit further eastwards. once again, the further east you are, it should stay mainly dry with some clearer skies and those showers just starting to ease across parts of scotland and northern ireland as we head through the early hours of monday morning. and it's a mild night with most
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places being in double figures. so, into monday, here's our area of low pressure. it's still close by, now to the north and the west of scotland, but we've got a second system starting to approach from the atlantic as well so, once again on monday, it's a day of sunny spells and showers but it looks, by this stage, that the showers will start to move their way a little bit further eastwards, so nowhere immune from a shower but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine in between. the winds not as strong but it's still a fairly breezy day and in the sunshine, we'll be seeing temperatures quite widely in the high teens, if not the low 20s celsius. it looks like east anglia and south east england will probably see the warmest conditions on monday. but it is a fairly unsettled week ahead. there'll be showers or longer spells of rain for many but temporarily, it should get a little bit warmer across east anglia and south east england. that's all from me. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: the president of ukraine says the war with russia has entered an emotionally difficult stage after the city of severodonetsk fell to the russian army. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky said he didn't how many more blows there would be before victory appeared on the horizon. demonstrations for and against the us supreme court's decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion have taken place in many parts of the country
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