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also coming up limited traffic resumes on russia bridge to crimea a day after. it was damaged by a massive explosion. oscar accuses ukraine of attacking it's vital link to the illegally occupied peninsula. and in sports, max for staff and claims. his 2nd formula, one title in a row. but dangerous driving conditions and a close call with the recovery vehicle overshadow his victory and raise serious questions about formula one safety ah next, spicer, welcome to the program. and we begin in ukraine where at least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in a russian missile attack on the southeastern city is operation. the missiles had an apartment block and other residential buildings rescue cruise are searching for

survivors. the city is under ukrainian control, but it is part of a region that russia says it annexed. last month. the small ring chasm is where apartments had stood. the top floor collapsed. ours, after a barrage of missiles had houses and high rise buildings and aboriginal his old couple who lived in one of the nearby apartments i shaken by the brush with death. the 73 year old woman broke into tears as she spoke inside her damaged apartment. took the most, mitchell, that is nothing in the area. no industry, no military, no military factoring. so why are the bombing us? why is this so many others have lost their homes and somehow managed to escape. as their building's game crumbling down, we ran out into the street to study

a door. when we left the corridor as a neighbor, an albert, her eldest son, m, you can kill her and she screamed that her husband was dead. and the whole worn was torn out, and the apartment fell into our apartment, but hero flung, ask what you green shall grange. you when you bring in president, brother to me, zalinski said the attack was absolute. evil. my people he called savages and dearest. meanwhile, emergency walkers continue to look for survivors, and what is the latest in a seas of deadly attacks on zap, regio, and the missile a t. i came a day after a huge explosion, badly damaged to bridge connecting russia to the occupied peninsula of crimea. officials in moscow, se limited traffic has restarted on the bridge travelers from russia to crimea, take the morning ferry, an emergency alternative to the buses that usually try them across the bridge, over the carriage straight. until authorities have a better picture of the damage from the explosion that collapsed part of the

roadway a day earlier. it's off limits to buses and trucks. smaller vehicles were allowed on the bridge hours after the attack. but security checks caused long lines for motorists. russian investigators say it was a truck bomb that rocked europe's longest bridge and killed 3 people. moscow hasn't accused any one for the attack yet. but many experts are convinced it was ukraine's armed forces. russian officials downplayed the damage and promised to fully reopen the crossing. swiftly car traffic has been resumed on one line, and the task is to prepare everything over night. so that to morrow, during the day, traffic will be launched in 2 lanes. crimea israel authority says the bridges railway, a vital supply line to the front lines in southern ukraine,

is also back in service hours after the blast russian president vladimir putin signed a decree, ordering tighter security for the bridge, as well as infrastructure, supplying gas and electricity to crimea and for more on this, i'm joined now by a professor de la tiller sagged remote. so at kings college london, she focuses on russian ford and security policy. welcome to the program professor. do you think this morning's attack as a reaction to the bombing of the coach bridge that connects russia to crimea? i think so, i think this really very much fits weight that point in some sort of usually modus operandi after there is some kind of a military asset of defeat or retreat or he faces some kind of very difficult situation on the ground. and he just reacts by indiscriminate bombing of c, b, n of c, v n, a infrastructure and civilian targets that has been very much his,

his way of responding. so i think this is what we expected as an lead. it responds, i'm not surprised at all. it's very, very sad. it's a very sad, sad reality unfortunately. and the kremlin, however, of course, always claims that it's targeting military infrastructure or supply lines. but we keep getting these attacks on civilians. are you or can they not improperly even what, what, what is it possible? the explanation here? i think it is really a sort of a i desire by putting to sort of punish ukrainians. ah, because he doesn't have the possibility dual ab, you know, operate effectively on the ground militarily. so he uses the instruments that he has, which is to try to fry down on scare and punish that population in the hope that maybe they might turn against that leadership on. they might sort of in a way of surrender in some fashion, upward pressure on their government to change its policy. but i don't think there

is a clear, you know, strategic operation along the logic in this. i think it is purely sort of i response of sort of anger and punishment and i'm building asked on these many, many, it's sort of part of his way. the way he operates is done this in ukraine. he's done a during injection. yeah. you know, he tends to, to sort of respond with brutal forcing the hope that that would eventually sort of break them or sort of the, the willingness to find a but as we have seen in ukraine, i mean, it doesn't really work. yeah. and it really indicates healthy, he's sort of military capabilities are because he's not in a position really to respond affectively on the ground militarily. just briefly, if i'm a professor about that bridge attack, will that significantly her russian supply lines in the south of the country and across are the occupied parts of ukraine? yes, because i think that this was one of the fastest and most effective, you know,

lines of communication as we know russia transpose most of its military equipment via re rhodes. so this was a wave, very foster sort of provide supplies to crimea then from crimea, which has become a major military hobby, you know, to send additional supplies to both the heard of some fraud, but also to support easier region and also to maybe talk on so further to the so i think this is going to affect, you know, initially the sort of the, the ability of russia to supply unites, settle for more effectively and rapidly in that, in that area. i mean, i'm not an engineer to be able to just do you know, to give an assessment of how quickly these bridge can be repaired. but i, i, i'm under the impression that base might take longer than what is sort of presented by the russian leadership. because it's quite risky, and after that, this level of attack, 2 things that one can immediately sort of restore. i mean cations. and what he also

shows is there was an error ability. so russia knows that it is about going to an additional attack. and they said, what should be warring friendly and you know how we know that this happened. thank you. i you know, hope you got it. thank you. no, no problem. thank you for your inside professor. don't tell us hugger most so. sorry to cut you off or just running out of time and move on. now. take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. google digital activist supporting iran's wave of anti government protests, have hacked a state, television live news broadcast. the hacker superimposed crosshairs and flames over the image of supreme leader, ayatollah ali, how many the incumbent alexander founder belin, is on course to be re elected as austrian president, projections show he received 55 percent of the vote to secure another 6 year term

and avoid a run off for exit polls show the center left. social democrats have won a clear majority and regional elections in the german state of lower saxony. the party of german chancellor, olaf schultz took 33 percent of the vote, their main rivals, the conservative christian democrats trailed with 27 percent. election is seen as a test of confidence in shorts is government, which is battling an energy crisis and a looming recession. and from hanover, i am joined now by dw political correspondent, hence brand hands are the results of surprise in any way. it's not surprising that democrats managed to stay a hit manage to retain being the strongest party in this region. there was a surprise to, in the extent to which the conservatives last votes lost support and this vote. and that's also fed into the other surprise of the election. and that is how well the

right wing a populace and f d. the alternative for germany. how well they did, they've got just about 12 percent of the vote. that is clearly a protest votes that garnered votes for the both from the social democrats and from the conservatives, and from the market liberal, free democrats. so the big winners really of this evening. other right wing populace and that is a warning to germany as a whole. that clearly is quite a potential for protest and for dissatisfaction in the population. ok, well you just told us about one of the sort of national lessons that can be drawn from this regional pull. are there any other messages for the rest of germany or any other instances of what the significance is nationwide for these resolves? as i think it was clear that this regional election was fought on the basis of national policies on the problem serve with the inflation with energy prices. all

the parties involved here was paid little attention to regional issues. so the vote was clearly a vote also on the policies of chancellor sholtes and his social democrats on of the coalition that he is governing with, involving the green party and the market liberal, free democrats. and for that coalition of this vert, especially for the social democrats and the greens, the virtual be a confirmation of their policies, they will see this as support for what they have been doing while their coalition partner, the free democrats, the market liberal, 3 democrats, i've been doing very badly in this region and might end up not being in parliament in this region. that's a lot of shots and the greens are really the winners of this regional election and will feel confirmed in their policies and germany as a whole. okay, i guess sometimes not all politics is local as the saying goes, political correspond. hantz. brandt. thanks so much for that. turning to

sports now max fish tap and has grabbed his 2nd straight for me. the one title after winning the japanese grand tree. it was a dramatic race in poor weather conditions and included an incident that invoked memories of the suzuki circuit tragedy in 2014 chaos and confusion at the japanese grand prix for weather conditions caused major visibility problems. he has a look at just how dreadful it was. spanish driver, carla signs using control over secret. the red flag was eventually shown the race was stopped and resumed nearly 2 hours later. like serious questions were raised about the safety of it on a tractor crane on the track. before all the drivers had returned to their pits, cost disbelief, french dr. a pierre ghastly was one of those drivers. here you see just how close he got to one. the instagram post was made by none other than jewell bianca's

father, who wrote no respect for the life of the driver. no respect for jewels memory. incredible, bianchi, of course, lost his son f, one driver, jude bianchi jewel hid, attract on the same japanese track and in similar weather conditions. back in 2014 maclaren driver. lando norris also expressed his anger at formula one. how has this happened? we lost a life in this situation. years ago we risk our lives, especially in conditions like this. we won a race but this unacceptable. but there was more confusion ahead. red bull driver marks for shot and finished for us. what would he be given full points since the race didn't go the full distance? has he or has he not one? i think it may be of chinese for you. come back in charlie goff, i say can penalty there at the penalty and the fact that the race was suspended and not abandoned handed fresh happened. the title?

well, oh goodness i incredible course i had to do in here from all the homeless people. all the japanese lands finished not and claims his 2nd street formula. one title with 4 races remaining, but safety concerns overshadow his victory. and that's all the news we have for now . up next is world stories the week in reports. there's more news at the top of the hour, 62 for that on a spicer, thanks. watch o might. and the pool of sticks and society a symbol of arbitrary rule 2 in the strong.