hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lemann, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. alina frolova is a former deputy defence minister of ukraine and is now the deputy chairman of the centre for defence strategy think tank. she told me more about the significance of this development. you know, that yesterday russia declared its so call
the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman said the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse its territory, russia officially celebrated as its own only yesterday. despite this recent show of own only yesterday. despite this recent show of patriotism, it is another embarrassing retreat for vladimir putin. as ever, his generals have tried to put a positive spin on russia s latest setback. translation: in russia s latest setback. translation: . ., translation:
Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, vowed to Crush And Destroy Hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. In the war that has followed the 7th Of October attacks, gazas Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 33,000 people have been killed there. On sunday, Tens Of Thousands of protesters in israel called for the Israeli Government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen has been reflecting on six months of the war, and sent us this special report. 0ver six months, gaza has been ravaged by war, disease, death and now imminent famine, caused by israels siege. The un calls it a betrayal of humanity. Kibbutz nir oz, right on israels border with gaza, feels like a time capsule stuck in the horrors of the 7th Of October. Hamas broke in at dawn. They killed and took Hostage A Quarter of the 400 or so israelis who lived h
My life. And thats life lost, with the kids, everything, theyjust dont know what theyve done to people. Post office minister, kevin hollinrake, has been speaking to bbc breakfast and says the inquiry is important to make sure those responsible are held to account. Where evidence has been established people should be prosecuted. Thats my view. And i think you and other people ive spoken to, i certainly feel people within the post office and possibly further afield should go to jail. Lets speak now to richard moorhead, whos been writing about the legal ethics surrounding the post Office Scandal for several years and is also a member of the horizon compensation advisory board. The minister said in his opinion people should be prosecuted and go to jail. Do you think that is likely to jail. Do you think that is likely to happen and will the next stage of the inquiry go towards that . The inquiry go towards that . People in the post office the inquiry go towards that . People in the post off
we will get reaction tonight to that and to the calls for a ceasefire. now is not the time, says labour leader sir keir starmer, who in spite of the loud protests within his party is backing israel s response. not an easy time though for america sjewish community, with antisemistism on the rise at colleges and universities. with us tonight to discuss the fallout from the war. the former adviser to president obama s state department, joel rubin and the deputy comment editor at the telegraph, annabelle denham. maybe get her thoughts as well, on dominic cummings evidence to the covid inquiry today it was pretty insane he said that the then pm and other officials took february half term off in 2020 as the virus went rampant. good evening. jabalia is the largest of the gaza strip s eight refugee camps, and the most densely populated. before the war, there were 116,000 people living in just 1.5 square kilometeres. it s no longer populated with tents, it is full of high tena