at different ways of preserving buildings digitally and now, that technology is being used for a very urgent task. as alistair keane has been finding out. across ukraine, hundreds of buildings have stood for years as important cultural sites. but through the war, many have gone from this, to this. their architectural wonders becoming piles of rubble. every day, they destroy something really important in terms of cultural heritage. for example, so, yesterday in my native kharkiv, there were shellings and today as well. there were shellings of the central area of the city and, as far as i know, some historical monuments and buildings have been damaged. and of course, it is also very important to preserve the heritage and also to tell the next generations about that. now, eugene s company is helping to get high powered scanners and training to the right people so they can create these incredibly detailed 3 d scans. they hope it can be used at a later date to create exact replica
protests are continuing in towns and cities in i in defiance of violent oppression by the security forces. of violent oppression by the security forces. facing mounting threats from china, taiwan prepares to celebrate its democratic political system with a promise to bolster its defences. it s six in the morning in singapore, and one am in moscow where president vladamir putin has said there can be no doubt that saturday s explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine s intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. officials now say thirteen people were killed, and ninety wounded. paul adams reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once
including people. i no longer know who to believe or not to believe. we just want silence, peace, peace and electricity, at least. help is slowly coming. here, a couple of volunteers are spraying over the pro russian graffiti, but it ll take much more to erase the recent past. and russia is still at their doorstep. jonathan beale, bbc news, lyman. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. police in the republic of ireland have named the ten people who died in an explosion at a petrol station in county donegal on friday. among the victims are a woman and her 13 year old son and a man, with his 5 year old daughter. investigation into the cause of the blast is continuing. emergency services in pakistan have put out a large fire that broke out
honor. this catholic nation held its breath for the man they honor. this catholic nation held its breath for the man they called - honor. this catholic nation held its breath for the man they called the | breath for the man they called the 33. and then. bells told nationwide to announce the first rescue in chile let out in almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. president putin blames ukraine s intelligence services for saturday s crimean bridge explosion calling it an act of terror. more on ukraine and kyiv says moscow is targetting civilian areas because its forces are unable to respond on the battlefield. in recent weeks, ukraine has managed to regain some territory in the south and east, including the strategically important town of lyman. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from close to the front line.
bridge is still standing. and later in the programme we ll have a report from the front line close to the liberated city of lyman as ukrainian forces become increasingly confident about the progress they are making in driving by russian forces. monday is national day in taiwan when despite recent threats and intimidation from china the island will celebrate its democratic political system and open society. it comes as recent opinion polls suggest a greater number of people than ever now identify as taiwanese and want the country to remain separate from china. in response, beijing is not just threatening war it s waging an economic conflict and recently banned the import of some 2,000 taiwanese products. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from taiwan. it may not look like it, but these ponds in southern taiwan are filled with gold.