of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
for that oscar slap. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack which is thought to have killed them. ukraine and russia have accused each other of the deaths. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen, and i do not recommend that people watch this, is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and in among them, many, many charred bodies. there are also bodies, not burned, but bloody, lying outside on the ground. none of
devastated after losing her libel case against coleen rooney. welcome to bbc news. the united nations and the red cross have been asked to investigate the deaths of more than 50 ukrainian prisoners of war who were being held at a detention centre in the russian occupied part of the donetsk region. these are pictures of the rocket attack which is thought to have killed them. ukraine and russia have accused each other of the deaths. ukraine says moscow is trying to cover up evidence of torture and war crimes at the site. the bbc s paul adams is in kyiv with the latest about the incident. this is a war of competing narratives over a particularly gruesome episode. what i ve seen and i do not recommend that people watch this is a horrible scene of a warehouse that was housing a significant number of prisoners of war. there are mangled metal bunk beds and, in among them, many, many charred bodies. there are also other bodies not burned, but bloodied, lying outside on the grou
will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents scrambling to their rooftops. her little room completely crushed. i m so sorry. it s ok. there s no words. - it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing really that you can do but, i you know, we re just| glad that we got out. but, worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children
should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. two people are arrested, after a nine year old girl died in a suspected stabbing. and i m in birmingham, as we head into a huge weekend of sporting action. hosts england made it a golden start to the commonwealth games. alex yee stormed to victory in the triathlon with more medals up for grabs this evening. and how the lionesses are inspiring at the next generation as england prepare to take on germany in the euros finals on sunday. and coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel: we ll round up all the action on day one of the commonwealth games, including a look at the 3x3 basaketball, which is making it s debut. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her t