also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, unspun world. hello and welcome to the newsroom here at new broadcasting house, the bbc s international headquarters in central london for unspun world the programme where we get the unadorned facts about the world s news from the bbc s global experts. this week, i ll be asking as the fighting in ukraine gets worse and more threatening, what do ordinary russians think about the dangers of a wider war with the west? support is already quite high and, of course, if the war comes to russian towns and cities, then russia ordinary russians definitely will feel that this war is even more justified for moscow. what s life like in syria nowadays the country where russia developed its tactics for bombarding civilians? you can see in the streets that people are digging in the garbage to get some food. that s something unheard of in syria before. and is international
yes, and it made you laugh, so russell brand, julie andrews, steve carell, a plot involving a magical stone, none of that matters. what matters is i genuinely think that the minions are the great animated slapstick creation of our time, in the same way as tom and jerry. it s a formula that works and i love slapstick comedy, i absolutely love slapstick comedy, and every single minions movie 0k, some of them are better than others and some make more sense than others it s to do with the minions set pieces, they make me smile and laugh. i know so many people who go, i cannot believe how much you like minions, i have socks, the t shirt do you? you re easy for christmas! they make me laugh, and right now, who doesn t want to be able to just go to the cinema and smile? yes. there are some downsides, there are some bits of the film in which other things are happening, bits of plot going on and other things i m not really interested in. doesn t matter, soon enough, we ll get bac
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk, but denies claims that they are surrounded. russia has also fired more missiles at cities in the north and south. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies the claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targetting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. the ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian
how is the strike affecting you? are you working from home? did you have a trickyjourney to work? do you support the strikes? we d like to hear your thoughts. get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says russian forces have almost captured the strategic city of severodonetsk, with ukrainian forces holding on to just one factory. a russian nobel peace laureate auctions his medal for £81; million to raise funds for children displaced by the war in ukraine. and to mark his 40th birthday, new photos are released of prince william selling the big issue we look back at his four decades in the spotlight. good morning. the biggest rail strike in 30 years is under way, with an almost total shutdown of the network in england, scotland and wales. members of the rail, maritime and transport workers union are staging the first of this week s three 24 hour walk outs due to an ongoing dispute over pay, p