to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists. the eu is to consider similar control measures, but the uk has so far said it will not introduce new restrictions. roman catholic leaders join pope francis in calling for prayers for his predecessor, benedict the xvi, whose health has taken a sudden turn for the worse. erling haaland became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals with two against leeds as manchester city win 3 1 to move to second in the table. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. ukrainian authorities say more than 120 missiles had been launched at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv says 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capital s air defences but at least three people were taken to
the eu is considering similar control measures but the uk has so far said it will not introduce new restrictions in sport erling haaland has became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals in a season, with two against leeds as manchester city won 3 1 to move to second in the table. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. dozens of missiles had been launched from land and sea at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv, said 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capitals air defences but at least three people were taken to hospital. in lviv, officials say the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief told the bbc the conflict was now at a stalemate. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from
with two against leeds as manchester city won 3 1 to move to second in the table. also coming up: there have been record vinyl sales in the uk as taylor swift tops the charts we ll speak to a long time record store owner. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. dozens of missiles had been launched from land and sea at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv, said 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capitals air defences but at least three people were taken to hospital. in lviv, officials say the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief told the bbc the conflict was now at a stalemate. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. ukrainians have been saying for weeks that this is how russia is re
have come to help out when the strikes are on are carrying out a very straightforward function and of course backed up by computer systems and scans that allow us to identify people of worry coming into the country. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes on ukraine, in one of the biggest bombardments since the start of the war. the ukrainian authorities say about 70 missiles were launched from air and sea, with many of them intercepted. even so, towns and cities across ukraine have been hit 90% of lviv is without power, and 40% of the capital kyiv. but the head of ukrainian military intelligence has told the bbc russia is running out of missiles. hugo bachega reports from kyiv. on the outskirts of kyiv, tears and anger. the front lines are far from here but this morning war has come to them. this house was hit as russia launched another wave of air strikes. her granddaughter was in her bedroom when the attack happened and was injured. she was very scared, she
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