and in cricket, joe root steps down as england men s test captain after five years in the role. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us, or around the world. russia has threatened to intensify attacks on the ukrainian capital kyiv, if its territory is further targeted. tensions have risen since russia s iconic warship the moskva sank yesterday. moscow says the sinking was caused by a fire, but ukraine says it hit the vessel with missiles. a weapons factory near kyiv has already been partially destroyed in a russian attack. our correspondent yogita limaye reports from the ukrainian capital. this was the moskva, russia s prized warship in the black sea. it s now sunk. ukraine says its missiles hit the vessel. russia says a fire caused the ship to sink. it s a humiliating loss for the country. it is believed to be the biggest such incident since world war ii. in what is being seen as retaliation, russia s defence ministry shared this video, saying it had
50,000 worshippers performed friday prayers in the al aqsa mosque compound, many palestinians have been arrested and three israeli police officers have been injured. generators and nancy are stepping down from the role of england cricket captain. who led the side in 64 matches but won just one of the last 17 test events. now weather world the story of some of the wildest weather. this weather world is all about storms. so far this year, we ve seen some of the windiest, wettest weather systems on earth. and we ve come to a place that has just set a new record for england s strongest gust of wind, right here on the isle of wight. we ll find out why the coast here sees such high winds. the weather is fair. meet the volunteers keeping people safe here. plus, with three named storms in one week, we ll ask if the uk s is getting windier. and i ll be finding outjust how windy it is here today and looking at how we measure wind speed. also on weather world, as a chain of deadly cyclo
weapons systems to ukraine are adding fuel to the conflict and there could be, quote, unpredictable consequences. brianna. let s begin in mykolaiv which is where ed lavandera is. ed, can you tell us the latest from that region? reporter: well, good morning, brianna. it has been a hectic night here and morning in the city of mykolaiv, just east of odesa. we have been hearing bombardment throughout the night in the distance. and this morning, in the mid morning hours, a cluster bombs going off here in a residential neighborhood. this is a park where we are told several people were walking around. and you can see the impact on the ground from various of these cluster munitions that detonated in a largely residential neighborhood. apartment buildings behind me. this is an orthodox church. we will walk you back over to one of the impact sites. two dead so far in the explosions and the attacks going on this morning. in fact, here at this church, they have spent the morning cl
a warship the ukrainians claim to have hit with a missile. the sinking of the moskva would be an enormous achievement for the russian military and devastating setback for the war machine . they call it plausible and possible. overnight the russian military claimed it struck a military facility with a crews missile. russian forces are also rapidly building their presence in eastern ukraine. widespread shelling already being reported in the region. there are reports of active hostilities and shelling around izium and kharkiv, as russian troops continue their advance towards the donbas region, prompting a chilling warning from william burns, saying the potential for russia to use tactical or low yield weapons in ukraine cannot be taken lightly. two aid workers and their relatives were killed in mariupol. we will hear from the military governor of that region in just a moment. and this from the washington post . russia has sent a former diplomatic note to the united states
air raid sirens are sounding across ukraine. cnn teams report heavy shelling in the donetsk region in the east, as ukrainian officials say nearly all areas there are now under attack. russian forces are claiming significant advances in the besieged port city of mariupol. as the last two ukrainian military units in the city try to fend them off. and senior u.s. defense official telling cnn the city is in, quote, a dire position right now. that s despite putting up stronger than expected resistance in recent weeks. the washington post says russia sent a formal diplomatic note warning the u.s. to stop supplying arms to ukraine, saying that some weapons shipments are adding fuel to the conflict. all of this as russia faces renewed scrutiny, top prosecutor at the international criminal court has declared ukraine a, quote, crime scene, after visiting the devastated towns of bucha and borodyanka. let s begin this morning with cnn senior political correspondent, we re hearing two