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welcome back to all of you watches us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. we want to get back to one of our top story this is hour. ukraine is marking 500 days since russia launched its full-scale invasion. more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in ukraine. another 15,000 have been in injured. 6 million ukrainians have been internally displaced. almost 8 million sought refuge in neighboring countries. 17.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023. a reporter has now been locked up in russia for more than 100 days on spying charges he strong ily denies. his family renewed calls for his
in sight. the devastation over the past year and a half has been hard. the u.n. is reporting more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in ukraine since the war began. another 15,000 have been in injured. there are nearly 6 million people internally displaced in the country and almost 8 million refugees have been recorded in neighboring nations and across europe. 17.6 million people have are in need of humanitarian assistance. volodymyr zelenskyy marked the milestone by visiting a site that's become symbolic. >> translator: today we are here on the snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, nor ukraine because we are the nation of the free. today we have honored our heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this identity land and who liberated it. even though it's a small piece of land, it's proof that ukraine will regain every part of its territory from here from this
and massive population displacement and particular evil vulnerable groups that are -- accessing humanitarian services. i'm talking about elderly folks, people with disabilities, women and girls who are especially vulnerable during wartime conditions -- and so we are seeing these numbers increase. the latest numbers from the when -- we are looking at about 17.6 million people in need of criminal critical humanitarian assistance. >> wow. that's a stunning number. >> today -- >> i want to ask you this too. they are the physical needs that you deal with. but i know you also plays a great deal of importance on the mental health aspect of civilians. >> it's incredibly important and acute situation here, michael. we have a mental health and psychosocial care team that is on the ground across the country doing outreach to provide services, the support of the heavy trauma and fatigue, frankly, that is going on here amongst the ukrainian people. we are proud of the outreach we have done.
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the british royal family has been the inspiration for so many tv shows, documentaries, movies, and people are tuning in. they're rediscovering all these pieces of work, wondering if what they see on the screen really is what it was like behind palace gates. here in london the streets are flooded with thousands of mourners paying their final respects to the queen. her death shining a renewed spotlight on the monarchy and the powerful family behind it, with millions turning to tv and movies to try to learn more about them. >> when i ascended the throne, i was just a girl, 25 years old. >> netflix's "the crown" logging 17.6 million hours viewed, launching the drama back up to number four on the platform's trending list in the u.s., and the top ten in 26 other countries. the show's popularity even rising past the new season of
series. >> "the crown" 17.6 million hours viewed, launching the drama back up to number four on the platform's trending list in the u.s. for netflix. and the top ten in 26 other countries. the show's popularity even rising past the new season of "stranger things," imagining that the queen's life and love recapturing audiences once again. >> winston and churchill, who you are, you are the queen of england. >> beyond the royal's reign on streaming, movies inspired by her majesty are seeing viewership skyrocket too. >> you obviously know my job better than i do. >> well you are my tenth prime minister, mr. blair. my first of course was winston churchill. >> the oscar nominated film "the queen" breaking into i-tunes top 40 movie chart. music lovers are listening to songs about the queen as well.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. more cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus, in scotland, six cases of the new variant have been identified, bringing a total of nine cases in the uk as a whole. approval is expected to be given for all adults to have covid booster jabs to try to protect people from the new variant. we're already seeing, with 17.6 million boosters already done, we're seeing those people who've had that booster, after the two weeks for it to take effect, boosted back up to over 90%. masks are back at secondary schools in england and they are to become mandatory again in shops and on public transport from tomorrow. with the government and scientists due to say more later today about
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. more cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus, in scotland, six cases of the new variant have been identified, bringing a total of nine cases in the uk as a whole. approval is expected to be given for all adults to have covid booster jabs to try to protect people from the new variant. we're already seeing, with 17.6 million boosters already done, we're seeing those people who've had that booster, after the two weeks for it to take effect, boosted back up to over 90%. masks are back at secondary schools in england and they are to become mandatory again in shops and on public transport from tomorrow. with the government and scientists due to say more later today about
a new study shows the group's massive 2020 get out of the vote letter wriing campaign is among the highest impact programs ever measured in a prlt election. joining us now is scott toreman, executive director and founder of vote forward. so good to see you. let's dig into some of the numbers from your just released report. more than 200,000 volunteers wrote and sent more than 17.6 million letters to voters in 20 states in 2020. that translates, you say, to approximately 126,000 additional votes from vote forward letters in the general. it might seem basic, but why is letter writing turning out to be so effective do you think? >> thanks for having me on. it's a pleasure to be here. i'm happy to talk about our program last year. my theory is that there's something about the very genuine and very human and personal act