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hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukraine s most senior security official has said the country is ready to launch its long expected counter offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an historic opportunity but the government had no right to make a mistake when making such an important decision. mr danilov has been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. we have been talking about this counteroffensive for months, and during that time ukraine has been building up stockpiles of ammunition, it s been taking receipt of tanks and armoured vehicles from the west. receipt of tanks and armoured it s been training its troops as much as it can. so when we sat down with oleksiy danilov, the man who is at the heart of what is effectively ukraine s war cabinet, it was inevitable that we were going to talk about the circumstances around which this counteroffensive may at some stage begin and this is what he to ....
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zi r zoraida sambolin is off today. we begin with breaking news. hazmat crews at the scene of this spectacular fire. it s raging in ohio right now after a train that was pulling several tankers derailed just before 2:00 this morning eastern time. this was an accident that happened in the north end of columbus. flames can be seen apparently for miles. witnesses reporting in that they could see this a long way off. christine romans has been monitoring the fire and ensuing issues that will come with it. she joins us now live with the story. residents were also saying they could feel it and they could hear it for miles away. 100 cars on this train, four or five of them, looks like they derailed. four or five of those were hauling tankers of chemicals. police say possibly sulfur. a local media report saying four or five of these are burning, raging here. in fact, it is so intense the flames, they re trying to get a look aboveground, trying to bring in air support to see ....