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u.s. citizens home? well, in fact, the state department put out a statement saying that they have seen photos and videos of these two u.s. citizens reportedly captured by russian military forces in ukraine. we are closely monitoring the situation and our hearts go out to their families during this difficult time. we are in contact with ukrainian authorities, the international committee of the red cross, and with the families themselves, due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment on these cases. this is typical of state department statements about, for instance, i have seen it before with americans being held in syria as well. there clearly is a lot of back channel communications going on, but state department officials on these very sensitive issues tend to be quite tight lipped. jake. yeah, ben wedeman in kramatorsk, ukraine, thank you so much. joining us is bunny drewky, the mother of one of the americans being held captive in ukraine. you just saw ....
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and as you can hear, the bells of st paul s are pealing and will be pealing continuously for four hours to mark this momentous occasion. our other main headlines this lunchtime: it s 100 days since russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. and on the second day of the first test at lord s england are bowled out after another disappointing display with the bat. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one from st paul s cathedral where a service of thanksgiving honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne has been taking place. prince charles is representing the queen who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen is watching the service at home. it s the first major royal event prince harry and meghan have attended since stepping back from official duties. our first report today is from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st ....
president biden makes an impassioned call for stricter gun laws following a string of mass shootings in the us. atrain is a train is derailed in southern germany. and it s 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire front line in the east of the country. a service of thanksgiving honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne has been taking place today at st paul s cathedral. prince charles represented the queen, who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen watched the service at home. it s the first major royal event prince harry and meghan have attended since stepping back from official duties. our first report today is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral without the person for whose long years of service those banks were being offered. the queen was absent, bu ....
the special ukrainian spirit. 100 days ago, the front line came to kyiv s doorstep. towns like irpin bore the brunt with people and pets desperate to get out. the russian troops ultimately couldn t get in. there is still, though, a giant question mark over whether they will come back for kyiv. that hasn t put the city off, though, trying to heal. for some families, that will take time. 0ne ukrainian soldier killed while defending the city of slovyansk is taken to his final resting place. followed by his mother, vladyslava. bogdan was 26 years old. his first name means, given by god , because his parents had waited so long to have a child. translation: we have to win, there is no other way. - there is no other way. we are going to win. this collective grief has not killed the fight. translation: we don t need the sky, ground or sea to be closed. let them come here. it will be easy to kill them on our land. we need weapons, we will take care of the rest. now it s time ....