here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine, from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is wh
traffic accident in central china. just one person was killed but many were injured. air raid sirens have sounded across all of ukraine, with civilians being asked to stay in shelters amid reports of russian jets taking off from an airbase in belarus. russia has also stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on kherson, a port city in southern ukraine. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent, hugo bachega, sent this report from kyiv. tears in kherson. a final goodbye for another life lost to the war. this city was liberated by ukraine just last month. but liberation hasn t brought relief. russia s bombing has been relentless. it doesn t stop even for the dead. natalia was in her flat
air raid sirens have sounded across all of ukraine, with civilians being asked to stay in shelters amid reports of russian jets taking off from an airbase in belarus. russia has also stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on kherson, a port city in southern ukraine. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month , in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent hugo bachega sent this report from kyiv. tears in kherson. a final goodbye for another life lost to the war. this city was liberated by ukraine just last month. but liberation hasn t brought relief. russia s bombing has been relentless. it doesn t stop even for the dead. natalia was in her flat when a shell hit. she was a7. ukraine s advance pushed russian forces out of kherson. t
and the food this country does grow is never guaranteed. felix wanders through his typhoon ravaged rice crops. his hard work is in ruins. translation: ican t. remember the typhoons and their names, but this has been the most heartbreaking yet. prices of goods have increased. meanwhile, the price of our crops remain the same. it means what we harvest is worthless. 0ur situation right now is the hardest ever. felix is not alone. millions of hectares of precious rice crops have been wiped out by successive storms. farmers have also had to pay more for fertilizer, for machinery, than ever before. the philippines needs its farmers to feed them, but many make so little, they cannot feed themselves.
the average filipino is already spending around 60% of their wages on food bills. one of the reasons food is so expensive here is because this country has to import many products because the philippines doesn t grow enough food to feed its own people. and the food this country does grow is never guaranteed. felix wanders through his typhoon ravaged rice crops. his hard work is in ruins. translation: ican t. remember the typhoons and their names, but this has been the most heartbreaking yet. prices of goods have increased. meanwhile, the price of our crops remain the same. it means what we harvest is worthless. 0ur situation right now is the hardest ever. felix is not alone. millions of hectares of precious rice crops have been wiped out by successive storms. farmers have also had to pay more for fertilizer,