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conduct more intercepts so they've become more normal. >> reporter: it's happening more often. just last week over the south china sea a chinese fighter jet flew across the nose of an american surveillance plane. and earlier this year nbc news was on board a u.s. navy aircraft when it was intercepted by a chinese jet that flew 500 feet off the wing for over an hour. u.s.-china relations have hit new lows since the u.s. shot down that chinese balloon earlier this year. china says these encounters are justified to protect its sovereignty in what is a deepening rivalry with the u.s. in asia. lester? >> janis mackey frayer in beijing. thank you. in ukraine new efforts in the east are provoking a war of words from russia as it claims a major ukrainian offensive has failed. molly hunter reports from a country on the apparent eve of major battle, where sirens are sounding once again tonight. >> reporter: tonight ukraine is accusing
that. >> reporter: carnival saying in a statement, "we appreciate the patience and understanding of all of our guests. carnival sunshine is now sailing on its next cruise." >> i think they just wanted to get back to port and get the next people loaded. >> reporter: back on dry land, a tempest of anger just starting to churn. steve patterson, nbc news. we head overseas now to the war in ukraine and russia's rare daytime missile attack on the capital, sending tens of thousands running for cover into the city's subway. molly hunter reports. >> reporter: today in ukraine's capital children screaming, terrified, running through the streets. [ explosions ] just before 1:00 p.m. sirens blaring, people scrambling for cover in the middle of the workday as 11 russian missiles targeted kyiv. in the last 48 hours alone three massive waves of russian attacks. overnight, more than 60 cruise missiles and
the rain does not. all eyes trained on the waterford crystal ball, ready to welcome 2023. and stephanie gosk joins u from the center of it all, times square so steph, do they have any sense of how big the crowds are actually going to be this year >> reporter: yeah, they do they estimate more than 100,000 people will be here this year. that's a far cry from last year, during the omicron surge, when there were just 15,000 the year before that, the public wasn't invited at all. so it's really nice to look out here and see times square back to life on new year's eve. kristen? >> it certainly is stephanie gosk, thank you soap. hope you can stay relatively dry. all right, now to our other big story. today marks an historic turning point for the world's 1 billion catholics. pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away this morning at the age of 95. he became the first pope in more than 600 years to resign his death now putting a spotlight on his service, and raising new questions about the future of the current pope, molly hunter reports from the vatican.
it's the dream team of meats. i've still got my uniform. it's subway's biggest refresh yet. >> welcome back. the death toll from a stampede at a soccer game in indonesia is staggering. we now know at least 125 people were killed, most of whom were trampled after fans stormed the field. which led police to fire tear gas. nbc's molly hunter reports. >> this is shaping up to be one of the deadly soccer incidents in history, in the world according to officials. we've seen the horrific scenes from the field, the death toll at this hour's continues to climb. what we know was a packed stadium -- overcapacity. and the home team lost to their arch rivals for the first time in decades. as video shows, crowds from the home site rushed the field, skirmishes started, and the fans were throwing bottles at
39 past the hour. ukraine is being outgunned and outmanned in its effort to stop russia's takeover in the eastern donbas region and are losing grip on a key eastern city. nbc news foreign correspondent molly hunter reports. >> reporter: this morning, russian forces inching closer to encircling the city of severodonetsk. ukrainian president zelenskyy says the fighting is for every meter of that city, now almost entirely under russian control with an estimated 10,000 civilians still inside. russian state media showing smoke rising from the ukrainian-controlled azov chemical plant, where the regional governor says 500 people, including children, are sheltering. in nearby villages, as the fighting creeps closer, not everybody wants to evacuate. this woman says, sweetheart, where can i go? who is waiting for me there? let others go, they are young. president zelenskyy says russia can still be stopped but with
now, some of those former residents are returning, trying to find some hope in the wreckage that russia left behind. nbc's molly hunter reports. >> reporter: this is one of the lucky ones, we met him in lviv with his brother-in-law and they escaped bucha on march 9th. >> it was so dangerous. >> reporter: now, he's heading back. did you know your house was still standing? >> no. no. i heard my dog. >> reporter: as we approach the family house, we hear barking. his dog was waiting. he takes a second to warm up, then recognizes his owner. their house is frozen in time, and intact. >> we have only ten minutes to leave. >> reporter: the russians didn't get inside. dinner plates are still on the table. >> we can go in. >> reporter: he shows me the shelter they spent so much time in. >> it's on that treat. >> reporter: but we don't linger.
>> raf sanchez in lviv, thank you very much. we're going to talk a little more about that, about that fog of war, about the dichotomies in wars. the human mourning at the grave of hoar 47-year-old son. she's at a cemetery right outside kyiv. he was killed while delivering humanitarian aid to his neighbors. imagine that? and tragically, not everyone has been able to find their loved ones. nbc's molly hunter reports. >> reporter: 26-year-old careenau saves every message she receives. i don't know why i save them, the young police officer add mitts. it's important to me.
their homes. "we left dad in kyiv and will be selling things and helping our heroes, our armies he might even fight," this little boy says in border towns, volunteers are handing out food, warm clothing, blankets, donating supplies by the train load to be sent to ukraine. "thank you, poland, for welcoming us," this work says, "but we want our home back. if you can, please help us. so many stories of terror fleeing ukraine. and as the fighting continues, the u.n. expects millions more. tom? >> reporter: kelly cobiella from poland tonight for us kelly, thank you if you've been following this story, then you know the name president volodymyr zelenskyy. he has emerged as the leader of the ukrainian existence resentence against russia but as molly hunter reports, it's a remarkable transition from his early days in entertainment to war-time leader. >> reporter: staring directly into the camera, exhausted, unshaven in a t-shirt,
california, thank you. massive fires are also tearing through large parts of greece, tonight. they are closing in on major historical sites and forcing thousands to flee by land and sea. molly hunter reports from just outside athens. >> reporter: apocalyptic themes. a terrifying overnight escape as more than a thousand people evacuated the island in greece. this is what they saw from the ferries and boats pulling away to safety. the bright-red flames lighting up the sky. a woman clutching her baby. another, wiping away a tear. three hours away in the suburbs of athens, firefighters water bombing flare-ups but they can't keep up. quick, this woman says, the houses are on fire. nearby, a new blaze threatening this hilltop village. on this side of the road, two priests are trying to save their monastery. and then, come with me right here. you have got a single house.
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