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and this right here is el viejo, san juan, the oldest part of a heavily fortified colonial city established in 1521 by none other than ponce de leon. and the spaniards named it puerto rico, aka rich port, so you can get an idea of what their intentions were for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don't have a...

i'm sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it "exceptional in its density." they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city's zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in...

most popular pastimes but it needs a makeover. it's been on a container ship for a month. it's then been driven from a port on a lorry to a distribution point. it's then gone on a van to a shop and it's been used in the seafor a matter of hours before it's ended up as waste. and they are lancaster bombers that launched the famous dambusters raid exactly 80 years ago. and coming up on bbc news: more injury frustration forjofra archer, who's ruled out by england for the summer, butjonny bairstow returns to the test squad to face ireland. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at on...

united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom." >> he went inside and i said, go down, we went down. i heard three shots. >> another deadly mass shooting rampage in america. this tragedy unfolding near dallas, texas. witnesses tell us what they saw as a gunman opened fire in an outlet mall. plus, kentucky derby over shadowed by the death of two more horses. coy wire joins me surrounding derby week. and this week's coronation specials pulling out all the stops, including a big lunch. buckingham palace with what's happening today. >> anno...

expires. so we'll take you down to the southern border this morning. also, it looks like turkey's presidential election is head for a runoff. we have christiane amanpour here to hear why this race has global implications. and aaa is predicting one of the busiest travel day weekends in decades. an expert with tips on how to beat the rush. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. but here's where we begin this morning. new overnight, a bus of migrants dropped off at the official home of the vice president, kamala harris, in d.c. texas governor greg abbott sent the bus to...