president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine s candidacy tojoin the european union to be speeded up. he said membership should be quick and not take decades. earlier, his chief of staff accused russia of waging a war on ukrainian civilians, in response to military defeats. there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. the emergency services say 19 people died and more than 30 others were injured in the attacks. a block of flats and a recreation centre were hit. our corresppondent in kyiv, joe inwood, has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake island in the black sea. now, tha
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast, despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island. missiles have hit the port of odessa where at least 19 people have died. before they were effectively blockaded, the black sea ports were used to export russian grain. now kiev has accused moscow of stealing that grain and it says this russian flagged cargo ship has left the russian occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. our correspondentjoe inwood has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake
hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast. that s despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island earlier this week. in the past 2a hours, missiles have hit the port of odessa, killing at least 19 people. before they were effectively blockaded, ports in the black sea were used to export grain. now, ukraine accuses russia of stealing that grain and it says this russian flagged cargo ship has left the russian occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. the ship is heading from berdyansk to the turkish port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey a nato member intercept it. thank you for being with us. ukraine wants turkey to stop the ship. is turkey likely to comply? the ship. is turkey likely to coml ? ~ ~ . comply? well, i think there are a lot of questions. comply? well, i think there are a lot of questions. first - comply? well, i think there are a lot of qu
google has announced that it s taking steps to remove data from its servers that could be used to prosecute people for visits to abortion clinics in the united states. it comes after the us supreme court s decision to remove a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. several states have already acted to outlaw the procedure, or severely restrict access to it. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, told me more about google s decision. this is a response to the concerns of many that women who seek an abortion, legal abortion out of a different state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt to delete any information relating to that person s visit to an abortion clinic or any other facility providing reproductive services. they will do that by automatically deleting the geolocation data that they hold on their servers when their systems detect that an individual has been to one of these facilities
hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has shown its determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast. that s despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island earlier this week. in the past 2a hours, missiles have hit the port of odessa, killing at least 19 people. before they were effectively blockaded, ports in the black sea were used to export grain. now, ukraine accuses russia of stealing that grain and it says this russian flagged cargo ship has left the russian occupied port of berdyansk with a cargo of seed. the ship is heading from berdyansk to the turkish port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey a nato member intercept it.