News Wrap: Russia pounds Ukraine with heavy shelling as the civilian death toll rises

PBS News Hour - World

English - July 18, 2022 22:55 - 3 minutes - 7.07 MB - ★★★★ - 79 ratings
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In our news wrap Monday, Russia continued its campaign of heavy shelling in Ukraine that killed more civilians as Russian President Putin remained defiant over western sanctions, the acting president of Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency that gave him broad power even as protesters demand his resignation, and several large Chinese cities are rolling out new mass COVID testing. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders