News Wrap: Ukraine strikes oil depot deep inside Russia

Amna Nawaz:

Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia's St. Petersburg with long-range drones that flew more than 600 miles to reach their target.

The attack sent thick smoke rising over the city, which is Russia's second largest and the hometown of President Vladimir Putin. St. Petersburg is also hosting a major economic forum this week.

In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, alongside NATO's secretary-general, said the strike gives Ukraine much-needed leverage at the negotiating table.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President (through interpreter):

Thank God our strength is being felt on the battlefield. This isn't an isolated incident. It's a specific target and a concrete result. Today, we have security guarantees that allow us to end this war on equal footing with Russians in any diplomatic format.

Amna Nawaz:

Ukraine also struck and damaged a ship at a naval base West of St. Petersburg, as seen here in this satellite image.

In the meantime, Russian officials are accusing Ukraine of killing eight civilians in a drone strike on this bus in a Russian-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region. Ukraine, like Russia, has long said it does not intentionally target civilians.

In the U.K. today, Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned violent protests that erupted over the death of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed by police. At least 11 officers were injured during clashes last night in the city of Southampton, where Henry Nowak was killed in December.

The release of bodycam footage from the incident has fired up Britain's far right, who claim Nowak's death is proof that police are biased against white people. Nowak's killer, Vickrum Digwa, who is Sikh, had falsely claimed that he was the victim of a racist attack by Nowak. Digwa was sentenced to life in prison.

Police in New Delhi say a hotel fire killed at least 21 people today, making it one of the city's worst such disasters in years. Flames could be seen rising from the six-story building located in a densely populated residential neighborhood. Officials say dozens of people were rescued with many taken to nearby hospitals.

Firefighters were eventually able to bring the blaze under control. As of this evening, no cause has been determined and an investigation is under way.

Back in this country, several members of President Trump's Cabinet appeared on Capitol Hill today for another busy day of hearings.

Man:

The committee will come to order.

Amna Nawaz:

Lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about President Trump's anti-weaponization fund, which has now been shelved, and his protections from IRS audits, which remain in place. Bessent declined to weigh in on either.

But he did respond when Republican Senator Thom Tillis confronted Bessent about his reported run-ins with the president's pick for director of national intelligence Bill Pulte.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC):

Did you actually tell Pulte you were going to punch him in the face?

Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury Secretary:

No, sir. I actually said it was going to kick his ass. That was last summer, summer '25. And many teams have fights in the locker room and then go out and win for the team on the football field.

Sen. Thom Tillis:

Yes.

Amna Nawaz:

Pulte was seen as a controversial pick for the role, given his lack of intelligence experience and his involvement in some of President Trump's retribution efforts.

Also on Capitol Hill today, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a House panel that training requirements for ICE agents would return to -- quote -- "regular standards" starting next month. Those standards have been a flash point after the surge of forces to places like Minneapolis, where agents killed two American citizens earlier this year.

Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating whether former Congressman George Santos engaged in insider trading on a prediction marketplace. In February, Santos teased on social media that he would attend President Trump's State of the Union address. He then didn't show, but not before reportedly betting against his own attendance on the prediction marketplace Kalshi.

The company later referred Santos to the Justice Department. In 2024, Santos pleaded guilty to fraud and identity theft, but President Trump commuted his sentence just three months into his seven-year prison term.

On Wall Street today, stocks cooled off after a renewed rise in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 600 points on the day. The Nasdaq shed nearly 240 points, or nearly 1 percent. The S&P 500 snapped a nine-session winning streak.

And Grammy-winning R&B singer Peabo Bryson has died. Bryson was the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney duet "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion. He also teamed up with Regina Belle for "Aladdin"'s "A Whole New World," the first song from an animated film to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Bryson built a five-decade career as one of R&B's premier balladeers with songs like "Feel the Fire" and "Can You Stop the Rain." The singer's family said he died days after a stroke, adding his -- quote -- "legacy and music will live on for generations." Peabo Bryson was 75 years old.