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thank you, gordon corera, our — to this. indeed. thank you, gordon corera, our security _ to this.ave been left without electricity after russia carried out mass air strikes last night against power stations and energy lines. ukraine's biggest hydroelectric power plant at zaporizhzhia was hit, along with the vast dam across the dnipro river that supplies it with water. the asterix caused blackouts across much of ukraine —— the air strikes. neighbouring countries including poland and slovakia have provided emergency power supplies. a few of the other stories making the news tonight, and america's top diplomat, antony blinken, has accused russia and china of having "cynically vetoed," a us draught resolution at the un security council that tied an immediate ceasefire in gaza to the release of hostages held by hamas. but moscow and beijing said the text put conditions on a pause in the fighting, and failed to clearly oppose an israeli offensive in the heavily built—up city of rafah. here, west yorkshire police are investigating alleged racist comments made by the conservative party do
thank you, gordon corera, our — to this. indeed. thank you, gordon corera, our security _ to this.ave been left without electricity after russia carried out mass air strikes last night against power stations and energy lines. ukraine's biggest hydroelectric power plant at zaporizhzhia was hit, along with the vast dam across the dnipro river that supplies it with water. the asterix caused blackouts across much of ukraine —— the air strikes. neighbouring countries including poland and...
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here's gordon corera. gunfire.on as gunmen begin shooting inside the concert hall at crocus city. this footage verified by the bbc shows the gunmen in the foyer. but who are they? isis, the group calling itself islamic state, today issued a statement saying its men, seen here, were responsible. that is not something we can independently confirm and the issue of who was responsible is deeply contentious. more than two weeks ago, the us issued this warning to its citizens in moscow saying, what it called "extremists", thought to mean isis, might target large gatherings, including concerts. it included the intelligence directly to moscow. three days before the shooting a kremlin statement was issued in which vladimir putin dismissed that warning describing it as provocative and an attempt to destabilise russia. the russian security services say they stopped this car and that the four men involved in the attack have been arrested. but rather than say anything about isis, the kremlin suggested they were heading away fro
here's gordon corera. gunfire.on as gunmen begin shooting inside the concert hall at crocus city. this footage verified by the bbc shows the gunmen in the foyer. but who are they? isis, the group calling itself islamic state, today issued a statement saying its men, seen here, were responsible. that is not something we can independently confirm and the issue of who was responsible is deeply contentious. more than two weeks ago, the us issued this warning to its citizens in moscow saying, what...
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gordon corera, bbc news.rly 300 school children who were abducted in the north—western town of kuriga have been freed, according to the governor of kaduna state. last week, the abductors demanded nearly 700,000 dollars in ransom — but no details were given about how the pupils were freed. the students, aged between eight and 15, were taken along with their teacher earlier this month. in a statement, the governor thanked president bola tinubu and nigeria's army for helping secure their release. 0ur correpondent, yusuf akinpelu, is in lagos with the latest. to give the certain the released children, the government is yet to give the certain number about the children that were released. so it's been 17 days since the children were abducted, they were abducted. the government has issued a carefully worded statement saying the children were released and there is no clarity as to how they were released. maybe they were released commando style, where the people who kidnapped them were arrested but they said it was t
gordon corera, bbc news.rly 300 school children who were abducted in the north—western town of kuriga have been freed, according to the governor of kaduna state. last week, the abductors demanded nearly 700,000 dollars in ransom — but no details were given about how the pupils were freed. the students, aged between eight and 15, were taken along with their teacher earlier this month. in a statement, the governor thanked president bola tinubu and nigeria's army for helping secure their...
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gordon corera, bbc news.hile ago i spoke to colin clarke, director of research at the soufan group and author of the book �*after the caliphate: the islamic state and the future of the terrorist diaspora.�* i want to ask about the claims of responsibility here and how credible does that seem to you that the group could have been behind the attack? i think there's no doubt the islamic state rarely, if ever, issues false claims of responsibility. all the pieces fit here. in fact, i wrote an article for foreign policy last may, may 2023, which was called the islamic state's new target — russia. isis makes no bones about wanting to target the russians for what they see as vladimir putin's role in spilling muslim blood in various conflicts from chechnya to syria. i know you have also been studying islamic state terror groups extensively, you probably have been looking at a lot of this footage that's been coming out on social media. what stood out for you so far from what we have seen of the footage of the actual a
gordon corera, bbc news.hile ago i spoke to colin clarke, director of research at the soufan group and author of the book �*after the caliphate: the islamic state and the future of the terrorist diaspora.�* i want to ask about the claims of responsibility here and how credible does that seem to you that the group could have been behind the attack? i think there's no doubt the islamic state rarely, if ever, issues false claims of responsibility. all the pieces fit here. in fact, i wrote an...
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gordon corera, thank you for that update.ut also ambulances trying to reach those who have been wounded. the toll at the moment is at least a0 people killed and 100 injured in this incident in moscow at a concert hall. andrey vorobyov is a regional governor for moscow — and says firefighters are trying to control the blaze translation: a tragedy has occurred. we are near crocus concert hall, firefighters are working, the fire area is very noticeable. everything else will be clear after the firefighters have completed their work. ukraine had "nothing to do" with a gun attack on a concert hall outside moscow on friday, presidential aide mykhailo podolyak says on telegram. let's have a listen. translation: regarding the event i in crocus city hall near moscow i where certain events took place today, some shooting, some terrorist actions by unidentified person. let's be clear, ukraine has absolutely nothing to do with these events. firstly, because we have a high—grade, full—scale, huge, intense war with the russian regular army
gordon corera, thank you for that update.ut also ambulances trying to reach those who have been wounded. the toll at the moment is at least a0 people killed and 100 injured in this incident in moscow at a concert hall. andrey vorobyov is a regional governor for moscow — and says firefighters are trying to control the blaze translation: a tragedy has occurred. we are near crocus concert hall, firefighters are working, the fire area is very noticeable. everything else will be clear after the...
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gordon corera, bbc news.e can go back to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, in moscow for his assessment on what vladimir putin will do next. in this tv address today, we had vladimir putin mention ukraine, heard him suggest there was some kind of connection between ukraine and the attackers, suggesting that the gunman may have been fleeing to ukraine. we need to watch to see if that narrative builds, because if it does, then it could be used to justify some future escalation of russia's war in ukraine. and we have heard a number of senior russian officials in the last 204i was making similar points about ukraine. so that is one to watch. and you can get more analysis, including what we know about the attack on a moscow concert hall and the claim from the islamic state group, on the bbc news website or app. there's been an outpouring of support for the princess of wales after she revealed she's receiving treatment for cancer. in a video statement, catherine said the diagnosis came as a "huge shock," and that
gordon corera, bbc news.e can go back to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, in moscow for his assessment on what vladimir putin will do next. in this tv address today, we had vladimir putin mention ukraine, heard him suggest there was some kind of connection between ukraine and the attackers, suggesting that the gunman may have been fleeing to ukraine. we need to watch to see if that narrative builds, because if it does, then it could be used to justify some future escalation of russia's war...
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corera gave us his analysis of that claim.y the group saying they were behind it. not always clear that that means they were. i mean, we have to treat all of these claims with a touch of skepticism initially, although i think that certainly has always been seen as as a strong possibility in terms of who might have been behind it because of the nature of this attack. it's quite similar to other attacks we've seen a kind of marauding gunmen attack that we've seen in other cases, for instance, even at a paris venue, the bataclan, back in 2015. so that certainly remains a strong possibility. but it'sjust a claim at the moment, and i don't think we can confirm it because we've had this speculation about who might have been behind it, the question of whether there were warnings from the us or not, and also obviously the ukrainians quickly denying that they were in any way responsible, clearly worried that perhaps moscow might point the finger at them given the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine. but certainly the way that t
corera gave us his analysis of that claim.y the group saying they were behind it. not always clear that that means they were. i mean, we have to treat all of these claims with a touch of skepticism initially, although i think that certainly has always been seen as as a strong possibility in terms of who might have been behind it because of the nature of this attack. it's quite similar to other attacks we've seen a kind of marauding gunmen attack that we've seen in other cases, for instance,...
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gordon corera is with me, very early stages and details but what can you tell us?t can you tell us? , . , , ., , stages and details but what can you tellus? , . v“, ,, tell us? it is early stages but it a- ears tell us? it is early stages but it appears to _ tell us? it is early stages but it appears to have _ tell us? it is early stages but it appears to have been - tell us? it is early stages but it appears to have been a - tell us? it is early stages but itj appears to have been a serious incident at a concert hall in moscow, pictures on social media that are unverified yet but reports from the scene in a number of gun men, perhaps between three and five in camouflage gear with automatic weapons going into this console and appear to have started firing. there are scenes of apparent panic, people trying to escape and as we can see from some of these videos, signs of black smoke rising over at that concert halljust on the outskirts of moscow. you can see on the inside as well, people were running and hiding it seems. possible that the gunman also through some kind
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