tv Outside Source BBC News May 30, 2022 7:00pm-8:01pm BST
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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. russia continues its bombardment of ukraine's eastern donbas region. the report from a front line town and hear from report from a front line town and hearfrom people report from a front line town and hear from people caught up report from a front line town and hearfrom people caught up in report from a front line town and hear from people caught up in the fighting. i hear from people caught up in the fiuuhtin. ., ., , hear from people caught up in the fiuhtin_ . ., , . fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace — fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace we _ fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace we want _ fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace we want our— fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace we want our children i fighting. i want to stay here and we want peace we want our children to | want peace we want our children to go to school here normally. we will rebuild the city.— rebuild the city. european leaders failed to ban _ rebuild the city. european leaders failed to ban russian _ rebuild the city. european leaders failed to ban russian imports - rebuild the city. european leaders failed to ban russian imports and| failed to ban russian imports and they oppose the move, with your from our correspondence. after thousands of liverpool fans were tear gas to the champions league final, the french government blames with a cold industrial scale ticket fraud. people who were there said that was
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not the problem.— not the problem. people being attacked by — not the problem. people being attacked by the _ not the problem. people being attacked by the police - not the problem. people being attacked by the police of - not the problem. people being. attacked by the police of pepper spray and with tear gas after the match. that is not a ticketing issue in any way, shape or form. match. that is not a ticketing issue in any way, shape orform. does match. that is not a ticketing issue in any way, shape or form. does a police issue. figs in any way, shape or form. does a police issue-— police issue. as the cost of living rises across _ police issue. as the cost of living rises across the _ police issue. as the cost of living rises across the world, _ police issue. as the cost of living rises across the world, the - police issue. as the cost of living i rises across the world, the cheapest possible ukase reported goes back to 50% of living rises across the world, the cheapest possible uk supermarket goes back to 50% a year. —— the cheapest pasta. welcome to the programme. we're going to start with the war in ukraine — and the fighting in the eastern donbas region. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says control of the donbas is now an "unconditional priority" for russia. an "unconditional priority" parts of it have been under russian control since 2014 — you can see that in yellow. and since this invasion of ukraine, russia's taken a lot more territory there — you can that marked in red. luhansk — the northern region — is nearly completely under russian control. two cities stand in the way —
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severo—donetsk and lisi—chansk. they'rem almost surrounded and being shelled constantly. another town near the front line is bach—moot. from there our correspondent jeremy bowen sent this report. life was never easy in donbas, at least it was familiar. now, the war is getting closer to their care home and it's time to go. these women have no families to support them. one of the ukrainian volunteers said, "the russian soldiers are worse than animals, we can't leave these women behind." they're taking them west out of donbas, away from the russian advance. a russian strike did this close by in bakhmut. most of the residents had evacuated by the time it was hit last week. the man who lived in this flat
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left the day before. civilians here fear the russians will take all of donbas, including their town. roman and marina want to stay, but it's getting lonely, with the destructive power of the russian army on their doorstep. translation: so far we made the decision that if it gets - too bad, i don't know, we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our child to go to school here normally. we will rebuild the city. sonia, their daughter, turned eight this month. her school closed when the russians invaded. online lessons are part of a wall of normality her parents are trying to build around her. it's looking very fragile.
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just down the road is a glimpse of the future they dread. the russians are around five miles away. they're hitting the town regularly, but not constantly yet. doggedly civilians clutch at routine, as their old lives disappear. the town waits on big decisions. for the few civilians left about leaving or staying, bow to survive. but also for the ukrainian army. some powerful american—made howitzers have just arrived, but not enough to stop the russian advance to sievierodonetsk. ukraine's generals must decide how many more troops to sacrifice in what could be a losing battle for this part of donbas. a fighting retreat to more defensible positions looks
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likely, if the russian offensive doesn't stall. new trench networks, well back from the existing front line, are ready. kramatorsk, one of the donbas towns that must be on the russian target list, is about 15 minutes' drive that way. the rest of the ukraine is there. this might all simply bejust in case a contingency plan, but if the russians do blast their way through, they're going to need it. maxsym's unit was ordered to retreat closer to bakhmut after weeks of heavy fightling. he is one of thousands of ukrainian volunteers. back in kyiv, just after the invasion, he signed up with his friend.
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i'm studying economy. and i am studying biology. the two students fought in the victory in kyiv. dymitro is still there. ukrainians have to put aside the deliverance they felt then. in donbas maxsym, 19 years old, is in an attritional struggle. we are defending this area's chemical factory. i think that there is no way to... ..make a deal with putin. putin understands only the language of bullets, blood, war crimes. air—raid sirens were sounding as they prepared to bury a 21—year—old ukrainian soldier. since the invasion, this war has had
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terrible consequences and notjust in ukraine. this man and thousands more ukrainians and russians are dead. the killing here has brought the big nuclear armed powers closer to confrontation than since the height of the cold war, millions of refugees, wider war is a clear risk, more destruction, hunger, poverty and more funerals are a certainty. war is the bringer of grief and change. jeremy bowen bbc news, donbas. let's turn to another element that's central to this conflict — oil. eu leaders are in brussels again talking about more sanctions. they've been trying to work out a way to ban russian oil imports for months. why? well, the eu is russia's top oil client. it buys around 2.2 million barrels of crude, together with 1.2 million barrels of refined products, on a daily basis.
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to put that in context — the energy sector — that includes oil and gas — brings in over 40% of russia's federal budget. this is the president of the european commission. my my expectations are that it will be solved in the next 48 hours but i am confident that they are after, there will be a possible meeting. the call is very clearly to all member states, we have one key to success in this is solidarity with ukraine in unity of the european union. there's one country that's been standing in the way of an oil ban: hungary. it's also been one of russia's closest allies in recent years. it gets more than 60 percent of its oil from russia. have a look at this map. hungary is completely landlocked. so it doesn't have a port to receive oil shipments — it relies on pipelines. hungary's prime minister viktor orban has previously said: "the oil and gas
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embargo would ruin us." and he also spoke to reporters ahead of today's meeting. now, we have the idea of embargo and sanctions on oil without answering the questions which he raises to the supply security. so, the whole situation we are and is a difficult one created by the commission and the responsibility of not having agreement today must be and will be on the shoulder of the commission. poland remains one of those calling for europe to cut russia off completely — its former foreign minister has responded to mr orban�*s position. hungary has a pipeline to the asiatic seed by which it can import oilfrom other asiatic seed by which it can import oil from other sources than asiatic seed by which it can import oilfrom other sources than russia. poland is actually more dependent on russian oil and gas than hungary but poland sees this issue to the
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security lens. we tend to think actually there but the government and the opposition that if putin conquers ukraine, we will be next. there is, orban is in some sort of league with vladimir putin which i'm not sure it makes his membership in either nato or the eu compatible. germany is also a particularly big consumer of russian energy. for instance, russian gas accounted for 55% of germany's imports last year. so the issue of russian gas is a complicated one. you might remember this pipeline — the nord stream 2, marked in purple. it was designed to double the flow of russian gas direct to germany. germany paused the project after russia invaded ukraine. and germany is backing an oil embargo. here's the country's chancellor. it's quite clear the moon we decide to act together, we must always take
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into account the very special situation of all countries. this will we have done in the past and what we will do in the future. our strength is based on the fact that we can solve our problems together and also act together against the russian aggression against ukraine. we also saw protests outside the european commission today — calling on leaders to agree on that embargo on russian oil. i consider it a living disgrace that people are dying in ukraine defending european values at the same time, the talks are being held were going to leave this much money by imposing oil embargo and russian gas, i consider it fully immoral and thatis gas, i consider it fully immoral and that is why i am very outraged and i'm here to scream at the top of my lungs the human lives are worth more than money. bethany bell is in brussels the message pretty clear but still
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no agreement. the the message pretty clear but still no agreement-— no agreement. the leaders are continuing _ no agreement. the leaders are continuing to — no agreement. the leaders are continuing to talk— no agreement. the leaders are continuing to talk at _ no agreement. the leaders are continuing to talk at the - no agreement. the leaders are i continuing to talk at the moment. everfrom ukrainian leader president zelensky and they are trying to work out this very naughty problem. the oil embargo was made almost a month ago and was announced by the president of the european commission and the european parliament and she has actually come under some criticism and their son feeling that she may have mishandled this financing the details of this oil embargo before the groundwork was probable related among member states. and as we heard there, she, her expectations were low there would be in agreement between the next day or two that the summit is happening but some are hopeful
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before too long that these oil sanctions in the six package of the east sanctions can be agreed. what else would they be talking about? . ., , ., ., , about? the sanctions against russia's biggest _ about? the sanctions against russia's biggest bank- about? the sanctions against russia's biggest bank at i about? the sanctions against russia's biggest bank at a i about? the sanctions against i russia's biggest bank at a number about? the sanctions against - russia's biggest bank at a number of individuals and russian individuals targeted and consider the commission to see this six package of sanctions come through in order to get those measures under way as well. we understand is in terms of the oil embargo, what is on the table is a proposal to ban oil seaborne oil and then have a longer period for oil being brought in by pipelines and that would help hungary and it's
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interesting that mr orban, when he arrived today, said that the proposal was not bad but he did say he wanted security guarantees for his country. he wanted security guarantees for his country-— his country. there could be some form of compromise _ his country. there could be some form of compromise mobile i his country. there could be some. form of compromise mobile room. his country. there could be some i form of compromise mobile room. but could you tell us when we were expecting to hear again from any of the leaders?— the leaders? their continuing to talk tonight _ the leaders? their continuing to talk tonight and _ the leaders? their continuing to talk tonight and their _ the leaders? their continuing to talk tonight and their talks i talk tonight and their talks continue until tomorrow and we will wait and see. my mac my mac let's go to paris where real madrid triumphed over liverpool in the uefa champions league on saturday, here are madrid fans welcoming their winning team home. thousands also turned out in liverpool to celebrate a successful season —
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despite the i—nil loss. but it's all been overshadowed by what happened on match day outside the stadium. liverpool supporters describe being stuck for hours in huge queues. and say police were heavy—handed with the crowd, using tear gas and pepper spray.here's bbc journalist nick parrott. i'v e i've never seen anything like that. liverpool supporters who attended gave similar accounts. i would say it's by luck not judgement that people were not killed and that's only one element of what went wrong on this occasion though because even beyond that, the crushing etc outside, people were being attacked, they were being robbed at knifepoint, the police were brutalising people with teargas. people had paid hundreds of pounds to attend this event. all in all it was incredibly poorly organised. - i think from the moment
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we stepped outside i i of the station we were sort of leti from one pen to the next with sort of bottleneck after bottleneck. two very different narratives have emerged as to what went wrong. french officials and match organisers uefa blamed the chaos on thousands of fans trying to enter the stadium with fake tickets. translation: what we have observed is massive, industrial-scale _ and organised fraud concerning fake tickets — according to the pre—screening conducted by stadium staff, the stade de france and the french football federation forecast that nearly 70% of all tickets were fake upon entry to the stadium. but as hugh schofield explains, fake tickets may be just one part of why things went so wrong. many people are saying, show us the proof that this figure of 40,000 fake tickets is the case because we have not seen that yet. they said was looking at the video cameras in the underground, the trend system and more than the 80000 and therefore there is a problem and at
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therefore there is a problem and at the gate, turning up this large number of fake tickets. and while counterfeit tickets may have caused crowd issues getting in, attendees say there was also trouble getting out. acting like the problems are before the match, it was it was horrendous coming out of the ground, and there was another issue of bottlenecking towards certain exits, those exits getting tighter and tighter, and then people being attacked by the police with pepper spray and with tear gas after the match. that is not a ticketing issue in any way, shape or form, that is a police issue. attendees say that wasn't the only danger — football commentator jim beglin tweeted.
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i've been to games in liverpool, munich, milan, london, cardiff, to russia. i've never seen anything like this. there weren't enough police, there weren't enough resources and there wasn't enough respect for the fans. we were left high and dry, both the spanish fans and the english ones. it was badly organized by the french. there were no problems caused by the spanish or english fans. it was a problem of organization, this final was too much for them to organize. the french government has requested an investigation into what happened. the root cause was the volume of false tickets or persons without any tickets. this is clearly something that we need to understand and this is why we have asked uefa to really dig into that. hat
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is why we have asked uefa to really dig into that-— dig into that. not 'ust into fake tickets as lucy i dig into that. notjust into fake tickets as lucy williamson i dig into that. notjust into fake tickets as lucy williamson now| tickets as lucy williamson now explains, questions about how the crowds were handled. this explains, questions about how the crowds were handled.— explains, questions about how the crowds were handled. this is where they handed _ crowds were handled. this is where they handed out _ crowds were handled. this is where they handed out the _ crowds were handled. this is where they handed out the first _ crowds were handled. this is where they handed out the first section i crowds were handled. this is where they handed out the first section of| they handed out the first section of security text. but the crowd quickly built up to dangerous levels, meeting the checks here were abandoned. a key question for organisers is how people were not sent to the main access point metres away. and said it was virtually empty. you may have heard unconfirmed media speculation about president putin's health. but the foreign ministry has responded and has refused to
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at least four newspapers came, most of the same headline saying that leonard putin had some troubles with his health and none of them provided any grounds orany his health and none of them provided any grounds or any sort of proof it's difficult to verify. what it shows is that this flow of information for the presidential office has been a bit in vain but now it's become so vain that there is so much space rumours and speculation and it's really getting harder and harder to get access to the vladimir putin to get any real information and this is the reasons why such incidents are happening. we have seen very interesting and smell strange pictures when vladimir putin
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was meeting with emmanuel macron when they were making, six metre apart table and this brings more suspicion and concern at the moment, we haven't seen any grounds for that and more isolated you are, the more they spread. and more isolated you are, the more they spread-— they spread. human rights groups and laruel they spread. human rights groups and largely peaceful _ they spread. human rights groups and largely peaceful protests _ they spread. human rights groups and largely peaceful protests towards i largely peaceful protests towards the growing economic crisis there. i saw the asia correspondent talk to someone is affected. the sri lankans take to the streets over food and fuel shortages, accusations the police is using excessive force to silence them. in the small town of ron buchanan, the protest at a petrol station turns tense. police fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse the crowd, said a father of two shot in the stomach.
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in the location, sold fruit and vegetables to support his family. he took this truck. he told his wife, priyanka. he'd gone to get fuel. hours later, she was called to the hospital. hamara. bunko. go along. they told me he had been shot. i looked everywhere for him. then i found him on a trolley. he was dead. more than a dozen others were injured, including police officers. one of the youngest victims, 15—year—old sahan. and this one says gunshot. he'd gone to see the protest after school was fired. then i was shot. something struck my arm and i saw blood gushing. four policemen are being held over the shooting. the un has warned against
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the excessive use of tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators, urging sri lanka's government to guarantee the right to peaceful protest. we were worried about our lives. law student niranjan with the naga was peacefully demonstrating with a group outside parliament rounded up by police. the force fully dragged our friends into the bus. we ask, why are we being taken away? the group faced charges of criticising the president. echoes of tactics allegedly used by sri lanka's security forces during the country's civil war. we did nothing wrong, nothing illegal. we were all terrified. and how the police is misusing the law to oppress people that were rising up against the government. we asked the sri lankan authorities for a response but didn't receive a reply. this isn't the first time that
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allegations of police brutality have surfaced in sri lanka. the has had a long history of accusations of brutality committed the country has had a long history of accusations of brutality committed by the security forces, in particular during the decade long civil war, which saw members of the country's minority tamil community targeted in particular. successive sri lankan governments i have been intolerant of dissent. i human rights groups say these latest cases follow a long pattern of the government cracking down on free speech, a charge it's consistently denied. it is to prevent people - from exercising their freedom of expression, freedom i of assembly, all of which. what is the purpose? ultimate purpose. stay in power. still searching for justice. this is a memorial to him. in an economic crisis which has plunged sri
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lankans into despair, many wonder whether they're losing their democratic rights too. the ukrainian band which won this year's eurovision song contest — kalush orchestra — have sold their trophy at auction for more than £700,000 — that's $900,000. the funds will be used to buy drones and a ground control system for the ukrainian army. the sale coincided with the band's appearance at a charity concert for ukraine in berlin. backin back ina back in a couple minutes' time to time by the cost—of—living crisis and what can be done about it and will have the latest from the us. the defamation trial and the jury is out making its decision. stay with
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us. outside source on bbc news. goodbye. a rather cool and shower first half before things turn a little bit warmer as we head into the jubilee weekend. good weatherfor warmer as we head into the jubilee weekend. good weather for ducks or geese, heavy showers and some thundering and this evening across parts of eastern england and low—pressure sitting right across because of the moment and still be into tomorrow with showers popping up into tomorrow with showers popping up again and when you have showers by day, they fade away into the night but a few reports wednesday, showers run. northern ireland and some are bricks of rain affecting the western aisles of the night in temperatures in single figures in a few spots in the clear spell in scotland and close to freezing by
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morning and a brief touch of frost around and into tomorrow, are bricks of rain in the western aisles sinking down towards northern ireland. showers developing elsewhere in the heaviest went across eastern areas some thundering and the chance of hail and a few sunny spots to be had and a touch warmer through wells in southern england with increasing sunny spells as we head on into the evening. things will brighten up before the end of the day and are bricks of rain through tuesday evening and a western parts of england. and gradually pushing its weakest routes as we go into wednesday. single figures and temperatures around a rather cool stuff for the day on wednesday but the first day ofjune. meteorological summer and showers again in the system continues to inch for the use through england and elsewhere, sunny spots yes but the showers again will tend to fade away from western areas later in the day but largely fine into wednesday and
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temperatures are nudging upwards, close to average for the time of year and will feel warmer it we see some sunshine. high—pressure building in the bank holidays but with and that weather disturbance, we are expected to see a chance of showers, not as widespread as they've been through northern areas in showers shifting in the southern areas of low pressure into the weekend and doesn't dry but factor and for outdoor plans chemistry parties and the chance of showers with the sun appears, it's going to feel warmer.
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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. russia continues its bombardment of ukraine has a christian donbas region. we report from a front line town and hearfrom people region. we report from a front line town and hear from people caught in the fighting. —— the eastern donbas region. we the fighting. -- the eastern donbas reuion. ~ ., ., , region. we want to stay here, we want peace. _ region. we want to stay here, we want peace. we _ region. we want to stay here, we want peace, we want _ region. we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our- region. we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our child i region. we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our child to| region. we want to stay here, we i want peace, we want our child to go to school here. we will rebuild this city. in brussels, leaders failed to agree to ban russian oil imports. hungary opposes the move, we will get the latest from our correspondent. after thousands of liverpool fans were tear gassed at the champions league final, the french government blames what it calls industrial scale ticket fraud.— blames what it calls industrial scale ticket fraud. people there say
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it wasn't the _ scale ticket fraud. people there say it wasn't the problem. _ scale ticket fraud. people there say it wasn't the problem. people i scale ticket fraud. people there say| it wasn't the problem. people being attacked _ it wasn't the problem. people being attacked by the police, with pepper spray— attacked by the police, with pepper spray and _ attacked by the police, with pepper spray and tear gas after the match, thrat's— spray and tear gas after the match, that's not— spray and tear gas after the match, that's not a — spray and tear gas after the match, that's not a ticketing issue in any way, _ that's not a ticketing issue in any way. shape — that's not a ticketing issue in any way, shape or form. that is a police issue _ way, shape or form. that is a police issue. �* as the cost of living rises across the world, the cheapest pastor in uk supermarkets goes up by 50% in a year. we will look at how this is affecting people's lies in what can be done. —— the cheapest pasta in uk supermarkets. welcome back. let's get more on the war in ukraine now. earlier, we showed you a report from the eastern donbas region, where russia is now focusing its attack. and ukraine has been hoping for western countries to supply them with are what's called a multiple launch rocket system, and the us has now ruled that out. here's president biden. are you going to send long—range rocket systems to ukraine? we're not going to send ukraine rocket systems that can strike into russia.
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and on that — here's james waterhouse in kyiv. it is a big deal because to this point, over the past month or so, the russians have used long range missiles to great effect, really. they have targeted cities across ukraine, such as lviv in the west, the capital, kyiv, as well, as well as kharkiv in the north east. it's russia's way of continuing to flex its influence over ukraine, despite boots on the ground very much becoming much more condensed in the eastern donbas region. the other reason it's a big deal is that ukrainian forces in the east are finding themselves outgunned in terms of artillery, in terms of air superiority. it's becoming increasingly difficult as the russians try to lay more and more towns and cities to siege by surrounding them and cutting off people and bombarding them into submission, by using their familiar tactics. and president zelensky is not happy, nor is his government.
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they have long called for more weapons to try and push the russians back where where possible. and this is will be seen as a real disappointment. it's also interesting that clearly the us is worried. there is clearly a line in terms of western help and it could well be a concern from the west that if they crossed that line with longer range missiles, they're worried that russia could see that as a real escalation. james, you mentioned there the tactics of the russians, surrounding and bombing into submission. the progress isn't lightning speed by any stretch of the imagination, but it is gradual and it is continuous. can you see anything now that can try and change that course? it's very difficult to see whether things are going to move quickly or whether there's going to be real developments. i think the gains russia are making, yes, are small, but they're more symbolic.
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there's not, i mean, the thought from military experts is this, there's not thought to be many strategic advantages by taking cities like severodonetsk, or trying to take the whole of the luhansk region. but it's a marker for vladimir putin to turn to russians and say, "look, "i've said this is our priority and now we're some way "to going towards that." the ukrainians on their own can't force the russians out. they are relying on either a change of heart in vladimir putin or even a change of leadership, unlikely as that is. and so they are looking westwards for notjust heavy weaponry, but also immediate and severe sanctions to try and effect that, because as things stand, they're going to keep, i think, conceding territory in the east. and it is that territory which will form bargaining chips in any kind of ceasefire. so it's a really sensitive subject at the moment here in kyiv. and james, a bit more broadly, of course, we all know
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the importance ofjournalists from around the world covering this story and continuing to tell the story. and sadly today, the news of the death of a french journalist. yes. it's a reminder of the danger that faces everyone, particularly in the east at the moment, in a country at war, in a country, in a region which is now very much in the sights of the russians. a 32—year—old french photojournalist was killed when he was travelling in an armoured lorry or an armoured vehicle. authorities say he was killed when shrapnel pierced the lorry. shrapnel from a russian shell, giving him a fatal injury in the neck. there were some very graphic photos posted on telegram showing a heavily damaged vehicle, a smashed windscreen, blood on the interior and the body of a man lying on the pavement. it's been condemned by emmanuel macron. the french foreign minister has
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described it as a double crime, notjust his murder, but also killing someone carrying out the important work of shining light on the realities of this war. it was during the evacuation of civilians. such operations have always been fragile in this conflict, where moscow is continually accused of breaking agreed ceasefires or deliberately targeting people, an accusation that the kremlin continues to deny. now let's look at the cost of living crisis — because here in the uk, budget food has been getting hit badly. the price of household basics like minced beef, bread and rice have have gone up significantly — that's according to the office for national statistics. one of the worst affected is budget pasta — the price of the cheapest pasta has risen by 50% in april, compared with the same time last year.
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bread and minced beef has gone up by i6%. rice is now 15% more expensive — in some cases more. some goods have gone down in price, potatoes are now i4% cheaper, but overall the cost of food is climbing, as our business correspondent emma simpson explains. if you take this whole basket together, then these lower—priced items rose pretty much in line with overall food price inflation for april, which stood atjust under 7%. i think there is another thing worth pointing out here, of course. not all these items might be available in—store or online over time. or online ——all the time. so the ons found that with most of the products in this small sample, if you substituted them at an item at the next price point up, that it could be a 20% difference. there are a number of factors pushing up the cost of food and fuel, but in the case of wheat a major driver is the war in ukraine — ukraine is the world's fifth—largest exporter of wheat, but many of its wheat producing areas are now warzones. the world's largest wheat exporter
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is russia, which is now been hit by sanctions for the invasion. not only that, but grain that has already been harvested cannot be exported because russia has blockaded ukraine's ports — the largest being odesa on the black sea. it's a global problem — but some countries are particularly affected, like somalia — which gets all of its wheat imports from russia and ukraine. egypt and sudan are also heavily dependent. all are at risk of worsening food insecurity. and here in the uk, the cost of energy and food is driving more people into poverty, as writer and activist jack monroe explains. i was at my local food bank a few days ago and i met a guy there called john and we sat and talked for a good half hour, 45 minutes. and john has a partner and he has three children, and all of his children have special needs. and before he fell ill he was an aeronautical engineer. he's ludicrously intelligent, a delightful guy to chat to.
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but he sat there and said that every week when he gets his statement of what the universal credit is going be, that comes in, they then make a list of all of their household bills and they work out what they could not pay. like, who the least worst companies were for charges and bailiffs. and also how many meals he and his partner could miss that week in order to feed their children. and that's, you know, the price of food, people are being priced out of their own dinner up and down the country. the rise in the use of food banks in this country is astronomical and it's just set to get worse. and the more expensive food gets, the less donations there are to foodbanks, as well, because the people who would normally donate to foodbanks don't have the spare in their budget. so the knock—on impact is enormous. let's talk to dr megan blake — she's from the university
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of sheffield institute for sustainable food. she spent years researching food poverty in the uk. thanks for coming on the programme.— on the programme. thank you for havin: on the programme. thank you for having me- _ on the programme. thank you for having me. what _ on the programme. thank you for having me. what are _ on the programme. thank you for having me. what are the - on the programme. thank you forj having me. what are the different wa s having me. what are the different ways here. _ having me. what are the different ways here. given _ having me. what are the different ways here, given that _ having me. what are the different ways here, given that prices i having me. what are the different ways here, given that prices are l ways here, given that prices are going up, what are the ways people are struggling when it comes to food? 50 are struggling when it comes to food? ,, ., ., “ are struggling when it comes to food? ., ~ ., , ., food? so i would like to 'ust add, es, the food? so i would like to 'ust add, yes, the numberi food? so i would like to 'ust add, yes, the number of i food? so i would like to just add, yes, the number of foodbank i food? so i would like to just add, i yes, the number of foodbank users is increasing but there is another, again, twice as many people who are struggling, so what happens is people come back and what they eat, they cut down on the quality of their food, they cut down on the quality of theirfood, they they cut down on the quality of their food, they cut back on the number of meals, they turned the heat off, one of the things we are hearing is that people are turning off their electricity, and of course, that means that they can't preserve the cold chain in the refrigerator and they are getting food poisoning. from eating food that's gone off. they can't turn on their cooker, the cooker is the most expensive appliance in the household, and people are eating
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cold pizza that hasn't even been baked. which, you know, isn't right. it isn't right that that's what's going on. it isn't right that that's what's auoin on. . v it isn't right that that's what's ..oin on. ., �*, ., ., , going on. that's a really interesting _ going on. that's a really interesting insight i going on. that's a really i interesting insight because it's going on. that's a really - interesting insight because it's a kind of knock—on impact that you wouldn't necessarily think of immediately. given that that is people's experience right now, what can be done here? is a people's experience right now, what can be done here?— can be done here? is a lot that can be done. there _ can be done here? is a lot that can be done. there are _ can be done here? is a lot that can be done. there are certainly, i can be done here? is a lot that can be done. there are certainly, we . be done. there are certainly, we could have a better social safety system that actually pays people enough to live a reasonable life. we are a wealthy country and we can afford that. and the fact that we have people who are dying, that people are skipping meals, so that their children can eat, itjust isn't right. so that's certainly one thing. we can certainly assure that people have a living minimum wage. currently, a lot of employers don't provide that living minimum wage, including those who produce our food. we could give better budget�*s to local authorities, many local
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authorities are trying to build resilience to these sort of thing is, to build people's capacity is to be able to eat well and keep the food that they need, but we need to do that. and there certainly a role for planning local authority changes to enable the food people need to be in the place they are. one of the problems is in lots of the places where people are struggling to eat enough or have enough food, the food options in the place where they live are not suitable for a healthy life. so planning rules, other countries do it, we could do it, too.- so planning rules, other countries do it, we could do it, too. there is a uuite do it, we could do it, too. there is a quite high-level, _ do it, we could do it, too. there is a quite high-level, big _ do it, we could do it, too. there is a quite high-level, big strategic. a quite high—level, big strategic governmental decisions in terms of the social safety net and things like that. on a more immediate level, with prices going up, is it simply never case of, well, let's hope this inflation dies down pretty quickly and food prices come back down again? —— is it simply now a case of? or is there are other things in the immediate term we can
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do? . , things in the immediate term we can do? ., , ., ., ., ., do? clearly there are a lot of really wonderful _ do? clearly there are a lot of really wonderful community | really wonderful community organisations who are really supporting their communities and in inventive and catching them before they get to the point of needing food banks. so supporting those organisations to through holiday activities, supporting and giving them donations, they actually know what they're doing and they do it with a brilliantly, so rather than start something new, i would say, volunteer your time or provide support to those kinds of organisations, whether it's cash or whether it's your time, is really useful for them.— whether it's your time, is really useful for them. thank you so much for coming — useful for them. thank you so much for coming on _ useful for them. thank you so much for coming on to _ useful for them. thank you so much for coming on to talk— useful for them. thank you so much for coming on to talk us _ useful for them. thank you so much for coming on to talk us through i for coming on to talk us through that. thank you.— stay with us on outside source — still to come... thejury is the jury is out thejury is out in the jury is out in the depp versus heard trial, but social media has its own verdict, we will look at online campaigns against amber
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heard. the king ofjordan has described queen elizabeth as a beacon of light and hope in an exclusive interview with the bbc to mark her platinum jubilee. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports from amman in jordan. for generations the bond between this country's royalfamily and british royalty has been strong. something the current king ofjordan, abdullah ii, reflected on as we spoke about his lifelong family friend, the queen. as king, you are in a unique position to observe the reign of another monarch. i wonder how you view the queen's 70 years on the throne? i think with a lot of humility. my late father, his majesty king hussein, became a monarch the same year as her majesty. and the special relationship that they had is something that we inherited and we grew up with. but to think of what she has seen in her life and the standard that she has, i think, held as a monarch is an example for all of us.
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so for me, it's just... i'm honored to to be part of that story, to have seen that special relationship between my father and her, between myself and her majesty and his royal highness, prince charles. and now a wonderful young man, prince william, who is a friend of my son. so this is a historical relationship that we're very, very proud of. what are the attributes that she has that have largely made her reign so successful? ithink, you know, when you look at her majesty, you look at consistency. and i think putting the moral bar at the highest point possible. she has dedicated herself to the monarchy and to to the people. and as we have all experienced, sometimes you say things or have to take positions that may not necessarily be popular, but is the right thing. and i think that moral compass, if you look at her reign, is, i think, what has really made her shine compared to monarchies elsewhere.
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this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... ukrainian soldiers are facing a fierce battle in the east of the country. officials say russian troops have entered the city of severodonetsk but ukraine's military is still repelling attacks. the deadlock in brussels continues as eu leaders are trying to reach an agreement on banning oil imports from russia. now, this week at start of four days of celebrations to mark the's of platinum jubilee. during the's of platinum jubilee. during the 70 years she has been on the throne with seen many aspects of life in the uk change. we've been looking at what we know of the queen's own reaction to that. do you
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solemnly promise _ queen's own reaction to that. do you solemnly promise and _ queen's own reaction to that. do you solemnly promise and swear. . . ? i queen's own reaction to that. do you l solemnly promise and swear. . . ? along with the crimson _ solemnly promise and swear. . . ? along with the crimson mental— solemnly promise and swear...? along with the crimson mental edged with amun, qd responsible du was placed on the young queen's shoulders in 1953. -- on the young queen's shoulders in 1953. —— huge responsibility. she was placed on the throne of an impoverished united kingdom and its crumbling empire. "some helped my rain will mark a new elizabethan age." she said in her speech later that year. it was elizabeth the first to may well have pondered her own destiny here, in a room where elizabeth ii sought her own inspiration. 1 elizabeth ii sought her own inspiration.— elizabeth ii sought her own insiration. ., ., ., inspiration. i will quote an earlier elizabeth, that _ inspiration. i will quote an earlier elizabeth, that god _ inspiration. i will quote an earlier elizabeth, that god has _ inspiration. i will quote an earlier elizabeth, that god has raised . inspiration. i will quote an earlier| elizabeth, that god has raised me inspiration. i will quote an earlier. elizabeth, that god has raised me hi and i have reigned with your love. so how did she approach the job? your answer, to guide this kingdom
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through changing times. a vital part of what she called a trusted framework of stability and continuity to ease the process of change. the most immediate challenge was helping the country adapt to the end of empire, during a time of post—war economic hardship. m0 post-war economic hardship. no loner post—war economic hardship. in; longer an imperial power, we have been coming to terms with what this means for ourselves and for our relations with the rest of the world. it relations with the rest of the world. . , . ,., relations with the rest of the world. . , ., ,., ., ., relations with the rest of the world. ., ., ., ., . ., world. it was also a time of change and tension — world. it was also a time of change and tension as _ world. it was also a time of change and tension as immigrants - world. it was also a time of change and tension as immigrants arrived | and tension as immigrants arrived from britain's colonies. elizabeth described the new commonwealth as an equal partnership of nations and races, pledging to give the institution her heart and soul every day of her life. the queen has often reflected on the enormous social and political change that has characterised her reign. in the swinging 60s, she reflected on how good it was that women were beginning to play their full part in
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public life. in the strife of the 705, she spoke of hope and faith and above all the values and principles she believed would see us through the toughest of times. the traditional _ the toughest of times. the traditional values - the toughest of times. tue: traditional values etched the toughest of times. tte: traditional values etched across our history equip us well for this age of change. to history equip us well for this age of chance. ., .,, history equip us well for this age of change-— history equip us well for this age ofchanue. ., , ,, ., of change. to ease the process of chan . e, of change. to ease the process of change. queen — of change. to ease the process of change, queen elizabeth - of change. to ease the process of change, queen elizabeth ii - of change. to ease the process of change, queen elizabeth ii has i change, queen elizabeth ii has sought to bring constancy to her role as monarch, dependable, unchanging. loyal. and true. as the uk celebrates her 70 years on the throne, she has become a keystone in the nation's architecture, the solid and immovable piece that holds the country'simage of itself in place. change has become a constant. managing it has become an expanding discipline. the way we embrace it defines our future. the discipline. the way we embrace it defines our future.— discipline. the way we embrace it defines our future. the success of elizabeth was _ defines our future. the success of elizabeth was to _ defines our future. the success of elizabeth was to have _ defines our future. the success of elizabeth was to have reigned - defines our future. the success of| elizabeth was to have reigned with the love of her people as elizabeth
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the love of her people as elizabeth the first inspired her to do, then success it has been, transcending ages, races and classes, elizabeth can be confident she enjoys the respect and affection of her kingdom. we're going to talk about the defamation trial between the actorjohnny depp and his ex—wife, actor amber heard. we're now waiting for thejury to decide. a reminder — the defamation case was brought byjohnny depp, after this article by amber heard in the washington post where she said she was a victim of domestic abuse. johnny depp denies any abuse. he claims the article damaged his reputation and is suing amber heard for $50 million. she is counter—suing him for $100 million. there's something we've seen a lot of during this trial — anti—amber heard campaigns on social media. and amber heard spoke about the impact of that in herfinal appearance in court. i receive hundreds of death threats,
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regularly, if not daily. thousands. it's been... agonising. agonising, painful and humiliating. thing i've ever had to go through. i am harassed, humiliated, threatened, every single day. katherine denkinson is a freelance journalist who's investigated social media campaigns surrounding the case for the british newspaper the independent. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. was going on here? why has amber heard received such a torrent of abuse on social media about this? what has happened with this case is you've got this horrendous combination of thejohnny depp fans, the superfans who
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combination of thejohnny depp fans, the super fans who refuse to believe outright that he could be capable of wrong, that he could ever be guilty of anything, and who want to promote the justice for of anything, and who want to promote thejustice forjohnny of anything, and who want to promote the justice forjohnny depp sort of hashtags and ideas, and on the opposing side to that, you have the antifeminist factions who are seeing this as a perfect opportunity to basically try and dismantle the #metoo movement and attack feminists and the left, you have these hashtags being created by one side and shared by the other, so that's why it spread so far. 50 and shared by the other, so that's why it spread so far.— why it spread so far. so people creatin: why it spread so far. so people creating these _ why it spread so far. so people creating these hashtags, - why it spread so far. so people creating these hashtags, this l why it spread so far. so people| creating these hashtags, this is why it spread so far. so people . creating these hashtags, this is an organised group, is it? and then other people share them knowingly or unknowingly? tt’s other people share them knowingly or unknowingly?— unknowingly? it's an amorphous urou - , unknowingly? it's an amorphous u-rou, i unknowingly? it's an amorphous group, i wouldn't _ unknowingly? it's an amorphous group, i wouldn't say _ unknowingly? it's an amorphous group, i wouldn't say they're - group, i wouldn't say they're particularly organised, as far as anything is organised on the internet. you have the all try for example, who are involved in something called gamer gate a while ago. —— the alt right, for example. which had similar ends, to dismantle
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feminism and the left. and similar hashtags and theories, they're putting these out there. and you're seeing some people showing them who know what it's about, some people who think they're just supporting johnny depp, perhaps, and don't the implications. find johnny depp, perhaps, and don't the implications-_ implications. and you're talking about #metoo, _ implications. and you're talking about #metoo, you _ implications. and you're talking about #metoo, you mentionedj implications. and you're talking l about #metoo, you mentioned it implications. and you're talking - about #metoo, you mentioned it in passing, #metoo is obvious that such a huge global movement, if so a shift in opinion amongst so many people. are you saying this in some way as a reaction against that? tt way as a reaction against that? tt is, yeah. there's a huge factor of who are saying that #metoo except amber heard, is a thing i have seen. because amber is not the perfect victim, if you like, because she herself stands accused of meting out abuses of her own, of hitting johnny depp and so forth, they are using that to say that because she couldn't #metoo him because he was violent as well, we should now take into question everyone else who has ever used #metoo. tt’s
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into question everyone else who has ever used #metoo.— ever used #metoo. it's a slightly complicated _ ever used #metoo. it's a slightly complicated issue, _ ever used #metoo. it's a slightly complicated issue, this, - ever used #metoo. it's a slightly complicated issue, this, isn't- ever used #metoo. it's a slightly complicated issue, this, isn't it? | complicated issue, this, isn't it? because as you mentioned, the group online is a morph is, not one single group, for example, i've been on social media and seen lots of accounts from relatively young women across the world being involved in this. not the kind of faces and people you would normally associate with the alt right.— with the alt right. absolutely, this is the problems _ with the alt right. absolutely, this is the problems of _ with the alt right. absolutely, this is the problems of this _ with the alt right. absolutely, this is the problems of this is - with the alt right. absolutely, this is the problems of this is where i l is the problems of this is where i say, there to keep these hashtags, using them thinking it's funny, thinking it's a way to get at amber heard, if you like, because she is taking their guide to court. and they not realising the long—term implications of what this means most of their promoting the alt right in the process without really being aware of it, i think. we the process without really being aware of it, i think.— aware of it, i think. we have mentioned _ aware of it, i think. we have mentioned the _ aware of it, i think. we have mentioned the alt _ aware of it, i think. we have mentioned the alt right - aware of it, i think. we have mentioned the alt right a - aware of it, i think. we have - mentioned the alt right a couple of times, i think. mentioned the alt right a couple of times, ithink. could mentioned the alt right a couple of times, i think. could you talk us through what that means? the time came about. — through what that means? the time came about. a _ through what that means? the time came about, a white _ through what that means? the time came about, a white nationalist - came about, a white nationalist american man, richard spencer, coined the phrase of the alternative right to express his own political views. essentially it covers the far right in the us, the far right often
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don't like referring to themselves as the far right so they have taken on alt right, alternative right, instead. at the views they espouse, the values cover most of fascism, to be honest. they see the white european as the goal, because my parent one child family, very straight, very non—progressive values. —— two parent one child family. values. -- two parent one child famil . �* , , values. -- two parent one child famil. �* , , family. i'm seeing in this court case, family. i'm seeing in this court case. the _ family. i'm seeing in this court case, the mixture _ family. i'm seeing in this court case, the mixture of— family. i'm seeing in this court case, the mixture of it - family. i'm seeing in this court case, the mixture of it being i case, the mixture of it being televised which court cases in the us have been for a while, but now of course going along with social media, it means we will see this kind of commentary away from the courtroom in future cases as well? its potential to, yes, unfortunately.- its potential to, yes, unfortunately. its potential to, yes, unfortunatel . ., ~ , unfortunately. 0k, thank you very much for coming _ unfortunately. 0k, thank you very much for coming on _ unfortunately. 0k, thank you very much for coming on and _ unfortunately. 0k, thank you very much for coming on and talking i unfortunately. 0k, thank you very | much for coming on and talking us through not only the terms and background but trying to explain some of the online activity that has been surrounding this case. thank you very much for coming on. thank ou. and that's it from me for the
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moment. plenty more online, as always, get me on social media, on twitter. this is outside source. goodbye. hello. a rather cool and showery first half of the week before things turn a little warmer as we head into the jubilee turn a little warmer as we head into thejubilee weekend. good weather for ducks, or in this case geese, today. plenty of heavy showers around. some thundery and even this evening across parts of eastern england, low pressure sitting right across us at the moment and it will still be tomorrow, so that showers will pop again. for many times, when you have showers by day they fade into the night, but notice through the night, parts of wales and england will still have showers around. a drier looking picture in scotland and northern ireland, though some are pics of rain affecting the western isles overnight. temperatures widely in single figures. a few spots of clear
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spells in scotland will be close to freezing by morning, maybe at brief touch of frost around. tomorrow, and pics of rain in western isles sinking down towards northern ireland as a day goes on. showers widely elsewhere, the heaviest across eastern areas, some thundery, the chance of hail, some sunny spells to be had. it will maybe feel a touch warmer through wales and southern england in particular, with increasing sunny spells as we go into the evening. for many places, it will brighten up before the end of the day. outbreaks of rain deeper on the tuesday evening, heading into wales and western parts of england. from a weather system that will gradually push its way eastwards as we go into wednesday. again, for many, single figure temperatures, rather cool started the day, on wednesday, the first day ofjune. the first day of meteorological summer. and showery again. this system continues to edge further east through england, elsewhere, sunny spells but showers popping up again. tending to fade away from western areas later in the day but
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largely fine and to wednesday, and temperatures are edging upwards because of the average for the time of year. it will feel warmer where you get to see some such eye. there is high pressure building in for the bank holidays on thursday and friday, therewithin that there is a weak weather disturbance so we are expecting at least the chance of showers, not as widespread as they have been, particularly through northern areas, and the focus for showers shifting to southern areas with low pressure close by into the weekend. it does look drier than it is at the moment but factor in for outdoor plans, street parties, the chance of showers. where the sun appears, though, as it will, it will feel warmer.
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