live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. russia accuses ukraine of a drone attack on the kremlin. kyiv denies having anything to do with it. footage had emerged of a drone strike on the kremlin. and we will have a closer look at the security measures put in place around king charles�* coronation.

welcome to the programme, i am lewis vaughanjones. ukraine says it had nothing to do with an alleged drone attack on the kremlin which russia has called an attempt to assassinate president putin. what do we know about the alleged incident? the bbc has verified this video. it shows the drone flying in on the left—hand side, and then this and speaking at a news conference in helsinki, finland, president volodymyr zelensky said that we don't attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory. ukraine says that russia is using this accusation as cover to launch an attack. let's run through what we know, with daniel palumbo.

we have already seen similar events in the region of the capital to this, but never so close to the city centre. this is after the first screenshot that we have seen, picturing the explosion. this building is in the city centre, this is moscow but if we zoom and really closely, we will be able to spot red square just here, closely, we will be able to spot red squarejust here, and all closely, we will be able to spot red square just here, and all of this is the kremlin. the kremlin is not only one building but a complex of many government buildings. what we want to focus attention on is where the russians say it actually is locating, this is the dome where the explosion is first seen. the bbc has not been able to independently verify what the flying object is but we spoke with some experts and one of them has said that the way that

the object actually flies, matches the object actually flies, matches the movement of a drone. another element that we were able to spot where these two white spots, two people seen working on top of the domejust people seen working on top of the dome just seconds before the explosion. we don't know who they are, and we don't know what they were doing there. we know that moscow and all of red square was being prepared before the celebration of victory des. we will study and analyse more the videos and we will bring any more details we find to you as soon as possible —— victory day. a little earlier i spoke to sergei gory ashko from bbc russian. i asked him if we're any closer to understanding what has actually happened here. this is a significant story and a highly symbolic attack, either by the ukrainians or by some groups inside russia, as some ukrainian officials claim, whether it was

conducted as a false flag operation, it is the first time in modern history when the kremlin itself is under attack which is really striking here, that this building wasjust striking here, that this building was just near the russian flag over the building which is known as the official residence of president vladimir putin, but president putin seldom uses this residence inside the kremlin, he comes there only for high profile international state visits like last month when the chinese leader xi jinping arrived chinese leader xijinping arrived in moscow. that is where the initial meeting with him was held. he usually uses his palace near moscow or his other residences inside russia, so the kremlin press secretary has spoken about that putin did not have any intention to come to the kremlin yesterday and he

was spending his working day in his residence near moscow, so it is questionable whether it was an attack with an attempt to assassinate putin or to make some harm to him or it wasjust a symbolic attack to show the possibilities of the ukrainian unmanned aircraft to strike in the city centre of moscow.— city centre of moscow. thanks to sen ei for city centre of moscow. thanks to sergei for that. _ well our correspondent in kyiv is hugo bachega and he gave me the ukrainian reaction to this alleged drone attacked. the ukrainians reject that they have anything to do with this alleged drone attack. we have heard from presidential spokesman here rejecting any ukrainian involvement. what is interesting is that we also heard from an adviser to president zelensky you not only rejected any ukrainian involvement with this alleged attack but also said that

this could be an indication that moscow is preparing to launch a large—scale attack against ukraine. and the senior adviser also said that carrying out an attack like this wouldn't change the situation on the battlefield for kyiv and would only give russia the excuse to carry out more attacks targeting the civilian population so again the ukrainians have so far rejected any kind of involvement in this alleged drone attack. and what is interesting is the context. we have seen that there has been an increase in military activity from both sides, as the ukrainians say that they are now finishing their plans for a much anticipated counteroffensive, to try to take back territory that is now on the russian occupation so we have seen in the last few days there have been explosions in russia and in russian —controlled territory. russia has,

again, targeted cities across the country. this morning we had more attacks targeting kyiv and other cities

inside russia because they are afraid this would escalate things in particular this might draw them into direct conflict with russia which they really don't want. it has had an impact on the kinds of decisions that they make about weapons, the don'ts in the long range weapon missiles because they want to avoid these kinds of strikes and they say what weapon systems that they give are for striking russian targets inside what they recognise, the americans, as the boundaries of

ukraine. nevertheless, there are some explosions, drone strikes inside russian territory, which is sometimes the ukrainians are coy about. they hence that it may have been that without directly claiming so, although in this case, they are denying that it was them. talk us throu . h denying that it was them. talk us through a bit _ denying that it was them. talk us through a bit of the _ denying that it was them. talk us through a bit of the process - denying that it was them. talk us through a bit of the process if - through a bit of the process if you can about the intelligence gathering what will be happening now in the state department clearly with intelligence gathering operation secrecy is fundamental but what kind of, will there be a big effort now to try to establish what kind, what went on and what kind of channels will the use to gather that intelligence?— will the use to gather that intelliuence? �* , . . , . intelligence? as far as intelligence gathering. it _ intelligence? as far as intelligence gathering, it will mostly _ intelligence? as far as intelligence gathering, it will mostly not come | gathering, it will mostly not come from the state department it will come from the intelligence services and i've we have seen through the war they have pretty good lines of intelligence within the russian military even because they have been able to learn about attacks beforehand and warned ukrainians. so one would think that they have fairly established routes to check things out. although given the leak of intelligence and documents, classified documents over the past weeks, everything may not be as easy as it was before, that is not clear so they will be looking at open source media and human intelligence on the ground that they have established to try to figure out if this was a strike and then they will

also, the state department, making queries with ukrainians to confirm what the ukrainians are saying in public. what the ukrainians are saying in ublic. , g , ., public. interesting. just more widel , public. interesting. just more widely. give _ public. interesting. just more widely, give us— public. interesting. just more widely, give us an _ public. interesting. just more widely, give us an update - public. interesting. just more widely, give us an update on| public. interesting. just more i widely, give us an update on the state, the political state, the attitude towards ukraine and to the conflict we saw earlier in the year, splintering, i suppose of support, partly on partisan lines. where are we now? ., , partly on partisan lines. where are we now? . , , ., we now? there are still support for backin: we now? there are still support for backing ukraine _ we now? there are still support for backing ukraine in _ we now? there are still support for backing ukraine in the _ we now? there are still support for backing ukraine in the war, - we now? there are still support for backing ukraine in the war, but - backing ukraine in the war, but there has been a softening of it, given that the war has been going on for some time. they have concerns about the economy at home, inflation and so on, and there fall along partisan lines, so you have more republican meaning —— leaning people who have less support for the

continued level of backing that the us has given, and in congress you have some on the right wing of the republican party who openly say this is not something that the us government should be funding as much in this way, as well as some of the republican presidential candidates have been voicing scepticism as well. . ~ , ., ., ., have been voicing scepticism as well. . ~ ., ., ~ ., well. thank you for that, i know that ou well. thank you for that, i know that you will _ well. thank you for that, i know that you will be _ well. thank you for that, i know that you will be back _ well. thank you for that, i know that you will be back with - well. thank you for that, i know that you will be back with us - well. thank you for that, i know that you will be back with us if l well. thank you for that, i know i that you will be back with us if you get any intelligence or stronger lines out of the us. one crucial lines out of the us. one crucial line that we have hard —— heard from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, not in the capital kyiv, not in ukraine at all but making a visit to finland. he has been meeting leaders there, and was asked about this. let's take a listen. we don't attack _ about this. let's take a listen. - don't attack putin or moscow. we fight on our territory. we are

defending our villages and cities. we don't have enough weapons for this. . ., ., ., this. crucial intervention from volodymyr — this. crucial intervention from volodymyr zelensky - this. crucial intervention from volodymyr zelensky and - this. crucial intervention from volodymyr zelensky and also | this. crucial intervention from - volodymyr zelensky and also absolute denial. we will keep a cross claim and counterclaim in the hours ahead. the state broadcaster in rwanda is warning that floodwaters, which have claimed the lives of more than 100 and 20 people, are still rising with more heavy rain forecast. most of the deaths occurred in western province which borders lake kivu where homes and roads were swept away. pictures showed roads and bridges engulfed in rivers of mud and brown water flowing through the streets. rescue efforts are continuing. we will go now to serbia and belgrade. eight pupils and a security guard have been killed in a school shooting in the serbian capital, belgrade. police have arrested

a 13—year—old pupil from the school who's said to have walked into a history lesson and opened fire. police say they are investigating the shooter's motives and three days of national mourning have been declared in serbia. our belgrade correspondent guy delauney reports. handcuffed and hooded, belgrade police take the suspected shooter for questioning. he isjust ia years old. parents and teachers were left in shock. this sort of thing just does not happen in serbian schools despite high levels of gun ownership. any gun crime is rare and mass shootings in classrooms are unheard of. police say the suspect arrived at the school on the morning after the labor day holiday. first he argued with a security guard at the entrance of the vladislav ribnikara school, then he pulled out a gun and shot him. parents say their children have told them what happened next. the shooter entered a history class, fired at the teacher and then turned his weapon on his classmates.

translation: the teacher immediately i sheltered the children, locked them i in, some of them were under the tables so they were safe inside. after i don't know how much time, they let them out. police believe the suspect used a gun owned by his father. police believe the suspect used a gun and by his father. —— owned by his father. it is one of serbia's's worst ever mass shootings, the shock is being felt throughout the country and people will be desperate to know why it happened. guy delauney, bbc news. we are going to take you live now to serbia. the president is giving an address right now in response to this tragic school shooting. he is speaking now. we do not have a direct translation right now. i can give you a sense of what he has been saying. you can see by his dress and his mannerisms, the gravity, with the country very much trying to absorb what happened. we know that he had said so far that the school

shooter will be placed in a special psychiatric institution, so that is something that will —— is coming from the serbian president. also in that address, he is talking about the fact that the shooter's mother has also been arrested. the serbian president, saying that the mother of the school shooter has been arrested. just to remind you, if you have not been following this in the last couple of hours, a 30—year—old has been arrested. a pupil at the school —— 13—year—old. eight students and a security guard have been killed. this is an elementary school in the capital belgrade. others injured, six pupils and a teacher injured and in hospital being treated right now. a dreadful,

dreadful incident. and i should say, very, very unusual and an almost unprecedented in the country. this country has a history of conflict. given that history there are lots of guns in the country but gun crime in itself is extraordinarily low. so it is an internal kind of contradiction as opposed to the us which has lots of guns and lots of school shootings, very, very rare in serbia and in the shock of that press conference can be seen with government officials fighting back tears, and an address from the president, who has given us a couple of new details. we know from the police earlier that the government, just 13 years old pre—planned this attack. this was not random. he took

guns from his house and he had a preprepared list of people to target, effectively. and just to remind you what we have been learning from the president, from his words, we know that the mother of the suspect has been arrested also. we will keep listening across that and we will bring you any new details and lines from that as we get it. we are going to come back to the news here in the uk now. emma raducanu the tennis player is out of wimbledon and the french open because of a minor operation on her hands. she posted this to instagram. she will be out of tennis for the next few months. a second operation will follow on her other hand, as well as on her ankle. so that is bad

news for her, and fans will not be seeing her at major tennis competitions in the months ahead. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. look at this bay. it is absolutely beautiful today. we have to be 100% sure before we do anything that could damage this pitiful environment. a canadian company plans to capture and store carbon in this water is by pumping and chemicals through an outflow pipe. it has the community concerned, with the community say, why here? the cornish coast is said to provide the ideal conditions, because the water is shallow and turbulent and the currents keep the water near the surface for a long time. a small

trial took place last autumn and the environment agency has asked for more information on the potential impact on this marine habitat, and the climate credentials are under scrutiny. as more questions are being asked, the company's hopes for a may orjune two trial are looking uncertain. you're live with bbc news. the uk government has praised the police for their quick response after a man was arrested after what appeared to be shotgun cartridges were thrown into the grounds of buckingham palace last night. ministers say a very complex security operation is in place for king charles' coronation this weekend, which will be attended by leaders and royalty from around the world. we've heard today there'll be more than 11,000 police officers on duty. rehearsals for the coronation were held overnight in central london as frances read reports. in handcuffs and calmly escorted away. police called to the gates of

buckingham palace after shotgun cartridges were thrown into grounds. the man was arrested for possession of an offensive weapon after he was found to have a knife. police stressed that there was no connection to terrorism and that nobody had been hurt, describing it as a mental health incident. the kin . as a mental health incident. the kin: was as a mental health incident. the king was not _ as a mental health incident. the king was not in _ as a mental health incident. the king was not in residence at the time. it is incidents like these that police have been preparing for. we have spent quite literally months planning this event as you can imagine. the work that has gone on between the metropolitan police and other forces around the united kingdom, to make sure that we know as much as possible what is going on and wear incidents could occur. home and wear incidents could occur. none of it delayed — and wear incidents could occur. none of it delayed a _ and wear incidents could occur. none of it delayed a huge _ and wear incidents could occur. none of it delayed a huge military rehearsal overnight, with thousands of soaring personnel because on saturday, hundreds of millions of people will be watching.- saturday, hundreds of millions of people will be watching. groups have

come from all _ people will be watching. groups have come from all parts _ people will be watching. groups have come from all parts of _ people will be watching. groups have come from all parts of the _ people will be watching. groups have come from all parts of the armed - come from all parts of the armed services, army, navy and air force as well as members of the common forces and it is the first time they have all been brought together on the streets, on the ground, on the day so it was a big test but it went very well. day so it was a big test but it went ve well. , ., very well. there will be two procession _ very well. there will be two procession through - very well. there will be two | procession through london, very well. there will be two - procession through london, the smaller first procession from buckingham palace to westminster abbey will see the king and queen consort travel by carriage down the mall to trafalgar square before heading to the abbey. the return coronation procession will use the same route but which will be much larger. security will remain tight both this week over the weekend, to make sure that goes smoothly. police here have other duties. a tourist attraction for those visiting in their own right. this is the first time many will have seen a coronation and it will be a big job for those on duty.

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it is on ukraine, deepening defence through cooperation, all of the things that we do, it is incredibly rewarding place. even though this version is little dramatic, the backdrop is the same and it is great to see it. aha, backdrop is the same and it is great to see it. �* ., ., ., . to see it. a little more dramatic but is there _ to see it. a little more dramatic but is there anything _ to see it. a little more dramatic but is there anything that - to see it. a little more dramatic but is there anything that you i but is there anything that you relate to or anything that stood out as really be not like that? aha, lat relate to or anything that stood out as really be not like that?— as really be not like that? a lot of thins. as really be not like that? a lot of things- first _ as really be not like that? a lot of things. first of _ as really be not like that? a lot of things. first of all, _ as really be not like that? a lot of things. first of all, the _ as really be not like that? a lot of things. first of all, the details - as really be not like that? a lot of things. first of all, the details ofl things. first of all, the details of the show are incredible. the show runners and producers do a lot of research and homework, so there are many things, minute details that if you were a state department foreign service officer and you wanted to nerd out you would pick up little things here and there. the winston churchill picture, _ things here and there. the winston churchill picture, that _ things here and there. the winston churchill picture, that is _ things here and there. the winston churchill picture, that is something j churchill picture, that is something that they really have done their homework and it is like that. i am sorry to say that we are right out of time. i apologise that we had to

cut it short but so great to have you on, thank you. that is it from me. i'm lewis orvaughanjones, and this is bbc news. hello there. today was a fine late spring day for many parts of the country with sunshine more widely. and in west wales, temperatures reached 19 degrees. in scotland though, we've seen much more clouds. so temperatures have been lower here and we've seen some rain heading into the north—west of scotland. a weakening weather front will take that rain overnight up towards the northern isles. the rest of the uk likely to be dry, the breeze tending to pick up an east or southeasterly breeze. there'll be a few breaks in the cloud, but it may not be quite so chilly as it was last night in eastern parts of england. these are the numbers as we head to dawn on thursday. for many parts of the country on thursday, it looks like it'll

be a dry day with some sunshine at times. there will be a few changes, though, that stronger wind off the north sea brings more cloud into eastern scotland, north east england and a weather front approaching the south—west, bringing some patchy rain here and increases the cloud in northern ireland as well. so for these areas it may well be a bit cooler than it was today. it'll be cooler in the northeast as well, but with some sunshine elsewhere and lighter winds for the midlands. in the southeast here, it's going to be warmer. temperatures reaching 19 degrees here. but contrast that with temperatures barely getting into double figures in eastern scotland and the north east of england. we're seeing some rain now coming in from the south—west, not huge amounts of rain. that weather front will continue to push its way northwards overnight into friday morning. that weather front probably getting stuck across scotland through the day and then following on from that to the south, we'll see some sunshine, but showers will develop quite readily. they could be heavy and thundery southern. southernmost parts of england should see an improvement later on in the afternoon. the winds are lighter for many areas, more from the south or southwest. but we've still got a stronger wind off the north sea in scotland.

hence temperatures will be a bit lower here once again on friday, although temperatures should be higher in the north east of england. for many parts of the uk, temperatures will be around 15 to 17 degrees. the colder air that's in the northeast is going to get pushed away. the wind changes more to the south or southwest, but that means the weather is going to be turning much more unsettled just in time for the coronation weekend, with weather fronts moving up from the south or from the west. so things are looking more changeable. there is some rain in the forecast at the moment. it looks like we'll see rain pushing up from the south on saturday. sunday at the moment, looks like the dry day of the few before we see some heavy showers returning on monday.

this is bbc news, the headlines. rush accuses drone attack on the kremlin, keith denies any response ability. an investigation reveals that russian naval ships were close to nord stream gas pipelines during september's explosion. one of the biggest ever police operations against one of italy's ukraine says it has had nothing to do with an alleged trend attack on the kremlin. which russia has called in attempt to assassinate president

putin. the