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 bbc has verified this video. this video showing the moment the drones hit the building. on the left—hand side that small hand object coming into view and then that explosion. and we have an update on this. we have been on social media hearing from ex—president of russia, dmitry medvedev saying, in that post on social media, that the alleged overnight drone attack on the kremlin left moscow with no options but to, quote, eliminate ukrainian president zelensky and his clique in kyiv. the latest response have their so far. our correspondent will vernon has been monitoring events from moscow. the statement from the kremlin saying that ukraine used two drones to attack the kremlin building last night saying that russian forces managed to bring those forces down

and that there were no injuries and that the president himself was unhurt although they did say that this was in assassination attempt on putin's life. it is not actually clear what actually happened but those videos emerging on social media showing a fire and smoke in explosion around one of the kremlin building. if what the kremlin saying is true, it raises questions on how well protected the president is. he seems to be one of the most well guarded leaders in the world. when my colleagues and i have been at putin events the level of protection is huge. an enormous security detail, enormous convoys, airspace closed, traffic halted, that sort of thing. also i think questions will be asked about the effectiveness of a russian air defences. in recent months, we have spotted a number of

air defence systems that have been placed in strategic locations around moscow, usually in the vicinity of key buildings such as the defence ministry. precisely for this reason. because the kremlin is nervous that ukraine or those sympathetic to ukraine or those sympathetic to ukraine will launch aerial attacks against russian targets. i think that drone attacks are getting more and more common here in they seem to be creeping closer and closer to the capital. just this morning, there was a drone attack on a region near the occupied ukrainian region of crimea. that caused a huge fire. another of other incidents in previous days, explosions, strange incidents. two trains were derailed near the border with ukraine yesterday in the day before. the local governor blame to those on

improvised explosive devices. i think those incidents are becoming more and more common and serious and causing a lot of nervousness, i think, here in russia. especially amongst ordinary russians. let's ta ke let's take a closer look at the video of the drones with our analysis editor roz atkins. russia claimed that _ analysis editor roz atkins. russia claimed that ukraine _ analysis editor roz atkins. russia claimed that ukraine tried - analysis editor roz atkins. russia claimed that ukraine tried to - analysis editor roz atkins. russia claimed that ukraine tried to killl claimed that ukraine tried to kill vladimir putin in the early outers of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it is in moscow, receipt of object fly in from the left and explode. let's play it again and pause here. we know that this is moscow because this is red square. here is a recent picture of the simplest but the kremlin wall in the simplest but the kremlin wall in the background and stands for the next week victory parade. you can see both stands in the video to meaning it is also recent. and if we play the video on and pause again. there is the object flying towards the dome of the senate palace. moments before it explodes, we can see people on the dome. we don't know who they are or what they are

doing. russia says it was attacked by two unmanned aerial vehicles. in other words, drones. we cannot confirm that. and if that is one video, here are three more. this is a map of russia with moscow and the rest —— west. all of these videos show this part of the city first appears the second. the verification team has confirmed is was post at 316 moscow time on wednesday morning. we see the same dome with smoke rising from it. the words are from a local telegram channel that posted the video. this next video shows the senate palace dome with fire clearly visible and this shows an object flying in from the right. again we see in explosion, russia says all of this was a planned terrorist act and an assassination times on the president. it has provided no evidence to back that up. ukraine says it is all stage by russia. as for vladimir la liga. he was not there for the time of the

incident and these pictures show the dome looking undamaged —— putin. both sides say the other carried it out. 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. our security correspondent daniel sandford has more. they are describing it as one of the most significant security operations that they have ever staged. the police contribution to operation golden orb. there will be around 11 and a half thousand officers into total working on saturday, and 9200 as it were, lining the streets and

then of more than 2000 other officers doing things like the ip protection and other behind—the—scenes activities. clearly what they are hoping is that they can allow these ceremonial nature of the offence to go unhindered by any violence, and also by any significant protest activity. behind the scenes there will be a huge operation with armed officers deployed all over the root. with obsolete lot of intelligence gathering having gone on ahead of time and in terms of the protection of people like the first lady of thing night states, the president of france, and all of the world people attending the coronation —— of the united states. but there also be concerned around protest activity and what police are saying is that while they will allow lawful protests they will move incredibly quickly to clamp down on anything that they view as breaching the law. of that they view as breaching the law. of course some

that they view as breaching the law. of course some new that they view as breaching the law. of course some new protest laws have come into force just this week. which include laws against people walking on, as it were, tying themselves onto buildings or applied to each other and the police will not hesitate to use those powers that they have to. russian ships able to perform underwater operations were present near to where explosions later took place on the nord stream pipelines, according to an investigative documentary. the vessels were reportedly located using intercepted russian navy communications. let's remind ourselves of the series of events. underwater explosions last september knocked the two nord stream pipelines built to carry gas from russia to europe out of action. in the immediate aftermath, some in the west pointed the finger at russia, while moscow blamed western countries, including the uk. but the latest programme in the tv documentary series putin's shadow war provides a lead pointing towards russia's involvement.

the series is by denmark's dr, norway's nrk, sweden's svt, and finland's yle broadcasters the latest episode focuses on what they say are suspicious ship movements before the blasts. these were so called "ghost ships", which had their transmitters turned off. these russian ships are said to have been in the vicinity of an explosion site for several hours. russia denies any involvement. german and italian police have arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on the italian an dran ghetta crime group as part of a europe wide anti mafia operation. the group, known for worldwide cocaine smuggling and trafficking weapons is thought to be one of the richest organised crime families in the world. italian and belgian investigators believe that the group smuggled close to 25 tonnes of cocaine between october 2019 and january 2022 and funnelled more than 22 million euros to belgium, the netherlands and south america.

in italy 108 people were arrested, with 2a more in germany and 15 in belgium. in germany, investigators uncovered a widespread network of restaurants, pizzerias, ice cream shops and car washes suspected to be part of criminal activity. the profits from international arm struggling is huge, it is very dirty money and if you want to use it you somehow have to return it to the circulation of money. this is done with the help of small business owners. this is one of those places. we can get more now from our correspondent. i'm afraid we are having a couple of technical difficulties. we will come back to

sophia later. next the financial watchdog is planning to make it easier to list shares on the london stock exchange rather than in new york or elsewhere. financial conduct authority says it once used grep premium listing requirements which could deter start ups newer companies. it says the move will make the uk more competitive with stock market. it's the final day of campaigning ahead of tomorrow's local elections in many parts of england. more than 8 thousand seats are being contested in total in these elections that's across 230 of the country's local authorities. the vote is being seen as a test for all the parties ahead of a possible general election next year. our political corerespondent iain watson has more on these elections matter. local authorities are responsible for vital local services so larger councils deal with everything from state schools to social care but even smaller district councils are responsible for collecting your rubbish, cleaning up your local

park, and also dealing with planning applications. but the matter here at westminster because they are also seen as a kind of rough and ready guide to the political mood of the nation and the last time these seats were contested back in 2019 the conservatives had a dreadful set of results, in the dying days of theresa may's premiership. labour also lost some ground underjeremy corbyn. so, what of the current set of political leaders, what do they want to achieve from tomorrow's elections? rishi sunak could be calling a general election next year, and after huge turmoil in his party they wanted to show that he is beginning to turn things around, and that means to try to limit further losses. keir starmer would need to show that labour's consistent lead in the opinion polls actually translates into votes at the ballot box, and it is of course the conservatives who are the party in power at westminster, but after recent by—election successes, the lib dems are hoping to make gains in traditional tory areas and the green party want to gain an outright majority in a local council in england for the very first time. also for the very first time, you need to take photo id along

to a polling station in england tomorrow. in northern ireland that is already required. it is controversial but it will be necessary if you want to cast your vote. animal welfare campaigners are claiming the government has broken its own rules by allowing fast growing chickens to be reared. ministers say the animals are protected by legislation, but a group called the humane league have been in court, arguing the chickens sufferfrom health problems because they grow so quickly. they can reach slaughter weight in just five weeks. here's our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall. the chicken industry is big business. 22 million birds are killed for their meat each week here in the uk. to save money feeding and housing them and to get more breast meat from each bird, they have been genetically selected to grow extremely quickly, up to three times faster than in the 1950s. they can now reach slaughter weight in around five weeks. studies show, though, that this can

come at a cost to their welfare. affecting their hearts and skeletons. some can struggle to stand, and die early. justice for the chickens! outside the high court this morning, were campaigners led by the humane league uk, the animal welfare organisation bringing the action against the government, arguing it is breaking its own animal welfare rules. celebrated poet benjamin zephaniahjoined them. for me this is important because it is just one step in ourjourney to get people to understand that we can treat animals much better. whether that be farming animals, whether that be keeping animals, whatever it is. we as human beings can treat other sentient beings better. on the high street you can buy a higher welfare slower growing chicken like this one. but the problem is the price, it's almost twice as expensive as the supermarket standard and in a cost of living crisis, that is a real issue.

there is a move away from rearing such fast—growing breeds. kfc, nando's, greggs and marks & spencer are among 350 companies in the uk and eu that have signed up to the better chicken commitment. but the vast majority of supermarkets and suppliers have not signed up, believing current welfare rules are strict enough. the british retail consortium says retailers work closely with farmers and label their products clearly. the government says all animals are protected by a robust animal health and welfare legislation. it is an offence to cause any captive animal unnecessary suffering. this case will be a key test. should this system, designed to meet our taste for cheap chicken, have to change? claire marshall, bbc news. a man who's terminally ill is offering to share his collection of old technology. lucien nunes has been gathering vintage items such as old television sets, radios and hoovers for many years.

tim muffett went to meet him. it's a voyage of discovery, and the results are surprising. how do things work? it's a question lucien has been asking himself all his life. it's a great science lab in a box. you can learn how sounds are created. his curiosity and passion has resulted in this extraordinary collection. vacuum cleaners, light bulbs, televisions, professionalaudio gear, analog computers. it's a complete coverage of electrical and electronic technology of the 20th century. so this is the video game that started it all. lucien had planned to spend the next 20 years sharing the collection with the public. he'd dreamed of a hands—on interactive museum and playroom where anyone could touch and learn

about the inventions which shaped our world. just before my 50th birthday, i was diagnosed with stage four cancer. i was really given six months to live. that was now 18 months ago. time is running out. what do you want to happen to all this? i want to break through the boundary of what defines people's perception of a museum. i want to find the person who will spearhead it and take over where i can't carry on, before i run out of time. and that's measurable in weeks now. maybe months, certainly not years. i don't have years left. this is just a temporary storage site for a small proportion of the collection. basically, you will see ten or 20 times what you can see here. i would like to see the collection utilised in the way that i've planned it, to bring people into technology, to discover how it touches their lives and how it can be a career or a hobby.

lucien has a name for his dying wish. the museum of electrical and electronic technology. as unique and informative as its owner. lucien dearly hopes his collection can inspire and educate others for many years to come. tim muffett, bbc news. it's notjust dignitaries and vips who'll be coming to london for king charles' coronation. thousands upon thousands of people will be expected to stand along the procession route. some are already there. ellie price reports from just outside buckingham palace. the party has started already. we are three days out, aren't we? we have a garden party going on in buckingham palace as we speak. this is all part of the coronation celebrations. there are several thousand people in the grounds who have walked past as they go and do their thing in the grounds of

buckingham palace. before we came on air, a cavalcade of cars came past and we think there could have been somebody royal in there because everyone cheered and was waving although we couldn't quite work out who it was. there are tents being set up three days out from the coronation are then going to introduce you to our ladies that we found to have been here since last night. the weather is much bettertoday, isn't it? it is indeed. where have you ladies come from? i have come from gillingham in north dorset. scotland. and i am from east dorset. so the obvious first question is what on earth are you doing here on wednesday when the coronation doesn't happen until saturday? well, this if we hadn't come yesterday we would not have got this spot. and that was where we wanted to be. and it really is that important for you, to get the good spot. absolutely. and we will take all of our instructions from margeyj last night you didn't get much sleep because of all the things going on. it was a mixed night, because we had the wonderful dress

rehearsal with everything including the coach and the wonderful gold coronation coach, but it did go on until 3:30am. and it was very cold, so we have had two hours' kip. but worth it. there are loads of people here. people coming to take photos of you as much as buckingham palace. it is a nice atmosphere. the atmosphere is wonderful. and everyone is so friendly. going back to last night, _ i wouldn't have missed that site for the world. and no one at home had told me that i was stupid coming - will have had that experience. all of the bands, all. the gun carriages and the coaches, it was incredible. and it had that little extra something. i it was after dark. and you just had the street lighting catching the - sheen on the breastplates. and all of the medals.

it was just magnificent. pleased to hear it, that is not even the real thing yet. the question now is did they make any mistakes? anything they needed to do? a little bit more practice, i think, but we are not going to tell - you! what they are lucky about these people here is that this is the first day that the sun has come out. i don't think the sun is planning to stay out. it is going to get worse. i feel that it may rain on saturday. my husband says that you cannot tell more than two days ahead. we have experienced rain before, though, | when we went to watch the jubilee. we had rain then. and on prince andrew's. wedding it was very wet. and it will not dampen spirits. not at all. we just hope that it is half decent for charles and camilla. to be quite honest.

but they say that there is not the bad weather, it is the wrong clothing. absolutely right, we love it, we should end on a positive note. because it did rain when there was laughter coronation was last a coronation here, and prince charles was there to see it when he witnessed his mother, aged four, having her coronation and it rained then but i suspect, as i say, that it will not be dampening any spirits here. let's look at the other big event coming up. the eurovision song contest in liverpool next tuesday. bbc radio merseyside launched a talent search to find the voice of eurovision for a scouse alternative commentary. and on monday the winner was caught off guard when his name was announced on the one show. let's have a listen... i had ihada i had a bit ofa i had a bit of a surprise. exclusively live you have been selected for the voice of

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can click and play that footage and also that is where all of the latest updates will be. for the moment this is bbc news, bye—bye. 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. 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 the sunshine. 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 south—easterly 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 north—east as well, but with some sunshine elsewhere and lighter winds for the midlands. in the south—east 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 south—west. 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 north—east is going to get pushed away. the wind changes more to the south or south—west, 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.

today at six... russia accuses ukraine of trying to kill president putin. moscow claims this unverified footage shows a drone targeting the kremlin last night. there are so many questions about what happened, but this took everyone here by surprise. an apparent drone attack in one of the most closely guarded buildings in russia. ukraine insists they had nothing to do with it. also on the programme... a breakthrough in the battle for alzheimer's. major clinical trials find another new drug that appears to slow down the progress of the brain disease signifcantly. a struggle for survival after the