live from washington, this is bbc news. ukraine denies it's behind any attack on moscow or president putin following unverified footage of a drone strike on the kremlin. brazilian police raid former president jair bolsanoro's home, as they investigate his covid vaccine records. and ahead of the coronation, advice from royal families of other nations for britain's new king. hello i'm sumi somaskanda. we start with breaking news out of ukraine, as the capital kyiv comes under attack. our correspondent, who's

currently sheltering in an underground bunker, said the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city's air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine's president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin's life. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that overnight, two drones targeted the residence of the president. moscow blames ukraine, but says that no—one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show.

the presenter announces breaking news. "there's been an attempt," he says, "to assassinate putin." in daylight down at the kremlin, we couldn't see any obvious signs of the explosions. lots of questions remain unanswered about what happened here last night. who launched the drones, and with what aim? ukraine has denied involvement. if this was, as the kremlin claims, a ukrainian drone attack, an attempt to kill the president in the very heart of moscow, that is hugely embarrassing for the authorities here. after all, where was the security? this is supposed to be one of the most heavily—guarded seats of power in the world. last weekend, russia accused ukraine of launching a drone strike on a fuel depot in russian—occupied crimea. days later, bombs detonated and derailed two freight trains in a part of russia near the ukrainian border.

citing security concerns, several russian regions have already cancelled military parades planned for the 9th of may, victory day, when russians mark the defeat of nazi germany. for now, the kremlin continues to insist that the big red square parade in moscow will go ahead despite last night's explosions. but there is a nervousness here. you can feel it. red square has been closed to the public since the end of april. that is unusual, and reflects the sense of unease. more than 1a months since the kremlin launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine, the war is feeling much closer to home. the reaction in the west has been to urge caution on any russian claims. us secretary of state antony blinken said he would take anything the russia presidency said with a �*very large shaker of salt�*.

sethjones, director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies. how do you assess russia's claims that this was an assassination attempt on president putin? well, but we are waiting for here in washington is more of a public statement, right now. i've spoken to several individuals in the us government, the us intelligence agencies are still trying to confirm their assessment of who conducted these attacks so i think it is a little early to know who was involved in this. they would just say very briefly that russia is in no position to be accusing anyone of these kinds of activities after multiple assassination attempts on zelensky, the ukrainian leader and then invading his country, so sometimes things like this come around when you take those kinds of actions.— around when you take those kinds of actions. we've heard some military _

kinds of actions. we've heard some military analysts - kinds of actions. we've heard j some military analysts saying this could be a false flag operation led by russia itself, what do you think of that? it is possible at this point. i think it is probably unlikely but i think at this point we really can't rule anything out. at the very least, this was highly unlikely to be a serious effort at assassinating vladimir putin, because he is not likely, he wasn't there at the time, he wasn't likely to have been there, doesn't spend a lot of his time there. much more likely that if this was ukraine, again we still don't know, this was probably more of a psychological attack to get media attention and to cause some fear in moscow and if that is the case, it has already had that effect, to some degree. what do you think this says about the kremlin�*s defences? it is essentially supposed to be a fortress. it it is essentially supposed to be a fortress.— it is essentially supposed to be a fortress. it is supposed to be a fortress _ be a fortress. it is supposed to be a fortress although - be a fortress. it is supposed to be a fortress although if. to be a fortress although if one looks at the last two decades, i was in moscow a number of years ago during the

subway suicide bombings, we've had attacks against a theatre in moscow, these were connect to the chechen war is and coming from church, it is not inconceivable that these kinds of attacks could have occurred. we have had drones get shot down around the white house in washington, so nothing is impenetrable, these days. we have seen _ impenetrable, these days. we have seen ukraine and russia basically pointing fingers at each other for what happened, what can the us do here to ensure that things don't escalate even further? i think one of the — escalate even further? i think one of the things _ escalate even further? i think one of the things that - escalate even further? i think one of the things that the - escalate even further? i think one of the things that the us| one of the things that the us needs to do and what it has done since this war began is to come out publicly with its own assessment of who perpetrated the attack and then second, to urge caution from ukraine, to limit or stop these kinds of potentially escalatory attacks and then also to signal to the

russians that they have to be very careful in escalating as well. ~ ., ., well. we mentioned that there have been _ well. we mentioned that there have been these _ well. we mentioned that there have been these explosions i have been these explosions heard overnight in kyiv and other cities in ukraine and we have also seen the strike that ukrainians have reported any back where 21 people were killed. —— kherson. have we seen a step up in attacks and why now?— seen a step up in attacks and why now? i'm not sure we are seeinu why now? i'm not sure we are seeing a — why now? i'm not sure we are seeing a major _ why now? i'm not sure we are seeing a major in _ why now? i'm not sure we are seeing a major in peace - why now? i'm not sure we are seeing a major in peace and i seeing a major in peace and russian strikes, and various points of the wall we see the russians target bullion areas of ukraine and again, interestingly with these drones, they didn't tell anybody but the russians have been killing civilians in ukraine over the past year, and again, ithink ukraine over the past year, and again, i think this is probably in part in preparation for what is likely to be a ukrainian counter—attack in the next couple of weeks or so. i5 couple of weeks or so. is ukraine ready for this counter—attack? we have been hearing that ammunition is running out, that weapons have

arrived, how well—placed is ukraine to launch a counteroffensive? i think ukraine does _ counteroffensive? i think ukraine does have - counteroffensive? i think ukraine does have a - counteroffensive? i think - ukraine does have a sufficient amount of material. the bigger issues frankly are going to be does it have a clever enough strategy, leadership, initiative at lower levels of the ukrainian military to break through what are increasingly defensive structures. i was just looking at some satellite imagery of russian reinforcements with dragon's teeth and burns and deep trenches, the russians are preparing, it will be difficult to break through those lines and to surround russian forces, i think it is less for me about material and much more about a clever strategy. if material and much more about a clever strategy.— clever strategy. if we do speak about the _ clever strategy. if we do speak about the material— clever strategy. if we do speak about the material here, - clever strategy. if we do speak about the material here, we i about the material here, we know the us has announced another big package of weapons. does the international community, the us�*s partners, do they need to step up as well? i do they need to step up as well? ~' ~ ., ., , well? i think the likelihood is is auoin well? i think the likelihood is is going to — well? i think the likelihood is

is going to be _ well? i think the likelihood is is going to be a _ well? i think the likelihood is is going to be a long - well? i think the likelihood is is going to be a long war - well? i think the likelihood is is going to be a long war so l is going to be a long war so why do think over the next several weeks and months, that a range of western countries need to continue providing assistance to ukraine, these are munitions, these are weapons systems that are going to break down over the next couple of weeks. these are aid, training, intelligence, so for me it is less about stepping up and more continuing. seth jones, thank _ and more continuing. seth jones, thank you - and more continuing. seth jones, thank you again - and more continuing. seth jones, thank you again for| jones, thank you again for joining us. jones, thank you again for joining us— to sudan now, where clashes between rival military factions have continued, despite both sides agreeing to a seven—day truce starting on thursday. more than a 100,000 people have already fled to neighbouring countries amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe that could affect the entire region. more witnesses to the conflict have desribed the scale of the violence in sudan. 0ne british—sudanese man, mohamed, described the moment he and his family were caught

in the crosshairs of the fighting in khartoum. they were shooting, me and the kids would stay here because it's the safest area for us to stay. we had the army behind us and the rs if in front of us and the rs if in front of us and they were shooting at each other and we were in the middle so that was the hardest point of the whole situation. we laid down and i was talking to them constantly, explaining, we are quite safe here, we're on the ground, nothing is happening to us, i'm looking at and around to my children say we are in danger —— i'm not going to turn around to my children and say we are in danger. mohammed and his children have now been evacuated to england. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding has more on the state of the conflict. no head yet of the current

ceasefire really sticking and no word yet about the seven—day ceasefire that is supposed to come into force. we've had a visit from two senior un officials to port sudan which is rapidly becoming the hub for the emerging humanitarian response, real frustration expressed by those officials saying that they urgently need high level detailed guarantees about access, concern about the looting of six trucks, food trucks that were delivering aid to die for. that is of real concern and a broader sense that a lot more needs to be done to facilitate support for hospitals in particular we know are being targeted widely in khartoum and darfur. and the exodus, tens of thousands of civilians heading north, heading south, heading east and

west in fact, all the borders of sudan, continues. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. 1400 11100 competitors, 46 1400 competitors, 46 teams, from 18 european countries. all coming together in birmingham for the lgbtq plus union cup tournament.— for the lgbtq plus union cup tournament. this has coincided with the 200th _ tournament. this has coincided with the 200th anniversary - tournament. this has coincided with the 200th anniversary of. with the 200th anniversary of right itself, so to bring this international tournament head to the west midlands is actually really special. the event was _ actually really special. the event was originally - actually really special. the event was originally meant to have been hosted here by the birmingham bulls four years ago but was postponed due to covid. 0rganisers say it was important

to include a women's tournament as well. ., , . to include a women's tournament as well. .,, ., ,., to include a women's tournament aswell. ., ., ., as well. people are so warm and welcoming _ as well. people are so warm and welcoming and _ as well. people are so warm and welcoming and you _ as well. people are so warm and welcoming and you feel - as well. people are so warm and welcoming and you feel like - welcoming and you feel like everyone is so united. and welcoming and you feel like everyone is so united. and it is hoped _ everyone is so united. and it is hoped the _ everyone is so united. and it is hoped the event _ everyone is so united. and it is hoped the event will- everyone is so united. and it is hoped the event will help | everyone is so united. and it i is hoped the event will help to break down barriers. you're live with bbc news. brazilian police have raided former president jair bolsanoro's home on wednesday morning as part of an investigation into his covid vaccination records. police suspect his vaccine information was falsified to gain entry into the us. three of mr bolsonaro's assistants have been arrested and his phone has been seized. the ex—president denies any involvement and says he has �*nothing to hide.�* we have our latin america regional editor mimi swaby live with us. what do police expect to find on jair bolsanoro�*s what do police expect to find onjair bolsanoro�*s phone? it onjair bolsanoro's phone? it is hoped this investigation will help answer the many questions on howjair

questions on how jair bolsanoro, questions on howjair bolsanoro, a covid sceptic who has vowed never to get a vaccine was registered on public records that were released in february that he was vaccinated, and the police are expect to find evidence of what they are calling a criminal alliance, showing the insertion of false data into brazilian public health records. investigators are looking into a group including the bolsanoros to see if they have forged these fake cards, this includes bolsanoro�*s daughters, his assistance and his assistant�*s wife fake documents and this is all to get into the us and at this time when bolsanaro arrived in the us last year the us still had covid restrictions in place of. on december the 21st, mr bolsanaro was registered as vaccinated. this entry in a public health office in rio de

janeiro was later removed, just one week later it was taken off and he went back to being unvaccinated, so there are many questions to be answered in this latest investigation. what is itolsanaro — this latest investigation. what is bolsanaro saying _ this latest investigation. what is bolsanaro saying about - this latest investigation. what is bolsanaro saying about all. is bolsanaro saying about all of this? . , is bolsanaro saying about all of this? .,, _, ., ., is bolsanaro saying about all of this? .,, ., ., of this? has come out and said he has confirmed _ of this? has come out and said he has confirmed his _ of this? has come out and said he has confirmed his home - of this? has come out and said| he has confirmed his home was raided, his mobile was seized, he says that he has no idea of any forging of any document and has maintained the fact that he has maintained the fact that he has never taken a vaccine and nor has his daughter. mr bolsanaro�*s wife reaffirmed this, she posted on her social media on instagram saying that her husband has never been vaccinated. the head of the bolsanaro political party came out on social media saying we trust that all legal doubts will be cleared up and it will be proven that mr bolsanaro did not commit any illegal acts. but this is just one of the many scandals around mr bolsanaro currently. he is also being investigated for some

hose at a ledger devoted suppression, for embezzlement of foreign gifts among many other things so again, another dramatic turn for mr bolsanaro. very interesting story. thank you. the us federal reserve on wednesday raised interest rates to their highest level in 16 years. the fed lifted its benchmark interest—rate by a quarter of one percentage point, pushing its overnight interest rate range to 5—5.25%. meanwhile on capitol hill, the federal government could be unable to pay all of its bills on time as soon asjune 1, threatening the future of us economy. earlier i spoke to wendy edelberg, the director of the hamilton project at brookings institution and former chief economist at the congressional budget office. wendy, thanks very much for joining us. this is the 10th rate hike that we have seen in 14 months and resortjerome powell signal it may be the last hike at least for a while. do you think that there are

more hikes to come? i believe them when — more hikes to come? i believe them when they _ more hikes to come? i believe them when they say _ more hikes to come? i believe them when they say that - more hikes to come? i believe them when they say that the l them when they say that the decisions they make going forward will be entirely data dependent. i think that there is a chance that there is another hike or two in the future, but like mic sufficient evidence that the very substantial and very speedy rate hikes that they have put in place over a little over a year are slowing the economy in the united states.— the united states. what evidence _ the united states. what evidence are _ the united states. what evidence are you - the united states. what. evidence are you seeing? because inflation does remain stubbornly high.— stubbornly high. sectors most sensitive are _ stubbornly high. sectors most sensitive are responding - stubbornly high. sectors most sensitive are responding to i stubbornly high. sectors most| sensitive are responding to the interest rate hikes, so the housing market in the united states is slowing substantially. investment is slowing. then, of course, we know the banking sector is one of the primary places about monetary policy has an effect and these rate hikes are having and these rate hikes are having an effect on the assets of the balance sheets of the banks and thatis balance sheets of the banks and that is tightening credit conditions. ii that is tightening credit conditions.— that is tightening credit conditions. ., .,

conditions. if we look at what democrats — conditions. if we look at what democrats are _ conditions. if we look at what democrats are saying - conditions. if we look at what democrats are saying we - conditions. if we look at what democrats are saying we are | democrats are saying we are seeing some saying that this is causing painful average americans. it is making their bills higher, their mortgage payments higher. isn�*t that a real concern for the fed as well? .., , , , real concern for the fed as well? _, , , , ., well? of course it is, but what is also happening _ well? of course it is, but what is also happening to _ well? of course it is, but what i is also happening to households across the us, and particularly low income households, as they are suffering from inflation being far too high, so that is the fed�*s primary concern, and i should say the labour market right now is still quite strong and so i think on balance households are doing remarkably well all considering and i hold out hopes for a soft landing. i think there is a chance that the fed can pull this off. what about the _ the fed can pull this off. what about the concerns _ the fed can pull this off. what about the concerns about - the fed can pull this off. what about the concerns about a . about the concerns about a recession? do you think we might slip into a recession? i think we are properly in for a couple of quarters of moving sideways, whether or that that is a slight contraction orjust staying above zero. i think the

best outcome is that we are able to move sideways a little bit and that is enough to bring inflation down. of course, if the debt ceiling vines and the united states does not pay its bills, all bets are off.- bills, all bets are off. would ou bills, all bets are off. would you think — bills, all bets are off. would you think congress - bills, all bets are off. would you think congress should i bills, all bets are off. would| you think congress should do bills, all bets are off. would - you think congress should do to improve the economic outlook to avoid a recession? the improve the economic outlook to avoid a recession?— avoid a recession? the primary think they _ avoid a recession? the primary think they can _ avoid a recession? the primary think they can do _ avoid a recession? the primary think they can do is _ avoid a recession? the primary think they can do is raise - avoid a recession? the primary think they can do is raise the l think they can do is raise the debt ceiling and allow us taxpayers to pay our bills. so, i guess it is the old adage, "first, do no harm." i i guess it is the old adage, "first, do no harm."- i guess it is the old adage, "first, do no harm." i do you thinkthis — "first, do no harm." i do you think this fight _ "first, do no harm." i do you think this fight could - "first, do no harm." i do you think this fight could impact | think this fight could impact that long—term? i think this fight could impact that long-term?— think this fight could impact that iona-term? . , , that long-term? i am immensely frustrated- _ that long-term? i am immensely frustrated. there _ that long-term? i am immensely frustrated. there is _ that long-term? i am immensely frustrated. there is nothing - that long-term? i am immensely frustrated. there is nothing on i frustrated. there is nothing on the downside if the debt ceiling doesn�*t bind and the us treasury finds itself in a position where there is not enough money in the checking account to pay all the bills and it has to do some juggling. this would be an unforced

error, and it would certainly be — even if itjust lasted a couple of days — for an enormous blow to financial markets that would speedily work its way through to the real economy, but if it lasts more than a couple of days, i am worryingly quite confident that it would tip us into recession.— that it would tip us into recession. ., ., , ., ~' recession. how do you think it would impact _ recession. how do you think it would impact the _ recession. how do you think it would impact the global- would impact the global economy? i would impact the global economy?— would impact the global econom? ., , ., economy? i can only imagine what other— economy? i can only imagine what other countries - economy? i can only imagine what other countries and - economy? i can only imagine | what other countries and what international investors must be thinking right now about the us government and congress. it must be enormously frustrating. i mean, us treasury, it is perhaps the most important market across the entire international financial system, and i am sure that the treasurer will follow the playbook that they laid out in 2011 to continue to make interest payments on time. so

that, as long as they are able to, they would not strictly defaults on us treasury ponds, but even given that, i am confident that the bond market across the globe would respond and to be quite worried about the us treasury not being able to pay all of its bills, and i am sure the legal challenges would come quite swiftly and i am not sure how the courts would respond, and i suspect this would increase the us borrowing cost for evermore, but it might also just create a general lack of confidence that could be quite persistent. wendy, thank you very much for joining us. wendy, thank you very much for joining us— joining us. yeah, i was happy to. people in the uk are beginning their preparations for the coronation of king charles, which will take place next saturday. in the run—up to the ceremony, the bbc�*s special us correspondent katty kay has

been meeting with royal families of other nations to see what lessons they might have for britain�*s new king as a part of her new documentary europe�*s royals revealed. katty, it is great to see you. for your new documentary, you had the enviable job of going to meet... someone had to do it. ..of going to meet europe�*s other royal families and seeing how they live including norway, you had an exclusive interview with princess martha louise. tell us about her story. she is a fascinating and quite controversial woman. she is actually the oldest child of king harald and queen sonia and she should have been queen by rights but norway�*s succession laws weren�*t changed until she was a teenager so her younger brother will inherit the throne. she she is kind of what in royal language they call the "spare", which is how prince harry refers to himself and she had string of other controversial businesses. she had a school where she taught people to talk to angels, and she describes herself as a clairvoyant. she has a boyfriend who is a spiritual guru. he�*s a shaman, shaman durek. and all of this has been, in the norwegian press,

pretty controversial. these are not the kind of things royals are expected to do. so i was really interested to talk to her to find out how the norwegian royal family has handled her doing things kind of differently. here�*s what she said. there have been comparisons with prince harry and meghan. my fiance, shaman durek, and the norwegian people, i guess, everybody has decided that it is best for me to step down because of his views about things. but what i think has been amazing through this whole cycle has been the conversations we've all had through it all. from a very young age, i remember my mum and dad, the king and queen, saying that we have to stick together, we have to talk things through, even if it's hard. we have to put all the cards on the table, we have to, because we are family and we have to work things through, through all the turmoil, because there has been so many turmoils with me,

going, taking a different path than being a traditional royal. this will run ahead of the coronation of king charles. if you were suddenly to send him wishes for his reign, and everybody of course is looking to the queen, who is so well—known and loved. i remember my grandfather, king 0laf, he was such a loved king. my father feared going into that role after him, because how could he fill those shoes? and i think that's the whole point, you don't fill his shoes. so king charles will be different from queen elizabeth? absolutely, you can't copy somebody else. katty, i really did notice that when she talked about taking a different path and being a different royal, it does remind me of harry and meghan. so tell us about how her family has handled all of this publicly?

she very much describes herself as somebody has done things out of the box and, in a way, prince harry does as well. and look, some of the things she�*s done have caused controversy in norway, because there have been suggestions of conflict of interest. was she using her royal title to make money from her businesses? and the norwegians didn�*t really like that. i think the big difference is that it hasn�*t caused a rift in the family. as she said, they sat down and spoke about it and i wanted to kind of check out her story, �*cause i didn�*t want to think it was just her telling of this, and i spoke to the royal correspondent for a big tabloid magazine in norway who has been pretty critical of some of the things martha louise has done, but said exactly the same things — the family loves each other. katty�*s documentary europe�*s royals revealed is available on bbc select here in the us and canada, which is distributed on amazon prime video, apple tv, and the roku channel. viewers in the uk can find it on bbc iplayer.

it is all part of our culmination coverage which will air on the bbc. do tune in. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. many of us had some beautiful late spring sunshine on wednesday. in fact, in bournemouth, there was just over 13 hours of sunshine, a glorious day. but top temperature, well, that was in south wales, in gwynedd, just shy of 20 celsius, and it felt very pleasant indeed. now it�*s not out of the question that we could see 20 celsius on thursday, but the weather story is certainly on the change with low pressure starting to move in from the southwest. so as we go through the day on thursday, it�*s a tale of three halves, really — we�*ve got cloud driving in off the north sea, affecting eastern england and northeast scotland. we�*ve got rain pushing into the southwest — and sandwiched in between the two, that�*s where the best of the sunshine is likely to be, and that�*s where we�*ll see the best of the warmth.

the breeze still coming from an east direction, so with exposure, that�*s just going to add a slight edge to things. a little more shelter, it�*ll feel pleasant enough with highs of 19—20 celsius perhaps in the southeast. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, that weatherfront will continue to push its way steadily north. it�*ll bring outbreaks of rain as it does so, and then, following on behind, plenty of showers to come. so on friday, we�*ll see a spell of more persistent rain moving out of northeast england, into scotland. sunny spells and scattered showers tucking in behind. some of those showers could be heavy, slow—moving, with the odd rumble of thunder. now, not everybody will see the showers, but because the winds are slightly lighter coming from a southwesterly direction, maybe those showers might hang around for a little bit longer. still a cool easterly, making it feel fresher in scotland, but highs likely of 18 celsius by friday afternoon. now, as we move into the start of the weekend, that southwesterly wind will drive that milder air further north for all of us.

but unfortunately, it�*ll also bring some wetter weather. so this is saturday, coronation day — you can see that wet weather moving its way across the capital and steadily north as we go through the day. so not a wash—out by any means, but at the moment, it does look likely that during the morning, there will be outbreaks of rain across the capital, certainly worth bearing in mind. and the wider picture throughout the bank. holiday weekend — saturday will be the wettest of the days, sunday and monday, sunny spells and scattered showers. some of them on monday could be quite heavy. take care.

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