live from london, this is bbc news. kyiv claims to have shot down six of russia's most advanced hypersonic missiles during a night of intense attacks on the ukrainian capital. a bbc investigation finds a uk conservative party donor is a british businessman whose companies are linked to a money laundering investigation. five gang members are convicted in germany over a $100—million jewel robbery, one of the biggest art heists in modern history. a report in the us strongly criticises the way the fbi investigated claims of collusion between russia and donald trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

hello. we start with a claim from ukraine to have shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as "exceptional in its density". ukraine says all 18 missiles of various types were shot down, this footage showing kyiv�*s air defences in action. loud explosions were heard across the city. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine's defence minister says... ukraine last week displayed the remains of what it claimed was the first such advanced hypersonic kinzhal, or "dagger" missile intercepted by the patriot defence system earlier this month. the latest barrage came just hours

after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars�* worth of military aid by western allies. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. it was the eighth time this month kyiv came under attack but this thing was different. we had a number of extremely loud explosions here in the capital at around 3am and we could see the work of the air defence systems destroying some of those missiles over the city. the ukrainian military said it had destroyed all 18 missiles that had been fired by russia, including six hypersonic missiles. this is significant because if confirmed, it shows the ability that ukraine has to destroy one of the most sophisticated weapons in russia's arsenal and this has only been possible because of the patriot

defence systems which have been supplied to ukraine. there has been reacted from moscow. the defence ministry said had actually hit one of the systems, something that has not been confirmed by authorities here. these latest attacks came hours after president zelensky finished a tour of european nations. he received a promise that billions of pounds worth of military assistance would be provided to his country and this includes a package from the uk with attack drones and also air defence missiles and as we are seeing today these missiles have been vital in protecting towns and cities from these relentless russian air strikes. kyiv claims to have shot down six advanced russian air missiles. loud explosions were heard across the city and three people have been injured. we speak to the mayor of kyiv for more.

and we damaged some a couple of cars and small damages in in the buildings, but not critical damages as a couple of months ago when the city was on fire, a lot of historical buildings was destroyed, in this case in last night actually was pretty loud, nobody sleep but thanks we see the effect of support of our partners right now. the anti—missile system work and work pretty well. and as far as you know, that system is still fully operational? yeah, yeah, yeah. they, they work well and the operating is actually military forces. ukrainian military forces make great

job with new equipment. this is the eighth attack to hit the capital this month. a lot will be made about the timing of this latest intense barrage. of course, president zelensky finishing that european tour where a lot of extra resources has been promised by western allies. we also know there's speculation about the much touted spring offensive. can we read much into the timing of this latest barrage by russia and perhaps what its intentions are? yes, of course. the question was the real reason of this attacks and we see right now a couple of last weeks, the russians try again and again to send drones to our hometown. they try to bring the depressive mood towards the citizens and to show how good they are.

and our offensive will be not successful. but we see right now the modern weapon, what we receive from our partner work, work pretty well. and yes, of course, everyone excited, notjust in the world, also inside in our homeland, we expect the offensive. i hope, i'm not hope, i'm more than sure we'll be very successful, because very important ukrainian soldier have a lot of spirit, good will win and we have also modern weapons, this time better protected and this time stronger than couple of months ago. vitali klitschko telling us most of

the missiles were intercepted. a court in germany has sentenced five men to several years in prison for their part in an audacious robbery from a museum in dresden. eighteenth—century jewellery worth more than a hundred—million dollars was stolen. one man was acquitted. our correspondentjenny hill, is in dresden and has more about the crime and the veredict. five men, all of them in their 20s, convicted of this really audacious heist, the details of which really shocked many people who were wondering how on earth the gang had managed to pull this off. let me give you some of those details. they prepared this meticulously in advance. this is the museum behind me, which is, well, once you see past the tour bus, is home to a treasure trove of 18th century jewellery and diamond—encrusted items. the men had recced the site several times and they prepared that entry point in advance, cutting through the bars of a window using hydraulic cutting machinery. somehow they went undetected. they then taped up those bars

until such time as they were ready to pull off their heist. when they were ready, they set fire to an electrical circuit breaker box nearby, plunging these streets into darkness, allowing two men to slip inside, wearing masks, wielding axes. they smashed display cases and made off with the jewels. this is a crime which not only shocked the art world, but raised a lot of questions about the security in place at the museum. it was a year—long police investigation before the first arrests in this case were made. the jewels have, for the most part now been returned to the museum. now that, i'm told, is very rare in such cases. it happened because three of the men on trial, three of the men convicted, pleaded guilty. they actually confessed to the theft and struck a deal with prosecutors saying, "look, we'll tell you what we did with some of the loot if you give us a lighter sentence." and that meant that police were able to recover a lot of the collection. but some items are still missing. and whilst the collection

which was returned is damaged, very dirty, it's currently being restored by experts at the museum, those items, which are still missing it's feared will probably never be recovered. a bbc investigation has found that a british businessman, whose foreign companies were at the centre of an international money laundering investigation, is a major donor to the british conservative party. some ofjavad marandi's companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of azerbaijan's richest oligarchs out of britain. mr marandi is not subject to any criminal action and denies any wrongdoing, as dominic casciani reports. wealthy and well—connected, this is javad marandi. awarded an obe for services to business and philanthropy, he's been a major tory donor, with access to senior party leaders. one of mr marandi's british companies is the famous design brand, the conran shop. it's not involved in this case, which raised questions about some of his overseas interests.

those questions emerged from a national crime agency investigation into the wealth of a family living here, a multi—million pound apartment near london's regent's park. the head of the family, javanshir feyziyev, is an old associate of mr marandi and one of azerbaijan's richest oligarchs. last year, a court ruled the nca could seize £5 million from the family's uk bank accounts. it had been part of billions that disappeared from azerbaijan in a global money laundering scandal. and paul radu... the azerbaijani laundromat was only discovered because of the work ofjournalists. i believe the azerbaijani laundromat brought a lot of damage on many levels to azerbaijan itself. to the european union, to the us and other parts of the world. small businesses lost a lot of money because of the azerbaijani laundromat. a judge ruled that companies owned

byjavad marandi played a key role in moving some of the cash to london. the case starts with $1.5 billion leaving azerbaijan for shell companies registered in glasgow. tens of millions were moved again to the seychelles, to the avromed company, owned by djavad marandi. ajudge said how the cash moved back to the uk looked like money laundering and that mr marandi was a person of importance in the nca's case. mr marandi's lawyers argued all the money was lawfully earned and transferred, so he should remain anonymous to protect his reputation. the bbc said it was in the public interest to name him and judges agreed in an important ruling about freedom of the media versus privacy. the case also raises political questions. this is a political bombshell. we've learned today that someone who has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to a british political party has, in the words of the judge, been a person of importance in proceedings before

the court about a major money laundering enterprise. and that should be a concern not just people who are worried about where that money came from, but about what it says about how easily money can reach political parties without due — proper checks on its origins. the national crime agency won't say if javad marandi is under investigation. mr marandi says none of his business interests have ever been the subject of investigations into unlawful conduct. and dominicjoins me now from our newsroom. mrmarandi mr marandi denies any wrongdoing, there is no criminal investigation into what he has donated, that is not at question, it is about where this money has come from. this not at question, it is about where this money has come from. this is at the heart of — this money has come from. this is at the heart of the _ this money has come from. this is at the heart of the action _ this money has come from. this is at the heart of the action because - this money has come from. this is at the heart of the action because the l the heart of the action because the original target as we have explained in the piece is the national crime

agency was targeting the london based family of an azerbaijani parliamentarian, trying to work out where and how some of its money had arrived in the uk and this finding by the courts that they could seize £5.6 billion of that family's money based on the national crime agency's case that it was surely the product of money—laundering, having gone through quite a convoluted route to get here and it was during that case which dates all the way back to october 2021, this has been going on for an awful long time that mr marandi was initially identified, albeit his name was rejected at the time because some of his companies had been in the nca's evidence, part of the shifting of this money. mr marandi himself firmly denies any wrongdoing and he believes he has been a victim of an enormous injustice. the feeling that he has not had an opportunity to put his

case, was not able to decide him —— defend himself in court and there is ample evidence his businesses are lawful. the interesting thing is over the 18 month legal tussle over whether the bbc and the evening standard during that tussle over whether we could report it there is a question about the type of evidence he was able to present to the court to effectively rebut the bbc�*s case that there was a public interest in identifying him. the interesting thing is what the court of appeal said late yesterday in london. effectively lifting the restriction giving the green light this because the court said while mr marandi was not party in this case, neither was he a witness who appeared in this case, that did not mean he had not had a fair opportunity to address the allegations made against him and the court said he could have refuted them in detail when he put in his

evidence in support of his claim for anonymity and the upshot is that in the absence of that evidence the court of appeal is decided not to allow him one last challenge. it has been a very complicated story to get here but part of this also was very much a freedom of the press issue here because there has been changes in privacy law down the years making it harder forjournalists in the in privacy law down the years making it harderforjournalists in the uk to report complex stories. a lot of theissues to report complex stories. a lot of the issues in this case were very much about our right to report as well as the general issue around mr marandi himself. that well as the general issue around mr marandi himself.— marandi himself. that was raised in the house of _ marandi himself. that was raised in the house of commons _ marandi himself. that was raised in the house of commons this - marandi himself. that was raised in i the house of commons this afternoon. the snp mps saying this was a freedom of press victory but you touched on some of the main issues this raises going forward. that idea of what did this man get in return for his donation? the question

alison hughes put to the home office minister. what do his donations by him? it raises all sorts of questions. him? it raises all sorts of question— him? it raises all sorts of questions. him? it raises all sorts of cuestions. , , , ., questions. the thing is this is a really interesting _ questions. the thing is this is a really interesting example - questions. the thing is this is a really interesting example of. questions. the thing is this is a - really interesting example of where lots of parliamentarians who have raised concerns about the nature of political donations and i am not saying in this particular case or any particular case there is evidence of wrongdoing but they have raised concerns about the system here particularly where you have heard in the package from duncan haynes who works in the anti—corruption organisation, full transparency, he is a former lib dems mps who has a professional interest in this but parliamentary insight from his time as politician, there is a question over how political donations managed. the conservative party have hit back very clearly and hard this morning effectively denying there is anything to be concerned about. their statement was the only accept donations from permissible sources, namely individuals registered on the

uk's electoral roll, donations are properly and transparently declared to the electoral committee and comply with the law there. part of the story is that mr marandi was such a large donor to the conservative party, by no means the largest but a large donor, that according to the sunday times, he had some kind of special access as part of a select club of top donors to leading figures including the former prime minister borisjohnson. we are not quite clear whether or not that access ever happened, transpired, what it amounted to. we have asked the question today, to the conservatives and have not had anything back. opposition parties today see this as an opportunity to today see this as an opportunity to to attack the government over this. complex issues here. it is certainly not going to be the case this is going to bbb all and end all of the discussion over how we manage party donations in the country and i want

to stress there is no evidence mr marandi has been subject to any criminal action, marandi has been subject to any criminalaction, he marandi has been subject to any criminal action, he denies wrongdoing as it is no suggestion from the nca that he is under investigation but there we are, that is how the story panned out. find is how the story panned out. and im ortant is how the story panned out. and important point. thank you for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. we do cooking club here every thursday, so we learn how to use knives and how to cook good, healthy and prepared meals. the teenagers are also taught how to plan nutritious meals and work to a budget. they're really trying to gain new skills, notjust for themselves in their career, but skills that they can take back to the family unit in terms of cost savings and maybe looking at batch cooking rather than going out and spending a lot of money on one particular takeaway.

some, like 12—year—old bentley, are already helping out at home. if it's like a day of my mum who's had a hot, rough day, _ i'd be like, just sit down, i'll cook a meal or- something like that. leaders here say the cost of living is having a huge impact on mental health. it's also driving demand for services like the supper club, which they hope more young people can benefit from. you're live with bbc news. now to the us where a long—awaited report has strongly criticised the fbi over the way it handled an investigation into alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign's alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency's inquiry had lacked "analytical rigor", concluding that the fbi had not possessed "actual evidence" of collusion

between trump's campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of "confirmation bias". earlier i spoke to cbs correspondentjarred hill for more. the report, ben, has been long awaited, but some of the details in the findings in this are not especially new, but it is a bit of vindication. you can see from some of the comments that former president trump, as well as some of his republican allies have made to again say that the investigation into russian collusion, alleged russian collusion, was, as he says it, "a hoax." he calls it also a scam. it's worth noting here, though, that the special counsel does acknowledge that the fbi was obligated to at least examine some of these allegations that came up. but he was so critical of the way that they went about all this, really saying that they were looking at this without having adequate hard facts and information to really pursue this in the direction that it went.

now, when it comes to the significance long term, that is yet to be seen. here in the uk, the royal college of nursing, general secretary, pat cullen, addressed her members at the annual congress a week before the ballot on whether to bring more industrial action opens. downing street says the rcn needs to respect the current pay offer that has been already accepted by the majority of other nhs unions. ms cullen however, sounded determined and confident that the government will have to accept rcn's demands. nobody, absolutely nobody, wants to see twice as many nurses take strike action or twice as many hospitals affected by a strike. prime minister, you did the right thing to open negotiations with me in february.

before the 75th birthday of the nhs thisjuly, let's get the job finished. now, i think they might even be watching congress. and i'll tell you why. who emailed me last night at 9pm? the health secretary wants to see me. colleagues, this is not about negotiations, but it is important that i go and i tell them again why many of you voted to reject the pay offer. openai chief executive sam altman

chatbot chat gpt will address the us congress, in washington, injust half an hour. he will be questioned about the benefits this kind of technology could bring, but also on the threat artificial intelligence could pose for humanity. live now to frankfurt where we can spea to ivana baroletti, global chief privacy officer at tech company, wipro. thank you for being with us, we have talked a lot about al in recent weeks, particularly chat pt. what are people so nervous when it comes to the role of ain our everyday lives? . ~ to the role of ain our everyday lives? ., ~' , ., to the role of ain our everyday lives? ., ~ , ., to the role of ain our everyday lives? ., ~ i. . ~ lives? thank you so much. i think there is feelings, _ lives? thank you so much. i think there is feelings, people - lives? thank you so much. i think there is feelings, people look- lives? thank you so much. i think there is feelings, people look at i there is feelings, people look at this technology with excitement. because they can do a lot of things, chatgpt and similar tools have the possibility to open up knowledge to a lot of people. to really relieve

us from tedious tasks. at the same time, people look at them with a sort of fear because they feel, hey, what is going to happen to me, to my job? this new technology, they seem to be afterjobs but also the ones that traditionally were created. there is a lot of turmoil i think which is understandable. this is via think it is completely right to say if we want to harness the value of this technology, we really have to handle the risks that they bring. and that is why a lot of countries are grappling with legislation and understanding how to regulate in a way that does not hamper innovation. many will understand why there are calls for regulation so it does not do too much too quickly but i wonder is there a danger that we are so focused on the likes of chatterjee pt that we are blinkered to the

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plenty and focus on this and how we can benefit as a society. 50 plenty and focus on this and how we can benefit as a society.— can benefit as a society. so good to net our can benefit as a society. so good to get your thoughts. _ can benefit as a society. so good to get your thoughts, thank _ can benefit as a society. so good to get your thoughts, thank you - can benefit as a society. so good to get your thoughts, thank you for i get your thoughts, thank you for being with us. such a fascinating issue. hello there. a fairly quiet weather day. a few showers around. it was a chilly old start this morning due to the largely clear skies overnight. but since then, we have seen more scenes like this, some patchy fairweather cloud bubble up. so through the rest of the week, then, temperatures gradually on the rise, we'll hold on to some largely dry conditions, too. so, the reason behind the settled conditions is this broad area of high pressure. the winds typically coming in from the northwest where we have had some exposure. for example, the northern isles, quite chilly here, but for most of us, it has felt a little bit warmer out there today because of those winds have been on the lighter side. so temperatures for many around the mid—teens. so, scattered showers mainly

focused across parts of scotland, northern england and northern ireland will gradually fade away through the evening hours. and then overnight, a legacy of some cloud in places. i think for most of us, it will be milder than the nightjust gone. still quite chilly, though, for the likes of northeast scotland and the northern isles. here just two—three celsius in places. then high pressure still on the scene. we do have this weather frontjust working around the top of the high that's going to bring a bit more cloud later to parts of northern ireland. and scotland will see some outbreaks of rain arriving too, together with some brisk winds. but actually for much of the uk, it will be a dry and fine day with some sunshine and a partial build up of cloud. and for many of us, temperatures getting up into the mid—teens in some of the warmest spots, 17, 18 celsius possible looking further out then on thursday, high pressure still sticking around. so when a cold front does head our way, it's not really going to bring any big changes. and also, here's a look at the air mass chart,

these yellow and orange shades indicating some warmer air on the way. so, thursday itself, then, any early mist or fog will soon lift. and then we're left with some spells of sunshine. meanwhile, further north, it will be a cloudier story at times, with a chance for a few spots of light, rain and drizzle and for more of us feeling warmer, with temperatures getting up to around 17—18 celsius more widely. looking at the outlook then, friday into the weekend, still some fairly lengthy dry spells in the forecast. temperatures on the rise, too. so in the sunshine, it should feel pleasantly warm. and that's your latest forecast.

vodafone slashes 11,000 jobs worldwide in a bid to keep up with its rivals. the boss of chatgpt faces questions on capitol hill, as lawmakers race to regulate ai. welcome to world business report. i'm ben thompson. the boss of telecoms giant vodafone has unveiled her plans to revive the company's finances and restore its competitiveness. 11,000 jobs are going to be slashed over the next three years, in a bid to simplify the business.