live from london, this is bbc news. russia says insurgents who launched attacks in the belgorod region on the border with ukraine have been defeated. the former uk prime minister borisjohnson referred to police by the cabinet office over new claims he broke lockdown loss during the pandemic. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann began searching a reservoir in portugal. hello, i'm yalda hakim. welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start with breaking news of the

former british prime minister boris johnson has a reform of the police to the government cabinet office over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. it is reported the referral is to two regional police forces based on a recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage it police are investigating and no breach of the rules as been confirmed. let's go straight to our uk political correspondentjonathan uk political correspondent jonathan blake and uk political correspondentjonathan blake and kenny bring us up—to—date? this story broke in the last out reported reported by the times newspaper but as you say paper have been referred to the police, to separate police forces, one here in london and also the thames valley police, regarding information in it boris johnson's police, regarding information in it borisjohnson�*s ministerial diary that was encountered by officials in the process of preparing his evidence for the forthcoming covid—19 inquiry, the public inquiry

which is being held into the uk response to the coronavirus pandemic. that information it seems because of officials concerned about potential events, gatherings or appointments in that direct which may have been in breach of coronavirus restrictions, was passed on to police and the police certainly the mat confirming that they have received certain information to that effect this evening. borisjohnson�*s team are putting it in these terms with the spokesperson telling us that abbreviated inferences in his diary were queried by the cabinet office during preparation for the covid—19 inquiry and following an examination of those injuries, mrjohnson�*s lawyers wrote to the cabinet office and religious committee, which are mps investigating whether boris johnson misled parliament, defining

the events were lawful and were not breaches of the regulations and they are stressing tonight that boris johnson has had no contact with the police and suggesting that this move is politically motivated. just remind our _ is politically motivated. just remind our global— is politically motivated. just remind our global is well as domestic audiences about the back story because of course this is part of a string of events which ultimately led to mrjohnson stepping down. ultimately led to mrjohnson stepping down-— ultimately led to mrjohnson steuinudown. , ., , stepping down. yes, what became known as the _ stepping down. yes, what became known as the partygate _ stepping down. yes, what became known as the partygate affair. - stepping down. yes, what became l known as the partygate affair. there were a steady stream of stories which came to light and claims about events held in downing street, government buildings during the pandemic which broke coronavirus restrictions and they were subsequently investigations by police under which borisjohnson and others were fined for breaking the rules during the covid pandemic, rules during the covid pandemic, rules of course which eat and if government put in place from those

very buildings. in that whole scandal played a large part in it boris johnson's scandal played a large part in it borisjohnson's demise and his eventual departure from number 10 downing street as prime minister. he has ultimately faced investigation by a committee of mps who are looking into whether during the course of those stories coming to light he misled mps deliberately about whether restrictions were adhered to throughout in number ten, which he said in the house of commons that they were. in terms of guidance and that investigation is ongoing. so whilst borisjohnson has left office, he is now a backbench mp and does not have any role in the government, there is clearly scrutiny on him regarding that investigation by mps and also the public inquiry which will examine you government department response as to coronavirus as a whole and the latest claims about events held at checkers, the prime minister's

country residence, his well as at his official residence of io country residence, his well as at his official residence of 10 downing street will only add to that scrutiny. street will only add to that scrutin . g ., . . street will only add to that scrutiny-— street will only add to that scrutin ., ., ., ., ., ~ , ., street will only add to that scrutin ., ., ., ~ scrutiny. jonathan, thank you so much for that. _ russia says insurgents who launched attacks in the belgorod region on the border with ukraine have been defeated. villages in the area, which is just north of the ukrainian city of kharkiv, had been evacuated after coming under sustained shellfire, with several people injured. it's not the first time there've been claims of incursions from ukraine across the russian border, but this seems to be the biggest single incident there so far. russia has acknowledged that fighting took place on its territory and released this video of its military response. the defence ministry claims that 70 of the attackers were killed and the rest were driven back into ukraine. moscow continues to insist they were ukrainians, but two russian paramilitary groups have claimed responsibility, posting these images on social media, saying this was an attempt to overthrow vladimir

putin's regime in moscow. we asked our security correspondent to give us his analysis of what has been happening. this to give us his analysis of what has been happening-— to give us his analysis of what has been happening. this raid launched from ukrainian _ been happening. this raid launched from ukrainian territory _ been happening. this raid launched from ukrainian territory but - been happening. this raid launched from ukrainian territory but carried| from ukrainian territory but carried out by russia's good turn out to be a little bit of a mixed blessing for kyiv. why? well, on the one hand, yes, it is embarrassing for moscow, showing its borders to defence are not as watertight as they would like and perhaps drawing some russian troops away from southern ukraine or the thrust of the coming offensive is expected to focus from ukraine. on the other hand it reinforces the kremlin narrative that mother russia, sovereign russian territory, is coming under attack, is under threat from allied forces armed, encouraged and equipped by the west and despite denials from ukraine, it is very hard to under imagine this rate would be carried out without knowledge or help from the ukrainian

intelligence. anotherfactor knowledge or help from the ukrainian intelligence. another factor here knowledge or help from the ukrainian intelligence. anotherfactor here is some of those involved in this raid are reported to be late to far right extremism. now this is a tiny group that no one has heard of until now, almost no one, and that represent the bulk of ukrainians or ukraine, but nevertheless in the battle for pr, this is bad optics for ukraine. if some of them turn out to be linked to the of nazism or fascism, that reinforces the kremlin narrative that it is fighting this war to cleanse, to read ukraine of neo—nazis and that's a bad look for ukraine. neo-nazis and that's a bad look for ukraine. . ~ neo-nazis and that's a bad look for ukraine. ., ~ ,., ukraine. frank garner reporting there. earlier— ukraine. frank garner reporting there. earlier i _ ukraine. frank garner reporting there. earlier i spoke _ ukraine. frank garner reporting there. earlier i spoke to - ukraine. frank garner reporting there. earlier i spoke to a - ukraine. frank garner reporting l there. earlier i spoke to a former minister of infrastructure in ukraine and asked him his assessment on the fate of belgorod. using putin language during occupation of crimea, we should say that it's only good russians united and decided to fight bad russians. they went to candy shop, took there some weapons and armoured

vehicles and attacked russian territory. kremlin is in shock because everybody finally realised that war is coming back to russia, and putin is one who destroys russian empire because his mad actions and attempts to occupy ukraine and to challenge civilised world will end in catastrophe for russian federation. yeah, i mean, so the russians have described them as "saboteurs". they've said they've crossed the borderfrom ukraine into the belgorod region, prompting a russian counterterrorism operation. it's very difficult to say exactly right now where they come from, but definitely they are now fighting russians on russian territory. and to my knowledge, it's only the beginning of the story. there will be more russians who'd like to challenge kremlin and to get away from putin, get rid of him.

but do you have knowledge coming from the ukrainian side into russia? most likely yes, but according to my information, there is not a single ukrainian soldier in those groups as they are all russian citizens. and they say that they are fighting against vladimir putin and want to overthrow putin's regime. absolutely yes, because i believe that there is still a small portion of russians who are really not in favour of putin's regime and what putin is doing right now. unfortunately majority of russians do praise putin's occupation and all things he does in ukraine. i mean, raping, robbing and killing people. but those people who are applausing to kremlin will see war coming to their homes. let's talk about war in ukraine now, and of course

the situation in bakhmut. what can you tell us about what's happening there right now? according to our official position, we're still keeping part of bakhmut under control of ukrainian army, but severe fights are going in the city and around the city. russia has the only victory to present to russians and to some asian countries that they captured bakhmut — but first of all, it's not the fact, and secondly you have to compare with real goals declared by putin to capture kyiv in three days and then to strike warsaw and london, it looks miserable. that was a former minister of infrastructure in ukraine. as the fighting continues, the european union has renewed its commitment supply kyiv with munitions. since march, eu countries have sent to 20,000 artillery shells and around

1300 missiles. speaking in brussels, the eu security policy chief said the ambition was never member countries to maintain that rate of supply with munitions made by eu companies. translation: i? companies. translation: 1: ., translation: on the 20th of march, we decided that _ translation: on the 20th of march, we decided that we _ translation: on the 20th of march, we decided that we would _ translation: on the 20th of march, we decided that we would assign - translation: on the 20th of march, we decided that we would assign 2 - we decided that we would assign 2 billion_ we decided that we would assign 2 billion euros — we decided that we would assign 2 billion euros for— we decided that we would assign 2 billion euros for the _ we decided that we would assign 2 billion euros for the supply - we decided that we would assign 2 billion euros for the supply of - billion euros for the supply of artillery— billion euros for the supply of artillery and _ billion euros for the supply of artillery and munition - billion euros for the supply of artillery and munition for- billion euros for the supply of - artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery _ artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery our— artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery. 0uraim_ artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery. ouraim is— artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery. our aim is to _ artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery. our aim is to provide - artillery and munition for ukrainian artillery. our aim is to provide 1. artillery. our aim is to provide 1 million projectiles— artillery. our aim is to provide 1 million projectiles over - artillery. our aim is to provide 1 million projectiles over the - artillery. our aim is to provide 1| million projectiles over the next artillery. our aim is to provide 1. million projectiles over the next 12 months _ million pro'ectiles over the next 12 months. . �* , . million pro'ectiles over the next 12 months. . �*, . g , months. that's the eu chief joseph morel there- _ months. that's the eu chief joseph morel there. to _ months. that's the eu chief joseph morelthere. to portugal— months. that's the eu chief joseph morel there. to portugal where - morel there. to portugal where police have begun a new search for the british toddler madeleine mccann, who disappeared during a holiday there 16 years ago. police have begun digging near a reservoir 50 km from where she was last seen. officials are hoping to find evidence linking the main suspect a

german sex offender who was named a formal suspect by forts were to ease prosecution last year. our work when it portugal. working methodically through the undergrowth, probing for anything that could provide a clue to what happened to madeleine mccann. german and portuguese police officers, with british police in attendance, searching the edge of a reservoir in the algarve. this was a planned operation that also involved dogs and a rigid hull inflatable boat, and it is expected to run into a second day tomorrow. that promontory, which has been the focus of the search, has a car park and impromptu campsite on it, and what the police have been doing is searching down from the car park to the edge of the water. madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment 30 miles away in may 2007, just a few days before her fourth birthday. it's become one of the most infamous missing persons cases. her parents, kate and gerry mccann, have never given up hope of finding her alive.

earlier this month, they released a simple statement. "the police investigation continues, and we await a breakthrough." that investigation has led to the arade reservoir because the main suspect was a regular at the impromptu campsite. he is christian brueckner, a german man currently serving a prison sentence for rape. it is german prosecutors who are leading this investigation. they've not charged brueckner, and he's denied any involvement in madeleine mccann's disappearance. the prosecutor said today's search was based on intelligence. "you can imagine we don't start searching somewhere in portugal on the off chance," he said. "there must be a good reason for it. we do have one, but i ask you for understanding that i cannot disclose it for tactical reasons." madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment in praia da luz in may 2007. the arade reservoir where the search is taking place, is about 30 miles away. police are focusing on a car park

and impromptu campsite on a small peninsula on the west side of the lake. jim gamble, who was head of the child exploitation and online protection centre and was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, hopes the search will be significant. given that the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating this search, then i think its reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they're not taking off the pressure and they're continuing to invest resource. and number two, at some stage, there's got to be a breakthrough. but madeleine mccann vanished 16 years ago, so the chances of proving what happened to her must now be limited. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the arade dam. damien mcginnis give us this update.

we have been given dribs and drabs information from a state prosecutor information from a state prosecutor in germany who is responsible for the prosecutions. so i talked earlier today on the phone to the german state prosecutor in the city of braunschweig, near where christian brueckner is being held injailfor an unrelated crime, a seven—year sentence for the rape of a woman, also in portugal, in 2005. investigation linking the alleged perpetrator christian brueckner with the disappearance of madeleine mccann. police here operating as a murder investigation and throughout the day we have been given more information in the latest is that on german television, the state prosecutor said that they do have concrete reasons, they have evidence, they have leads leading them to believe that there is evidence in this reservoir and

that's what the search is happening. he said he could not say what it was what he did say that it did not come from the accused, meaning that this is not linked to any tip or confession from christian brueckner, who is still uncooperative. christian brueckner denies all links to the madeleine mccann case and says he's innocent of all allegations but he has been accused of other sex offences and in some cases been convicted for those offences. the point of this search right now, this quite major search really, involving police from portugal, britain and germany, is to find evidence in order to charge christian brueckner. that is what the state prosecutors here in germany want because so far they have not had enough evidence to charge him and they hope that date will find something in the next few days possibly which would at some point lead to charges and that's what they want because what they fear is that christian brueckner could leave prison without charges

and if he is indeed responsible for the possible death or at least disappearance of madeleine mccann, then in the eyes of the law here that would be a catastrophic outcome. to the pressure is on relief for police to find some evidence that possibly could give any kind of clue as to what happened to madeleine mccann six years —— 16 years ago. to madeleine mccann six years -- 16 ears auo. to madeleine mccann six years -- 16 earsauo. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. ruth perry took her own life while waiting for an ofsted report. caversham primary was being graded "inadequate". inspectors raised concerns about how children were kept safe. an inquest will look at events around ruth perry's death. suicides are not investigated by the health and safety executive. now two leading academics are calling for that to change. in the british medicaljournal, they also say ofsted has a duty of care, a call welcomed

by the family. ruth's death was not sadly, however tragic it is to us, was not a one—off anomaly. ofsted has described ruth perry's death as "a tragedy". it said it expects first and foremost in the interests of children, professionally and sensitively, careful of the impact on staff. you're live with bbc news. celebrity is facing its worst ever power crisis as it heads into a bitter southern hemisphere winter with daily blackouts of up to ten hours a day and fears it could made to civil unrest. bbc is looking into what's behind the cuts for some and your heart and reports from

johannesburg. it is going to be a cold, dark night for many south africans. south africa is sinking into darkness. power cuts injohannesburg for hours every day. the continent's most developed economy can no longer keep the lights on. gloom spreading through businesses like this bar, open for the past 25 years, because of the power of the electricity. you can see now it's dark. are you going to survive in your business? i don't think so. next door, a cash transfer company is on the ropes, too. must be frustrating. it is very much frustrating. do you see an end in sight? i don't. this is our new life now. why such chaos? the answers lie out here in coal country. almost all south africa's electricity is generated by burning coal, but the industry is being plundered. billions of pounds lost to criminal cartels.

mines like this one looted. even at night, we hear gunshots. gunshots, even they are fighting among themselves... the different gangs? yes. what's extraordinary is quite how brazen it is. it's happening every day out in the open, in daylight, and no one's stopping it. with the looting comes sabotage like this at power stations, as ruthless gangs fight to win lucrative maintenance contracts. someone pulls a gun on me. and held it your head? yeah. held it to my head. did they threaten your family? they did. they told me that they're not even afraid of anybody. they're politically connected. so they're above the law? basically. how to stop the rot. the governing anc hired this white businessman, andre de ruyter, to fix

eskom the power utility. this was clearly now an act - of sabotage, and i think we can call it as such. but he soon declared the corruption was just too big and that powerful politicians were involved. then last december, he was poisoned, his cup of coffee laced with cyanide. he nearly died. i started feeling - extremely nauseous. at that stage, i was shaking badly. i was literally lying - like this and and shaking, gasping for air. but the response from south africa's anc government has been sceptical. i can't give evidence to that. his doctors say he was poisoned. the tests show he was poisoned with cyanide poisoning. i can't give evidence to that. so you don't recognise this picture he's portrayed of an anc using eskom as a feeding trough? no, i don't.

the irony is that vast, sun—blessed south africa could quickly solve its power crisis by going green. but for now, south africa remains in the dark. traffic lights down, corruption out of control. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van following two teenage boys just moments before they were killed yesterday when the bike they were riding was involved in a collision in cardiff. a riot broke out afterwards with up to 150 people involved. after 16—year—old kyrees sullivan and 15—year—old harvey evans died, the south wales police and crime commissioner denied reports on social media that the police had been chasing the boys. tonight, the police say they are aware of the cctv and their investigation is ongoing, but refused to take questions from reporters. our wales correspondent tomos morgan reports. this footage obtained by the bbc raises questions about south wales police's version of events last night.

it appears to show two teenage boys on an electric bike being chased by the police in ely, cardiff. minutes later, 16—year—old kyrees sullivan and 15—year—old harvey evans were killed in a road collision nearby. a few hours after their deaths, cars were set on fire and riot police were deployed as an angry crowd had gathered, hurling missiles at officers and smashing vehicles. emotions were running high. but earlier today on bbc radio 4, south wales's police and crime commissioner had denied that a chase had taken place at all. it would appear that there were rumours, and those rumours became rife of a police chase, which wasn't the case. a statement by local law enforcement had said the collision happened before officers arrived. this new footage, though, seems to suggest police were pursuing the boys. we've received cctv footage that

shows a police vehicle following a bike at just prior to 6pm. this footage is being recovered as part of the investigation and will assist us in piecing together the circumstances leading up to the collision. the families are being kept up—to—date. after the police statement, they refused to take questions on the video footage obtained by the bbc. why were we not told that this morning? chief superintendent, why did you not explain that this morning? why did your ponce — and crime commissioner say something completely different, officer? are people safe in cardiff this evening, officer? - this morning, the remains of a bonfire were still smoking in the middle of the road when we arrived. around it, vehicles lay in ruin, debris everywhere. residents say that those that caused this damage don't actually live on this street and the people living here are shocked and angry that this has happened right outside their doors.

why are you taking out, you know, people in the street? why run amok, you know? itjust doesn't make sense. i just... you know, i despair... this street is one of the best streets. the people, we're all so close as neighbours, and this has happened. kyrees sullivan and harvey evans died shortly after 6pm. due to the violence witnessed here in ely last night after the death of the two young boys, many local residents have told us that they don't want to talk officially on camera in fear of repercussions. the investigation into the disruption seen across ely last night — one of wales's most deprived areas — continues, as does the work to decipher how and why two boys died after being involved in a chase with the police. tomos morgan, bbc news, cardiff.

a reminder of the story breaking in the last hour, the more prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over potential breaches of lockdown rules and we have much more over the next few minutes. hello there. well, it's been a fine day for most of us today with some bright weather and not quite as warm as it was on monday when we had the highest temperature of the year so far, 23.1; degrees celsius recorded at cardiff. this also, of course, the highest temperature that we've seen so far this may. butjust how warm is that? well, if i put that in rank compared with other recent mays, you can see 23 degrees is completely bottom of the pile, in the relegation zone. normally, mays over recent years have brought us temperatures into the mid to high 20s, so we've certainly not had a heatwave and there's not one on the way either. you see high pressure's in charge. yes, there'll be warm may sunshine, but with the winds coming in off the atlantic, really at this time of the year, if you want the hot weather, you have to have the winds coming up from spain or france, and that's not going to happen. today, skies like these

were pretty typical, then. a bit more cloud around, but that cloud that built up during the day is going to melt away for most of us overnight, leaving clear spells. the exception to that story, the far north of scotland, where we do have a very weak weather front introducing some thicker cloud. temperatures for the most part about 7—9 degrees overnight, so similar compared with recent nights. wednesday, another dry and fine day coming up for the majority. however, this weak weather front will just slowly slide southwards, bringing that thicker cloud and a few spots of light rain. nothing particularly significant, though, with that. and for most, it's another sunny one. temperatures a bit higher, could see highs reaching around 23 degrees celsius in the warmest spots, south and east wales, the west midlands, south—west england. high levels of uv around, of course, in the sunshine at this time of the year. so if you're outside for any length of time, it might be worth considering putting on a bit of sun cream. more of that dry and sunny weather to come on thursday. much more sunshine for scotland. maybe a bit more cloud for eastern areas of england, but not really spoiling things. should still be a bit of sunshine coming through that. and temperatures again widely high teens to low 20s, 23 degrees again probably the warm

spot somewhere across south and east wales, the west midlands, south—west england. the fine weather lasts through the holiday weekend as well. if anything, those temperatures for more of us getting into the low 20s and probably peaking at about 2k degrees celsius. it's not a heatwave, but it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine and not particularly humid. now, before i go, i wanted to show you this. this is typhoon mawar on its final approach to guam. it's going to make landfall here on wednesday with winds gusting to 180 mph. that's likely to do some significant damage.

this is bbc news, the headlines. russia says insurgents who launched attacks in the belgorod region on the border with ukraine have been defeated. spanish police make several arrests in their investigation of racist abuse and got real madrid footballer viniciusjunior. abuse and got real madrid footballer viniciusjunior. an american journalist arrested in russia in march has had his detention extended by a further three months. welcome back. we start with a row over alleged racism which is shaking one of the biggest football clubs in the world — and pitched a star player against the president of the spanish league. this is the player,

brazilian international, viniciusjunior, who reported what he said