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it's full started withdrawing from the town, transferring control to the town, transferring control to the russian army.— the town, transferring control to the russian army. let's hear some of what they had — the russian army. let's hear some of what they had of— the russian army. let's hear some of what they had of the _ the russian army. let's hear some of what they had of the wagner - the russian army. let's hear some of what they had of the wagner group . what they had of the wagner group had to say. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we are withdrawing units. b translation: we are withdrawing units- by the _ translation: we are withdrawing units. by the 1st _ translation: we are withdrawing units. by the 1st of— translation: we are withdrawing units. by the 1st ofjune, _ translation: we are withdrawing units. by the 1st ofjune, their - units. by the 1st ofjune, their main parts of the unit will be relocated the rear camps. we are handing over opposition to the military. ammunition, everything including food rations. fin military. ammunition, everything including food rations.— including food rations. on this footaue, including food rations. on this footage. he — including food rations. on this footage, he added _ including food rations. on this footage, he added that - including food rations. on thisl footage, he added that wagner fighters would be ready to return to

back meet if the couldn't. last week, he announced the capture after the longest battle of the war but ukraine officials say that the battle is continuing. let's get more of this where our security correspondent. we should start with a health warning about what this gentleman says?— a health warning about what this gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outsmken- — gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outsmken- he _ gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outspoken. he is _ gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outspoken. he is the _ gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outspoken. he is the head _ gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outspoken. he is the head of - gentleman says? yes. here is pretty outspoken. he is the head of the - outspoken. he is the head of the russian group, it is named after the favourite composers of one of the early founders he was alleged to be a neo—nazi. the wagner group have been instrumental in russia's success in taking the city. it is in russian hands. it isn't a more

miscast. there are two kinds of ugly group. there is the professional contract mercenaries who pretend to be former russian soldiers, highly trained with a particularly brutal reputation. they have been active all over the world, particularly in africa. then there are the convicts, they went round russian prisons and said, if you sign up with us for six months and serve on the front lines with us, your sentence will be forgiven. you get become a three person. thousands of people joined up person. thousands of people joined up and thousands got killed. in the taken, it has taken nine months of slow grinding first world war levels welfare street by street house by house in a bit rate in the city, many of those convicts were sent in

human waves, moon down by ukrainian machine guns. they have very little concern for the welfare of their own troops but against all of this backdrop, the head of the wagner group has been extremely outspoken in criticising his own ministry of defence, russian ministry of defence specifically criticising the russian defence minister and the chief of staff, the head of the russian army. he has called them unrepeatable names on television, bailey covering them in obscenities, accusing them of deliberately withholding ammunition and more than once, he has threatened to withdraw his wagner group from bakhmut. if you had done that during the previous month, i think ukraine would still be hanging on there. there is a risk

now for russia that if ukraine decides to counterattack and go back into bakhmut without wagner group there, they could overwhelm or at least make some progress against the less efficient, less effective russian mainstream army. i'm not sure they are going to want to do that, they had their big counteroffensive coming up in the south and there a distraction but nevertheless, these two men that you see there, are people who he has a keyed of sitting in a nice mahogany offices in moscow, saying you're kids are putting nice little youtube videos on the internet while our men are dying here. it is quite provocative what he is saying and it has raised quite a lot of eyebrows that president putin is allowing him to be this critical of people so senior in the russian administration

and yet he has got some friends in the kremlin, presumably present peter amongst them. just briefly, the overall status _ peter amongst them. just briefly, the overall status of _ peter amongst them. just briefly, the overall status of the - peter amongst them. just briefly, the overall status of the conflict. l the overall status of the conflict. how much of it rest on what happens in bakhmut?— in bakhmut? bakhmut is not strategically _ in bakhmut? bakhmut is not strategically important. - in bakhmut? bakhmut is not strategically important. it i in bakhmut? bakhmut is not strategically important. it is| in bakhmut? bakhmut is not - strategically important. it is more of a symbolic town because it has been the longest bloodiest battle since world war ii on european soil. thousands on both sides have died, ukrainian say it suits us because we drained a lot of russian forces but they also lost a lot of their best fighters too, it has been an absolute bloodbath. you could technically say it is a stepping stone to taking nearby towns to the west but that will be a very difficult battle for russia if they try to do that so it is a bit of period victory, russia now rules over a city that was once 70,000 people and is now empty and is an

absolute ruins. it was sadly once famous for its salt mines and its champagne, it was the home of russia or soviet champagne but no longer. it has been a really expensive victory for russia, it will be interesting to see if ukraine tried to now use it to surround the russian forces there but i think it's main intention will be on the south where it makes more strategic sense for ukraine to drive south and trying to flex russian lines into and head for the vaccine to try and their lines to crimea. that would really catch wild attention. a few hundred metres here and there in the roman city of bakhmut isn't going to impress ukraine. the roman city of bakhmut isn't going to impress ukraine.—

impress ukraine. the us estimates man of impress ukraine. the us estimates many of the _ impress ukraine. the us estimates many of the fighters _ impress ukraine. the us estimates many of the fighters by _ impress ukraine. the us estimates many of the fighters by saying - impress ukraine. the us estimates many of the fighters by saying in i many of the fighters by saying in bakhmut. 0ur defence correspondence jonathan beale met one ukrainian family. in ukraine, the funerals are as constant as the pounding of artillery. each soldier's death a sacrifice for the nation, a family's loss. but few like this — an entire town in grief. for maxim, a young man who gave his life for his brother. when war broke out last year, theyjoined the army together. maxim was 22. ivan, just 18. translation: he |

was my best friend. all the times we fought, we were in the same trench, in the same positions, in the same unit, in the same team. he was always with me and i was with him. for me, this is a very dear person, not only by blood but also by spirit and everything else. this is where they were last alive together, bakhmut, the place their mother now calls hell. this is them engaged in brutal house—to—house fighting before a russian shell landed right next to ivan. translation: when i got hit, i was paralysed. - at that time, i felt like i couldn't do anything.

i fell and felt something warm. then i realised that i was bleeding heavily. because i'd already experienced war, i knew that i wouldn't survive, but my brother didn't let me die. he saved me. the graphic video of ivan�*s injuries, still holding ukraine's flag, soon went viral. too dangerous for medics to enter the city, maxim had pierced his brother's airway to stop him choking. he stayed by his side for the next nine hours. when ivan was finally rescued, maxim chose to stay in bakhmut to fight alongside his comrades. he was killed a week later by a russian sniper. his act of self—sacrifice,

scant comfort for his mum. translation: maxim had| the opportunity to evacuate with ivan, but due to the fact - his comrades remained there, he said he would not leave them. he knew that he would i never return from there. we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only i for the fact he saved his younger brother, ivan _ i no longer have a soul and no more heart. - maxym and ivan were their only children. ukraine won't say how many more have been killed or injured in this war, but the cost to this family and to this one small town with yet more freshly dug graves shows it's extremely hard to bear. jonathan beale, bbc news, tomakivka.

we can take a look at these pictures in australia. this is a moment heritage listed building collapsed. they say the fire affected neighbouring buildings to but there have been no significant injuries. witnesses described the ground shaking when the building collapsed. firefighters say the fire is now effectively contained. large emergency service presence are still there. china has dismissed claims by western intelligence agencies that it's using hackers to spy on critical infrastructure in the united states. the foreign ministry in beijing accused the us of initiating a disinformation campaign. earlier, western governments and the software giant microsoft warned that chinese espionage attacks were taking place around the world.

let's talk more about this with our security correspondent gordon corera. what is happening? this is a claim from the five _ what is happening? this is a claim from the five eyes _ what is happening? this is a claim from the five eyes intelligence - from the five eyes intelligence network led by the us but also with the uk, canada, new zealand and australia talking about a chinese espionage campaign which microsoft, claiming to be an inside critical infrastructure with a particularly stealthy technique working very discreetly so they would not be spotted, particularly it seems to be targeting us infrastructure including telecoms. this does like to have been espionage, trying to steal secrets but there have been concerned that among some of the facilities being targeted are communications, networks and tables linked to guam where the us have the

are having big concerns that this could be a cyber campaign which could be a cyber campaign which could be a cyber campaign which could be used to disrupt communications in the event that there was a crisis over taiwan in there was a crisis over taiwan in the future. china has dismissed this, it is talking about misinformation and the us being responsible for an empire of hacking. it does suggest that some of the spy claims, we have that spiralling a few months ago which to disrupt relation the us and china, this can be quite tricky diplomatically sometimes even if both sides accept that they do actually spy on each other, including using some cyber campaign. relating to that last point, just talk to us about the flow of information here. how do the various countries share and decide what to share? and how do they decide what to share publicly? what share? and how do they decide what to share publicly?— to share publicly? what is interesting _ to share publicly? what is interesting is _ to share publicly? what is interesting is the - to share publicly? what is interesting is the fact - to share publicly? what isj interesting is the fact that to share publicly? what is - interesting is the fact that his eyes come out publicly because the

spine campaigns and cyber espionage campaigns are being spotted and monitored all the time by the intelligence agencies so they are these decisions to go public sometime. microsoft went public with a bigger port but the uk also issued a bigger port but the uk also issued a report saying it had seen, it hadn't seen it in the uk. the reason why they go public is to warn the private sector because it's the part thatis private sector because it's the part that is being targeted by the cyber espionage campaigns so if you imagine, this is critical infrastructure. things like telecoms, sports, which are held by the private sector. this is not government spying on governments but the claim is, the claim that china is spying on the private sector so by going public, the idea is to put out some of the details of this campaign so that private infrastructure can close up the vulnerability so that it can try to prevent that continuing and that is

the reason why increasingly see the details of cyber campaign is being made public, it's because the hope is that will lead to better protections against it and then sometimes you also get some diplomatic fallout but i don't think in this case it is likely to be anything too significant because i think we have seen both us and china resume some of the diplomatic contacts which were stopped in the wake of that spy balloon there a few months ago and you sense that most lines are trying to improve things that this is maybe a small bump along the road and that. let's get some of the day's other news now. the united nations tribunalfor war crimes committed in rwanda have confirmed one of their most wanted suspect, fulgence kayishema who has been at large since 2001 was arrested in south africa on wednesday this week. keyishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 tutsi refugees at the nyange catholic church during the 1994 genocide. the suez canal authority says it has successfully refloated

a ship that had run aground at the passage's southern end. tug boats were used to free the hong kong flagged ship, which had blocked other vessels from passing. the suez canal is a crucial shipping lane linking europe and asia, with about twelve percent of global trade travelling along its waters. officials in canada say firefighters have made significant progress in tackling wildfires which have devastated large areas in alberta. rainfall in the last few days has helped the authorities reinforce firebreaks, and firefighters have arrived from new zealand to help. more than a million hectares of forest have burned in alberta already this year. lets ta ke lets take you this is a search site, this is about 50 kilometres or so away from where madeleine mccann disappeared i6

madeleine mccann disappeared 16 years ago or so. detectives there have entered the third day. police have been clearing undergrowth near the banks of the reservoir. mccann was three years old back in may 2007 when she vanished from her bedroom at the apartment where she was staying with her family. at the apartment where she was staying with herfamily. this reservoir is a 50 kilometres away from that resort. an official suspect in the disappearance is behind bars in germany for raping a 72—year—old woman in the same algarve region where mccann went missing. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the brownlee name has long been associated with athletic excellence. brothersjohnny and alistair dominated the sport for years, memorably crossing the line in first and second place at the rio olympics in 2016. and nine years ago, they set

up their foundation to give children a first experience of the sport they love. a triathlon can be an expensive sport to get into if you want to do it competitively at the top level. but these brownlee foundation events, it's not about that. it's about children doing a triathlon, doing an event, achieving something that they never thought they could achieve and it can be free. so there is no barrier to entry to that. schools are invited to events at sport centres across the country where children get the mini triathlon experience. 50,000 children have now come through the program. it's been fun, activities with my school and my friends and i really enjoyed it. i feel like i've done hard work and it feels good. i you're live with bbc news. wholesale energy prices in europe are shooting down to some of the lowest levels since 2021. here in the uk british regulater 0fgem has announced

a new price cap as a result — with household energy bills in the uk set to fall. 0ur reporter yasmin khatun dewan is in the newsroom with more. the typical gas and electricity bill the the uk will drop to just over £2000 with the new energy price cap from july one. that's a drop of more than £400 annually. much of that is down to wholesale gas prices being the biggest factor in our energy price rises. the conflict in ukraine saw a huge increase, making europe short the gas and increase in fossil fuel prices. you can see here a peak in 2022, the gas prices here in the uk and the same of electricity prices which are impacted by gas. europe has seen a similar pattern, actual gas processing a drop in that announcement also came today. wholesale prices have been calling for a number of months but that hasn't been felt by consumers due to the way that suppliers purchase

their gas after months in advance. qatar, the world's biggest natural gas supplier, cautioned some of these numbers saying that some of the factors involved in this where week economy in europe and a mild winter. with the energy minister saying the worst is yet to come. europe's biggest economy — germany has entered into recession after contracting by 0.3% in the first three months of the year. as the economy continues to be hit by a surge in energy prices in the wake of russia's war in ukraine. the economy contracted by 0.5% in the last three months of 2022 — giving two consecutive months of negative growth — the definition of a technical recession. three of britain's most prominent trade union leaders have given the bbc exclusive access to follow them behind—the—scenes through an unprecedented year of industrial action. the two part bbc panorma series follows the leaders of the royal college of nursing, the national union of rail,

maritime and transport workers and the unite union striking for better pay and conditions. leo fawkes, film—maker and series director of the panorama documentary series joins us now. thank you coming on the programme. can we talk about some of the challenges in getting access to key figures as they aren't negotiations are moving on?— figures as they aren't negotiations are moving on? there is wearing a sometimes — are moving on? there is wearing a sometimes with — are moving on? there is wearing a sometimes with those _ are moving on? there is wearing a sometimes with those type - are moving on? there is wearing a sometimes with those type of - are moving on? there is wearing a i sometimes with those type of people because they are so often in the media and i don't have enough time to explain themselves so they are used to being taken at quite a short value so there is a trust that you have to build so you have to spend more time to allow them to express their opinions. bind more time to allow them to express their opinions-— their opinions. and what were some ofthe their opinions. and what were some of the opinions _ their opinions. and what were some of the opinions that _ their opinions. and what were some of the opinions that struck - their opinions. and what were some of the opinions that struck you, - of the opinions that struck you, what did you learn? aha,

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strike for the first time because it was the first time they had gone on strike in their history. moments like that were memorable. and for our viewers here in the uk, you can watch the first epsiode of unions: inside the strikes tonight on bbc two at 9pm, or you can watch it on iplayer. i want to take you to some live pictures that we can see outside the home of tina turner. you can see people there turning up and leaving flowers in tribute. tina turner died aged 83 and the tributes have been pouring in from right around the world, the world of music, beyonce, mickjagger, eltonjohn all paying tribute and as he can see right here

live now, ordinary people, music fans across the globe paying their own tributes. hello, there. plenty of fine and dry weather once again this morning across the united kingdom. this quiet dry weather will continue as we had in the bank holiday weekend. there are some areas of cloud developing under that high—pressure and at high pressure keeping it dry but around that, the breezes change in direction and it means northern and eastern areas may be little than yesterday with the highest temperatures focused more towards the south—west. most places will see the sunshine and the day. there is a bit more cloud developing. some clearer skies will developing. some clearer skies will develop the many parts of the country overnight and the

winds will be light so it could turn quite chilly first thing on friday morning particularly across eastern scotland. heading into tomorrow, a sunny start for many. we will see cloud into the north west of scotland. the cloud will build up in land across many other parts of the uk and spread out a bit across the far south of england and across the english channel it may stay sunny, it will be windy with some shell on that wind, take the edge off in temperatures. probably a bit warmer than today, ten counts 20 degrees. high pressure building on across the uk ahead of the bank holiday weekend. that's where the front, some strong winds coming into scotland and northern ireland bringing some more cloud, a little bit of light rain and drizzle in the north—west. sunnier skies further south and the winds will be light as

well. the temperatures will peak on saturday, 22, 20 three degrees but it will be cooler in scotland and northern ireland behind that week when the front not bring you much rain. the high pressure bills backing across the uk, that cooler air will move way southwards. the sunday and monday, the radio one big weekend continues in dundee, it will be called but less cool. temperatures may recover on monday. it will be turning cooler here by bank holiday monday in the south, still dry it with some sunshine.

today at one: record figures on net migration to the uk last year — 606,000, that's up more than 100,000. the figure shows the difference between the number of people moving to the uk and the number leaving — the rise has mainly been driven from outside the european union. we've got to be sensitive to the needs of the nhs, of the economy, but fundamentally the numbers are too high. i'm bringing them down, the measures we've announced this week are going to help us do that. immigration is important to this country and we need a system that works. but it has to be properly controlled and managed rather than the chaos that the government has created. we'll be talking to our home editor to examine why net migration

has been rising so fast. also this lunchtime... lower energy bills for many households after the regulator