progression this is bbc news, the headlines: ukraine confirms the russian army is retaking control of bakhmut after the wagner mercinary group begins its withdrawal from the city. an armed man has killed 3 people — including 2 police officers — in centraljapan. and, as the hit tv series succession comes to an end, we sit down with brian cox — the man behind the menacing lead character, logan roy. straight to breaking news. we have heard in the last few seconds from the police in south wales, that story that dominated her on monday

that a total of nine people have been arrested over the serious disorder in parts of cardiff, including five who were detained early this morning yesterday you watch the police conference condemning the levels of violence, explaining the timeline of the disturbances, of those two teenagers who died. that news, nine people have been arrested over that disorder including five who had detained a little earlier on that day. that is the latest. we will obviously return to this if there is more. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ollie foster. over to you. arne slot has ruled out a move to tottenham hotspur. the dutchman led feyenoord to their first eredivise title in 6 years and it had been reported that spurs had identified him

as their number one choice as a fulltime managerial replacement for antonio conte who was sacked in march. slot says "my wish is to stay at feyenoord and continue working on what we created last year. "there is not — and there has not been — transfer conversation" but was that really the case? there has been a serious fear that they were going to lose him. the last two weeks, we know from very good sources that went there were talks between his agent and the tottenham hotspur people. it was always going to look like slot would leave, it looked like the end of the campaign after winning the league in holland. they were not going to let him go for less than £20 million, and that was really a major stumbling block for tottenham hotspur. it's the final day of

the premier league season in england on sunday but there's one match tonight, manchester united will guarantee a top four fimnish and champions league football guarantee a top four finish and champions league football with a point, as for chelsea, well they will definitely with a point, as for chelsea, well they will definitely finish in the bottom half, they are 12th at the moment in a season in which they have sacked 2 managers, and interim boss frank lampard has been unable to stop their slide down the table. the premier league moves on very fast and everyone is trying to do the same thing, we see the emergence of newcastle, aston villa, the people getting themselves in the equation. with my experience is if you switch it off, it is not easy to switch it on so that it doesn't always become an overnight remedy so it's not going to be my response ability but from my experience of being in a consistent performing club, the moment you switch off it becomes hard to switch back on so that will be the test next year. the president of spain's la

liga, javier tebas has told the bbc that it will never be possible to completely eradicate racism in the game, but they could greatly reduce it with the greater powers. with far greater powers. four days after he was abused by supporters during a match at valencia, there was a huge show of support for viniciusjunior at real madrid's game against rayo vallecano on wednesday night. banners among the home support, read �*we are all vinicius�* enough is enough�*. vinicius was left out of the squad for reals 2—1win, but he came onto the pitch to applaud the fans. his teamates all wore shirts with his name and number on the back. tebas, who was heavily criticised for his response to the latest incident has been speaking to the bbc today. we want powers, we do not want to hide on the issue of racist insults. it is not enough for us only to be able to file complaints, we want to be able to punish anyone who shouts racist insults. we do not want to hide, we are convinced that if we have these powers within months, we would get rid of the problem, or at least, we will improve it considerably. and specifically, in the case

of this, we can only file we do not want to hide, we are convinced that if we have these powers within months, we would get rid of the problem, or at least, we will improve it considerably. and specifically, in the case of this, if we don't have powers, we can only file complaints, and that is what we have done. the draw has been made for the first round of the french open that starts on sunday. the world number one carlos alcaraz could meet novak djokovic in the semi—finals at roland garros. they are on the same side of the draw. alcaraz will face a qualifier, still to be decided. djokovic who is seeded third, plays american aleksandar kovacevic. the british number one cameron norrie has frenchman, benoit paire. defending womens�* champion iga swiatek starts against spanish world number 67 cristina bucsa. belarusian aryna sabalenka, who won the australian open, starts against ukraine's marta kostyuk, who has been very outspoken about the war in her country and tensions in the locker—room with belarussian and russian players. wimbledon champion elena rybakina

is seeded fourth after winning the italian open last week. she is still waiting to find out her first round opponent . actually, she has a lucky loser. a uualifier. and that's all the sport for now. in the last hour, the bbc has spoken to an army commander in bakhmut who insist that ukraine still controls part of the city. he confirmed that the russian army were taking over positions on the outskirts of the city from the wagner military group. you will remember that the wagner group have led the attack on bakhmut on the russian side. earlier, the head of that group announced it was transferring positions to the russian army in a video that the bbc has confirmed it was taken in the east of the city. have a listen.

translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. _ today it is sam on the 25th of may. by the 1st ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the rear camps. we are handing over our positions to the military. ammunition, physicians, everything, including food rations. live now to our world affairs editorjohn simpson who's in oxford. it has been such a brutal battle over the last few months. our analysis. why is it so important, the city? analysis. why is it so important, the ci ? ~ , , ., the city? well, firstly, right from the city? well, firstly, right from the very start. — the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across _ the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across the - the city? well, firstly, right from the very start, across the board, | the very start, across the board, russia said that bakhmut said bakhmut had no real significance,

and then, it emerged as the central battle of the war, it has been fought almost a year, thousands of people, 20,000 people... an unknown number of ukrainians... and of course, large numbers of civilians, as well. so, it is a war without a kind of purpose, and yet it has a real purpose. it is like, in a way, stalingrad in the second world war for vladimir stalingrad in the second world war foeradimir putin, and indeed, stalingrad in the second world war for vladimir putin, and indeed, for yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, to show that they can actually win a major battle. and, how they won it? it doesn't look like it yet. and, ukraine... the bbc

has been hearing from the people on the ground. but, at the same time, there is another war going on between yevgeny prigozhin and the kind of military structure of russia, the defence minister, the top brass of the russian army. yevgeny prigozhin wants to say, look, this was not a russian success, this was a wagner success. my success, this was a wagner success. my guess is that he wants to get out of it before the absolutely final details of the last battle are absolutely sorted out. it suits him better to be able to declare victory... saying, he never had any support from the russian army itself, and now, he is leaving it to the other side. we're also hearing that the quality of the troops coming into bakhmut is not

particularly good, and that there are recent civilians in the force coming in, so all sorts of things are going on. but, as i say, you have to remember, this is a propaganda battlejust have to remember, this is a propaganda battle just as have to remember, this is a propaganda battlejust as much have to remember, this is a propaganda battle just as much as have to remember, this is a propaganda battlejust as much as it is a military battle. the propaganda battle just as much as it is a military battle.— is a military battle. the line is a little bit tricky, _ is a military battle. the line is a little bit tricky, i _ is a military battle. the line is a little bit tricky, i will _ is a military battle. the line is a little bit tricky, i will try - is a military battle. the line is a little bit tricky, i will try one - little bit tricky, i will try one more question with you. i want to get your take on the us media reports from the last 21t hours on the drone attack on the kremlin. your take?— the drone attack on the kremlin. your take? �* . ., _ your take? again, i would say, we have to look _ your take? again, i would say, we have to look at _ your take? again, i would say, we have to look at the _ your take? again, i would say, we have to look at the propaganda . your take? again, i would say, we i have to look at the propaganda value of these things more than anything else. at times, what is being called american intelligence forces... it is being said that perhaps ukraine were behind the whole thing in the first place, i personally thought it might be a provocation by the

russian forces in order to be able to instigate some kind of new plan, clamping down on... that doesn't seem to have happened, it must be a possibility that the ukrainians did it, why? it was a pretty feeble attack, so it doesn't look as though it had very much effect in any military sense whatsoever. but, you could say, i suppose, that if ukraine was responsible, it would show, we can strike anywhere, including the kremlin building itself. as so many of these things are, i think that you really have to suspect everything that you get out of this war, really.— of this war, really. thank you very much forjoining _ of this war, really. thank you very much forjoining us. _

of this war, really. thank you very much forjoining us. john - of this war, really. thank you very much forjoining us. john will- of this war, really. thank you very much forjoining us. john willjoinl much forjoining us. john willjoin us in the studio each day to take us to the latest strands in terms of the war in ukraine as we approach the war in ukraine as we approach the spring offensive. tojohn in oxford, apologies for the patchiness in the sound quality. a man armed with a gun and a knife has injured multiple people injapan. we have received these images showing police surrounding a building in nakano, nagano. our tokyo correspondent salter says update. the man is barricaded into a building surrounded by security personnel who have formed a 300 metre exclusion zone around him and that locals have been told not to leave their homes. we heard from an eyewitness speaking to the japanese broadcaster nhk who said he saw a woman running

towards the field shouting, help me, help me, before a man caught up with her and stabbed her. a distress call was made to the police for 30 local time —— around for30 —— around for 30 pm local time. the police were quickly on the scene and we understand from nhk that the man was armed with a gun and a knife and he was dressed in army fatigues wearing a mask and sunglasses and he shot through the windows of the police car before running and barricading himself. we know that the woman and police officers were rushed to hospital and they are now dead. one other injured man, and we do not have any more details about him but we understand he is close to where the perpetrator is. we heard from residents in the neighbourhood, this happened in centraljapan region, west of tokyo,

and the neighbours seems to be shocked at what happened and they said this is a quiet neighbourhood with many restaurants and a childcare centre, and things like this do not happen in the neighbourhood here. everyone has been heeding the call of the police to stay at home but many have been speaking about how unusual this is for them. it is pretty dark now, but, we have been looking at pictures of a number of police personnel surrounding the area, police vehicles, some of them wearing body armour and others carrying shields but even in the dark we have seen footage which apparently shows gunfire being shot into the night. this is very unusual forjapan. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

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status. you're live with bbc news. the biggest economy in the world has contracted in the first three months of the year. it is continuing to be hit by a surge in energy prices following the war in ukraine. the economy shrank 0.5% in the last three months of 2022, meaning that two consecutive quarters of consecutive growth, the technical definition of a recession. let's head to our correspondence there, thatis head to our correspondence there, that is quite something the head to our correspondence there, that is quite something— head to our correspondence there, that is quite something the key word here is technical. _ that is quite something the key word here is technical. this _ that is quite something the key word here is technical. this is _ that is quite something the key word here is technical. this is a _ here is technical. this is a technical recession. two consecutive quarters of negative growth. it doesn't mean germany will necessarily go into a full—blown

recession throughout 2023. the government is still predicting growth hair. that is because the next few quarters could see stronger growth, although germany was hit hard by having to pivot away from russian energy sources, and energy prices did indeed go up. what we didn't see her over the midwinter was energy shortages. germany's economy is doing better than expect a year ago. that is a good news. the bad news is, technically, we are talking about a recession. how long do they think it'll be before they get out of this? apart from energy, i know that it's a big driver, but what is is behind big numbers. numbers?— what is is behind big numbers. numbers? ., , , , numbers? the reason behind this is inflation. numbers? the reason behind this is inflation- we — numbers? the reason behind this is inflation. we are _ numbers? the reason behind this is inflation. we are seeing _ numbers? the reason behind this is inflation. we are seeing this - numbers? the reason behind this is inflation. we are seeing this in - inflation. we are seeing this in many western and european countries, thatis many western and european countries, that is joined to the war in ukraine and rising energy prices. consumers in germany are spending less. the

problem is, how do we fight back? the european and central bank has started raising interest rates further, raising interest rates dampens the economy further, fighting inflation, which is the underlying problem. it also doesn't help the economy grow, because you want economy to grow, he should lower interest rates. it is a very difficult situation to know what to do in europe. what you are seeing is a political reaction from this, the chancellor, the german chancellor, has said that the fundamentals in germany is still strong, that is true. but, we have political rows within the governing coalition here. people are saying, that is not helping confidence of businesses and consumers, because you have the liberals, greens, they are ramming in a coalition. that is affecting some people pass confidence. until we get more political stability within the government, that will filter down to a lot of people calling for a more assertive range of policies to help businesses deal with things like high energy costs.

live from berlin, thank you very much. creating a popular tv drama is notoriously hard. making one in which every character is a truly terrible person is even more impressive. that's what the makers of succession have done. in just five years, the tale of a media mogul and his ruthlessly ambitious children — which ends on monday — has gained millions of devoted fans. brian cox plays the lead role of logan roy. he's been speaking to the bbc�*s amol rajan — and we must warn you that this interview contains a major spoiler for those not up to speed with the current series. he's had a lifetime of roles on stage and screen. sit on the floor. it's fun. but, it's this role in succession that's given brian cox his greatest success. get down! logan roy, the media boss and terrifying patriarch. on the floor, boar. given this programme is airing shortly before

the finale of succession, i think it makes sense to begin at the end. and this is where we cut to an enormous spoiler alert. we tell people that logan roy does die. was it strange leaving the production for a while, this production that had been such a big part of your life, such a big part of your mind? yeah, it was odd. it was an odd feeling. i, you know, i looked on it wrongly, wrongly, but i looked on it as a form of rejection. the series was created by british writer and producerjesse armstrong. he's delivered nearly 1t0 episodes and one of the most famous characters in recent television history. logan roy's menace is undeniable. i'm going to build something better, something faster, lighter, meaner, wilder. and i'm going to do it from in here where you are. did you have any leeway, any sway in saying tojesse armstrong, "i think maybe logan shouldn't die.

i think maybe..." no, ididn�*t. there's no point going down that road, especially with somebody like jesse, because he's already made a plan, but he decided to make logan die, i think, ultimately too early. i mean, he made him die in the third episode. and, you know, i think maybe he could have died in about, i would have thought the fifth or sixth episode. i would have thought that would have been appropriate. it was bold ofjesse, and that's wherejesse's great. there's no question he's a writing genius. cox's passion and willingness to speak his mind has gone beyond the acting industry, with him now becoming one of the loudest voices in the fight for scottish independence. i had to readdress something. i think, what is wrong? why is it not working? and then i started to look at these islands, and then i started to look at scottish history and realising how scotland had been traduced time and time and time again and how constantly it was the poor relation, even though it contributed an enormous amount, but at the same time it wasn't free.

let me push back impartially and firmly on what you're saying, because the proponents of the union would argue that there is nevertheless, for all the history you're talking about, there is something precious and sacred about the union and moreover, that it allows each constituent nation to be bigger than it otherwise would be, especially in a world where power is moving east. i don't agree with you. it's not my view, i'm impartial, it's not my view. my feeling is it's precisely that we are not being allowed to be who we are, and we haven't been. we've served, we've served and we've judiciously served at oui’ own expense. and i suddenly realise, you see, i do believe we should be a union. i agree with that. but we shouldn't be a united kingdom. we should be a united federation. now aged 76, cox lives in new york with his second wife, but still returns to london. next year he'll be back on stage in the west end.

you're now held up as one of the big voices on film and tv. what do you make of what's going on with this writer's strike out in hollywood? well, they've got to, they have to strike. they really do. what's it about, for people who don't know what's going on? well, it's just about getting proper pay for what they do. and it's a big industry now, and the writers are at the centre of it and they should get what they deserve. and are they not getting what they deserve right now? not at the moment. they will, it will be a long haul, but they will in the end, they'll come to some kind of agreement. let's have some quickfire questions. so this is maximum ten words, minimum one. we'll start with some opinions on other actors. what do you make of brad pitt? brad is a worker. and he's really worked on himself as an actor. i don't think his natural inclination was to do that. i think because he was the way he looked he stumbled into it. but i think he's become an extremely fine actor. michael caine.

michael caine! um... actually, i saw him the other night. he was really good. i mean, he can be really good, michael. no, no, no, he is, sorry. that sounds terribly patronizing, i don't mean it. what do you make of helen mirren? i love her. idris elba. i don't know idris elba, but i admire him. johnny depp. he's more of a creature than an actor, johnny depp. you know, he's much more of a creature and he's a great creature, don't get me wrong. but i've never quite believed there is a range there. there's always that thing aboutjohnny depp, you know. if you could impart one life lesson from all that you've learnt for that 17—year—old brian cox on the train down from dundee to london in the swinging 60s, what would it be? oh, always pursue your bliss, always. your bliss?

your bliss, yeah, that which fulfills you. brian cox, an absolute pleasure to talk to you. thank you. amol rajan, bbc news. one more story to squeeze in. astonishing pictures of towering flames from eight seventh robles in sydney. this is the moment the heritage listed building collapsed, captured by fire and rescue new south wales. they say the inferno spread to several neighbouring buildings, including residential apartments, however there have been no significant injuries. witnesses described the ground shaking when the building collapsed. we will take a break in a moment. when we come back, we will be speaking to a musicjournalist with fascinating stories about tina turner. he was there back in 1966 watching that gig from tina turner supporting the rolling stones. he joins us live on the programme and has followed her career for decades.

his tributes, his memories, coming up his tributes, his memories, coming up on the programme in the next few minutes. on bbc news, do not go away. hello there. it's been a quiet week of weather and this quiet, dry weather will continue as we head into the bank holiday weekend. some sunshine for many parts of the country through the rest of today. there are some areas of cloud developing underneath that high pressure and that high pressure is keeping it dry. but around that, the breeze is changing direction and it means northern and eastern areas, maybe a little cooler than yesterday with the highest temperatures focused more towards the southwest, 22 or 23 will be quite pleasant and most places will see the sunshine to end the day. there is a bit more cloud, though, developing in the midlands for a while and also across northern ireland. but, some clearer skies will develop in 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. temperatures not far away from freezing, perhaps. heading into tomorrow, a sunny start for many. we will see cloud coming into the northwest of scotland. a few spots of light rain or drizzle here and the cloud will build up inland across many other parts and spread out a bit. across the far south of england and through the english channel it may well stay sunny, but it will be quite windy and there'll be a chill on that wind as well that will take the edge off the temperatures. but for many parts of the country away from here, probably a little bit warmer than today, 20 degrees in the central belt of scotland through the midlands and also in the northwest of england. high pressure building in across the uk for the start of the bank holiday weekend. does get eroded for a while across the north. that weather front, some stronger winds coming into scotland and northern ireland bringing more cloud, a little bit of light rain or drizzle in the northwest, some buildup of cloud for northern england and north wales. sunnier skies further south and the winds will be lighter as well.

probably, the temperatures will peak on saturday, 22, 23 degrees, but it will be cooler in scotland and northern ireland behind that weak weatherfront, not bringing much rain. that moves away, and, as the high pressure builds back in across the uk, that cooler air will move its way southwards. so, if we look at some forecasts for sunday and monday, and the radio1 big weekend continues in dundee, it will be cool but less cool i think on monday. and still dry. temperatures in northern parts of the uk may recover a bit on monday. the same can't be said for the south because it will be turning cooler here by bank holiday monday. still dry with more sunshine.

live from london, this is bbc news. net migration to the uk reaches record levels, hitting more than 600,000 in 2022. florida's republican governor launches his 2024 presidential bid in an announcement overshadowed by technical glitches. the other fact is that so many people could not actually watch it was an embarrassment. and that is not the way you want to start the campaign. after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid's vinicius junior, the president of spain's la liga says eliminating racism will never be possible. translation: eliminating this - problem 100% will never be possible, in the same way that eradicating robberies will never be possible.