still dry with more sunshine. this is bbc news, the headlines a ukrainian army commander tells the bbc that his forces hold some of the city of bakhmut, as the wagner mercinary group begin to hand power to the russian army. an armed man kills 3 people — including 2 police officers — in centraljapan. and, the trade war between the us and china rumbles on. microsoft accuses beijing of spying on american firms. more on all of those stories in a moment or two. first, more on all of those stories in a moment ortwo. first, overto more on all of those stories in a moment or two. first, over to the sports centre. we

moment or two. first, over to the sports centre-— sports centre. we have football,, football, football. _ sports centre. we have football,, football, football. penultimate i football, football. penultimate match for manchester united, they are facing struggling chelsea. united need one point to ensure that they finish in the top four. we are in a project, we want to go back and to win trophies. we win one trophy, we want to win more trophies. we want to compete with the best but we are still on a journey and we are still on a journey but we are on the right direction. we can always be better because good is not good enough. a terrible season season for chelsea, they will definitely come last. it is in a season when they have sacked two managers. frank lampard has been

unable to stop their slide down the table. aston villa, brighton, and others, they are on the equation now. my experience is that if you switch it off, it is not easy to switch it on. it will always become an overnight remedy. that will obviously not being my response ability. from my experience, this has been a persistently performing squadron. once you switch off, it becomes hard to switch it on. that will be the test. 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 7 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. cycling news. almost half a minute... stage 18 one by italy, the main draw was those trying to catch thomas. there was an attack at the

penultimate climb, second overall mount by 29 seconds after leapfrogging a cyclist from portugal. . the draw has been made for the first round of the french open that starts on sundaythe world number one carlos 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 women's champion iga swiatek, starts against spaniard cristina bucsa. against spaniard cristina busca. ukraine's marta kostyuk, who has been very outspoken about the war in her country and tensions in the locker—room with belarusian and russian players faces belarusian aryna sabalenka. wimbledon champion elena rybakina is still waiting to find

out her first round opponent there is a lot of qualifying still going on in paris. and that's all the sport for now. to a developing story now out of bakhmut, the city in eastern ukraine. in the last hour, the bbc has spoken to a ukrainian army commander in the region and he has insisted that ukraine still controls part of the city. he confirmed russian army units were taking over positions in the outskirts of the city from the wagner militia. you'll remember that wagner have led the fighting in bakhmut for the russian side. well earlier, the head of the wagner group, announced that it was transferring positions to the russian army in a video that bbc verify has confirmed was taken in the east of the city. 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. first, a little bit on the figures. the us estimates... there are no estimates for ukrainian casualties, but they are likely to be high. our defence correspondent met a ukrainian family who have paid a heavy price for bakhmut. 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 maxym, a young man who gave his life for his brother. when war broke out last year, theyjoined the army together. maxym 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, maxym 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, maxym 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: maxym 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 never return from there. we still can't believe it. my soul has been ripped out. i have to live only 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. straight to breaking news coming from the metropolitan police. they have just said that a cart has collided with the front gates of downing street. just that one line, these are live pictures now. that is a picture of whitehall, you can see the traffic moving in right to left, left to right, further down, at the

top of the picture, that is the cenotaph. that area is where downing street is. just to the left of there. we cannot actually see the gates of downing street, but whitehall is closed by police as they deal with this incident. no other real detail apart from that one line, a car has collided with a front gates of downing street. you will know, in terms of your familiarity with downing street, the whole area, the entrance into downing street, huge metal gates with heavy security, that has been in place for a number of years. he used to be able to walk down downing street, but not for over a decade. a huge metal gate and security. a car colliding into that gate, no other word in terms of the nature of what has happened. but, that's clearly being investigated as we speak. i am

watching these life pictures as you are from the scene, as details coming to me, and certainly, the car is driven into the gates, that is what the police say. what we, of course, do not know is, in terms of the nature of that, and if the police are still dealing with what the cause of that, certainly lots of camera crews heading down there, lots ofjournalists asking questions. we are across that story, thatis questions. we are across that story, that is coming to us from police, you can see those police vehicles, both sides of the cenotaph, with the road blocked off, the police vehicles, just as such police operation continuing. you cannot, i do not think, as i squint at these pictures, myself, trying to see if i

can actually see the car itself... that one line from the police, a car has gone into the gate, and as i am telling you that, i am also hearing that one arrest has just been made. so, that operation is clearly ongoing. the facts coming on as we speak to you. you can see that very busy area of central london... that is, in terms of the geography of what you're looking at, whitehall. just where the cenotaph is, in the foreground, and then using the statue further down. that is where the entrance to downing street is, thatis the entrance to downing street is, that is where the security gate is, that is where the security gate is, that heavy, iron security gate. that is where the car has gone into. but, we're hearing that one arrest has been and no injuries after the car collided with the gate. now, just to

the foreground of those pictures that you are seeing, to the right, is where the houses of parliament are situated. so, it gives you an idea as to the sort of geography of that whole area. of course, heavy security in that central district of westminster, between downing street and westminster and the houses of parliament. the regular shuttling between the prime ministeroffice and residence to the houses of parliament. and of course, down whitehall. all the government office buildings. clearly, it is downing street that is the centre of what has happened here, it is very much in it's early stages, early minutes, but no injuries. worth repeating, no injuries, but one arrest. that is after a car has collided with a gate there, the gate at downing street.

those are the early details, the first details coming to us from the police itself. of course, the nature of what we are dealing with, we do not know, but it is clearly a security alert, and hence, the nature of the closure of whitehall. you can see the police cars both in the foreground and towards the top of the picture. we have a reporter in the newsroom pulling together the strands of what we are learning. our colleagues are making calls here to find out more. is there anything that you can tell us currently? figs that you can tell us currently? as ou sa , that you can tell us currently? is you say, it has that you can tell us currently? sis you say, it has only broken in the last few minutes that a met police spokesman has confirmed, as you have been saying, that a car collided with the front gate of downing street. downing street have also confirmed that it happened, but they have no more information at the moment. they are, of course, looking

into what has happened. you can see on the pictures, there is a police cordoned there in westminster, at the moment, of course, as more information comes in. a car driven in... we do not know what this is about. we should make that clear, we do not have any information on why it has happened, how it has happened, other than the police have confirmed that a car is driven into the front gate of downing street. as you can imagine, in those pictures, the whole of the area has been closed off by police. there are plenty of pictures of police activity at the scene, and on social media, as you can imagine. and, as you are talking to us, more detailed coming in of a car, a white car, apparently, pictured in front of the gates. the boot open, that may be part of the police operation itself. certainly, on social media, that

picture is circulating, of a white vehicle pictured in front of the gates with the boot currently up. that operation is still going on. our political correspondent is there on the ground in whitehall, i am going to cross to him. nick, tell us what you can tell us about what we are dealing with and what we are seeing. are dealing with and what we are seeina. , . , are dealing with and what we are seeina. , ., , ., are dealing with and what we are seeinu. , . , ., , are dealing with and what we are seein. , ., ,., ,., are dealing with and what we are seeinu. , . ,., ,., seeing. details of this are coming throu~h seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. _ seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. i _ seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. i will— seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. i will pop - seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. i will pop out - seeing. details of this are coming through slowly. i will pop out of. through slowly. i will pop out of the way — through slowly. i will pop out of the way so you can see the scene behind _ the way so you can see the scene behind us — the way so you can see the scene behind us. about 50 metres from where _ behind us. about 50 metres from where we — behind us. about 50 metres from where we are is that white car with the boot_ where we are is that white car with the boot open. there have been police _ the boot open. there have been police sniffer dogs going through it in the _ police sniffer dogs going through it in the last— police sniffer dogs going through it in the last few minutes. police areh't— in the last few minutes. police aren't saying anything to us here officially — aren't saying anything to us here officially on the scene. i have talked — officially on the scene. i have talked to _ officially on the scene. i have talked to a couple of people who are in downing _ talked to a couple of people who are in downing street at the moment. they have — in downing street at the moment. they have been told to stay indoors, not they have been told to stay indoors, hot to _ they have been told to stay indoors, hot to leave — they have been told to stay indoors, not to leave their office. it sounds like they've — not to leave their office. it sounds like they've been told that a vehicle _ like they've been told that a vehicle has smashed into the gates. we can_ vehicle has smashed into the gates.

we can see — vehicle has smashed into the gates. we can see that. we know that has happened~ — we can see that. we know that has happened. what we do not know at the moment— happened. what we do not know at the moment is— happened. what we do not know at the moment is exactly why that has happened, what the run up to it wasm — happened, what the run up to it was... what i can tell you is that most _ was... what i can tell you is that most of— was... what i can tell you is that most of whitehall, the main street between _ most of whitehall, the main street between trafalgar square and parliament, that has been closed off for the _ parliament, that has been closed off for the last— parliament, that has been closed off for the last few minutes. you can possibly— for the last few minutes. you can possibly see in the shop, there are quite _ possibly see in the shop, there are quite a _ possibly see in the shop, there are quite a lot— possibly see in the shop, there are quite a lot of police about just now, — quite a lot of police about just now, armed police at the scene. that car is _ now, armed police at the scene. that car is still— now, armed police at the scene. that car is still sitting with its boot open, — car is still sitting with its boot open, and _ car is still sitting with its boot open, and staff in downing street, and actually, i'm looking at my messages _ and actually, i'm looking at my messages again, some of the surrounding buildings as well, they are being _ surrounding buildings as well, they are being told not to leave their buildings — are being told not to leave their buildings at the moment. i am sure the camera — buildings at the moment. i am sure the camera crew— buildings at the moment. i am sure the camera crew that _ buildings at the moment. i am sure the camera crew that you _ buildings at the moment. i am sure the camera crew that you are - buildings at the moment. i am sure| the camera crew that you are with... they were showing the first pictures from on the ground, off that car you are describing. if they can hear me, as i am talking, yes, they have returned the focus fare. there is a car. earlier, we were looking at the top shot, the high camera shot, but we were seeing their on the left of

your screen, the passenger car we are talking about. the white car that you can see very clearly is pointing towards the gates of downing street, that is the entrance to downing street. that entrance is, it has that security gate, and that is what the car seems to have gone into. as nick was describing, the boot is open. the police operation is still very much ongoing. nick? i have just had an update from the met police over the last few seconds. let me just read this to you. around 1620, a car collided with the gates of downing street on whitehall. armed officers arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. this statement has just damage and dangerous driving. this statement hasjust come damage and dangerous driving. this statement has just come in from the met police. it adds, there are no reports of any injuries at the moment and inquiries are ongoing.

so, in the past minute, literally, the last minute. the met have confirmed someone has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, that happened about half an hour ago, just up from the pictures you are looking at on downing street where the prime minister, we think he is service afternoon. staff have been told to stay in a building just now while the police search that car, and while there are inquiries continue. your camera is giving a very clear shots of the security operation, it is a very security operation, as you would expect. interesting, there is a to us from the police. nick, you know this area inside out in terms of your political work, you go to and from the house of commons to number ten, and from the house of commons to numberten, but and from the house of commons to number ten, but for those people watching this, looking in from all around the world, just explain a little of the geography of this

whole area of whitehall. it is so busy when it comes to british politics. busy when it comes to british olitics. . busy when it comes to british olitics. , ., , busy when it comes to british olitics. , . , , politics. yes. i mean, this is the heart of british _ politics. yes. i mean, this is the heart of british politics. - politics. yes. i mean, this is the heart of british politics. it - politics. yes. i mean, this is the heart of british politics. it might sound like i am moving at the moment, we havejust been sound like i am moving at the moment, we have just been allowed a bit closer to downing street. we are just setting up a shot of that at the moment which might give a better view of the car that we have all been looking at for the past few minutes. we are right in the heart of downing street... right in the heart of whitehall, right in the heart of whitehall, right in the heart of whitehall, right in the heart of westminster. downing street is about halfway down the street of whitehall. it is quite heavily protected by significant barriers at the gates, certainly, when you try and get into downing street, it can take quite a long time. it appears that this car has not got any further than the barriers at the entrance to the street. as i say, there has not been much information so far about what exactly has gone

on here. we have seen some images of the car collide, having collided with the gates. images of someone being led away from that team, but in the last few minutes, the information that is coming through from the metropolitan police is that armed officers did arrest a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. no reports of any injuries at the moment, inquiries are ongoing. we are of course trying to find out a bit more about what happened, and how this happened, trying to get some eye witnesses to talk to us. what i can tell you from chatting to various people around us, in the last few minutes, on whatsapp and other places, a lot of people have been told to stay in their buildings. that mightjust be a precaution given the armed officers on the scene, and as you can see in front of me, there are still

searches taking place. there have been sniffer dogs which have been on the scene looking into that car. it does look to me at the moment, matthew, like a police operation here is starting to wind down. we were about 50 metres away from downing street a few minutes ago, we are now, as you can see, about ten metres away from a car. that would suggest police are pretty comfortable that they have this under control. the next question will be, what actually happened earlier? ., ., . ., earlier? your camera crew are giving us a really crystal _ earlier? your camera crew are giving us a really crystal clear _ earlier? your camera crew are giving us a really crystal clear picture, - us a really crystal clear picture, right up close of the car. you can see the nose pointing towards those heavy security gates that i was describing a little earlier. and, next, you mentioned the prime minister... you think, do you, that rishi sunak is in downing street as we speak? hat rishi sunak is in downing street as we seak? ., . ., rishi sunak is in downing street as we seak? ., . . ., rishi sunak is in downing street as we seak? ., . ., ., , we speak? not certain, that is the honest answer. _ we speak? not certain, that is the honest answer. we _ we speak? not certain, that is the honest answer. we have - we speak? not certain, that is the honest answer. we have not - we speak? not certain, that is the honest answer. we have not had l we speak? not certain, that is the| honest answer. we have not had it confirmed but he does normally work

during the week. parliament come in the last few minutes, they will break up for a week pass holiday. it is quite possible that he has left london. i do know that a lot of staff are in downing street and that the cabinet office, which is the adjacent building, they are in their offices this afternoon, and have been told to stay inside at moment, because of this police operation. i am going to ask a few people if the prime minister is in downing street, i will let you know as soon as i know anything. i will let you know as soon as i know anything-— i will let you know as soon as i know anything. nick, stay there. i am auoin know anything. nick, stay there. i am going to _ know anything. nick, stay there. i am going to put — know anything. nick, stay there. i am going to put onto _ know anything. nick, stay there. i am going to put onto the - know anything. nick, stay there. i am going to put onto the screen l know anything. nick, stay there. i. am going to put onto the screen the first images of the impact of the car. we are going to put that onto the screen in the next few seconds. ijust the screen in the next few seconds. i just want to pause your description of what is going on and actually show viewers the moment that this car, that you currently see, actually hit those gates in

downing street. let's put that on the screen in a moment. there you saw the car move from right to left, that white car going across whitehall. we will play that to you again, but that car, going across whitehall from the right to the left. viewing that for the first time, not going at a huge speed, but certainly aimed quite deliberately directly at the gates of number ten. let me try to put that back on the screen, give you another chance to see it, those are the live shots from the street level where the car has ended up, but let's try and show you that again, as we put those pictures on, keep an eye on the right—hand side of your screen in the middle, you will see that white car cross whitehall, heading towards

downing street, heading towards the gates where we see it has ended up. have a look at this, keep your eye on the right—hand side of that screen. and, we will show you those pictures in the next few seconds. apologies, i was expecting to see that comeback. it has not. we will attempt to put that on the screen again. the news that nick was telling me, let me repeat that, armed officers arresting a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. that clip has been lined up again. let me press play, keep your eyes on the middle, there it is, the white car crossing by the cenotaph heading towards, slowing down in the moments before. there it is, aimed directly at... trying to enter downing street. that heavy wrought iron

metal gate with security bullard is. there are several layers of security there are downing street as well as there are downing street as well as the armed officers, there it goes one more time, just showing you in terms of that attempt to actually drive either into the gates or into downing street. behind us, we don't know anything about the man who has been arrested. the details that we do know are that one man has been arrested, there are no injuries, but one man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. let's bring nick backin dangerous driving. let's bring nick back in as we continue to look at those images. nick, i don't know if you have been able to see what we are seeing, but certainly, not at high speed, but very deliberately,

the car is very aimed at the gates of downing street.— the car is very aimed at the gates of downing street. yes, what i can tell ou of downing street. yes, what i can tell you from _ of downing street. yes, what i can tell you from going _ of downing street. yes, what i can tell you from going in _ of downing street. yes, what i can tell you from going in those - of downing street. yes, what i can tell you from going in those gates| tell you from going in those gates quite _ tell you from going in those gates quite a _ tell you from going in those gates quite a few times is that there are essentially— quite a few times is that there are essentially three layers of security, the outer layer, which you can seem — security, the outer layer, which you can see- - -— can see... then, there is a big iron ate, can see... then, there is a big iron gate. then — can see... then, there is a big iron gate, then another— can see... then, there is a big iron gate, then another barrier - can see... then, there is a big iron gate, then another barrier you - can see... then, there is a big iron| gate, then another barrier you have to cross when you get in. so, it looks like this car has managed to get through the first barrier, it is open quite a lot during the day when our car going through, but then, there is another level of security after that, the big black gates you have been seeing over the last few minutes, that is where the car has crashed into. it is worth mentioning, this is a really busy part of central london. closing of whitehall is quite a big deal. it is a part of the city which is, obviously, tsunamis foiled six —— ——

synonymous with politics. we are seeing —— we have seen various protests to do with the covert action, international politics. it is not uncommon to protests. what is uncommon is to see the sort of thing we are seeing on our screens right now, the car that is crashed into the front gates of downing street. i cannot recall seeing a car get through that first barrier in a situation like this. we do not have any update on the situation in the street. what i do know from speaking to people over the last half hour or so is that staff were told for a while to stay indoors. it does look to be at the top of the street near the cabinet office, that is the next building up, that some people have emerged from the front door there. that suggests the police are comfortable that they have this scene under control. you can actually see that they have closed

the boot of that car which had crashed into the front gate at downing street. no updates from the police at the sea as to what happened there, they are not saying anything at the moment, all we know is that statement that we have been reading out from the metropolitan police, that one person has been arrested by armed officers on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous as they continue to look at the scene there in whitehall, of course, decades ago, that was the scene where mortar bombs where logged into the gardens of number ten, and there was so much that was transformed and changed around basic security around the offices of the prime minister. yes, back in the day, and prime minister is past, anybody could go into that street and have a look at the famous front door of number ten. it's not like that now. there's two

levels of security for people like