welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. after 8 months of fighting in the ukrainian town of bakhmut, wagner group mercenaries say they're pulling out. we are handing over positions to the military, ammunition, positions, everything. including food rations. the capitol hil riots in washington. a far right leader gets 18 years injail — the longest sentence yet. police in london arrest a man, after a car is driven into the gates of downing street. the incident is not being treated as terror—related. and dire straits frontman,

mark knopfler — who wrote private dancer for tina turner — fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it's seven am in singapore and seven pm in washington where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner's chief in mali — ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut, in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there — a battle that's taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they're

withdrawing and handing their positions over to the russian army. let's hear from the leader of the wagner group. it will make we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it is sam on the 25th of may. the 1st ofjune, the main parts of ist ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the unit will be relocated at the rear camp. there handing over positions to the military. ammunition, positions, everything. including food rations. but as the wagner group withdraws — let's take a look at what they leave behind. bakhmut has been fought over since last august and ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our verify team has been looking at images from bakhmut which show the extent of the destruction after the months of fighting. olga malchevska from bbc ukrainian. this is the bakhmut before russia invaded ukraine.

once famous for its sparkling wine and thousands of rose bushes, this is bakhmut now, reduced to a landscape of ruin and death. but not defeated. the ukrainian army told us. ukrainian troops stay in south—western part of bakhmut. ukrainian army keep pushing the enemy. pushing the enemy from side of the city. 70,000 people used to live here before russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. i was here in 2018 when the city was still full of life. this satellite image shows a street in bakhmut in may last year with civilian blocks of flats surrounding a school and two nurseries. and here they are now after months of shelling. the bbc has been tracking the extent of this destruction. this used to be a famous site in support, the rose garden.

in sport, the rose garden. ukrainian�*s largest with over 5000 bushes and here it is in april this year. 0n the eastern side of bakhmut is the winery. the world's deepest underground winery. we have verified footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. here is the military group's found at the winery group's founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again using visible terrain structures we managed to match the video with the winery's entrance. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it is a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced

russia's brutal bombardments. moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble. russia may claim bakhmut is best but in reality, there russia may claim bakhmut is there's but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. so, is this a winning strategy? let's hear from mariia mezen—tseva, member of the ukrainian parliament for kharkiv. we are witnessing, currently, another failure of the russian strategies which are not operating even for the internal audience because i think in a way that they have spoken, he is trying to save also his own team but at the same time, progress given to the russian army which will not be realistic on the ground and to

see ukraine continues to receive great nato weapons which are operating in our sovereign territory. yuval weber is a russian military and political strategy expert, krulak center, at marine corps university — he told me why sanctions are being waged against the head of wagner group in mali. it will make their two things thatis it will make their two things that is being sanctioned for. one is for participation in wagoner�*s activities and across sub—saharan africa and wegner has been widely reported in sanctioned by the united states, eu, uk, etc. they're committing tremendous amounts of human rights abuses and engaging in murder and illegal mining, logging, things of that nature, per dissipating and cools, the lot of it. being a part of that group is sanctionable. the other thing is that he is sourcing by the

sanctions, sanctioned military equipment for the effort in ukraine through molly. and for military equipment and groups such as the sudanese groups that are fighting the sudanese government right now. basically, being involved in gun—running of the effect of trying to support the russian military effort, that is the thing that really got him sanctioned earlier today. do ou sanctioned earlier today. do you think — sanctioned earlier today. do you think the sections would have any impact on their activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. _ activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. they - activities in ukraine? wagoner, it is a big business. they have i it is a big business. they have operations both in ukraine and in sub—saharan africa. they are probably at this point, during the weapons running more difficult but it's not going to dissuade the significant way. build to find other ways of getting the physical weapons from places in africa to

ukraine. wagner's leader has been talking not ukraine. wagner's leader has been talkin— been talking not 'ust about runnina been talking not 'ust about running short _ been talking not 'ust about running short of_ been talking notjust about| running short of munitions, been talking notjust about - running short of munitions, but also jealousy running short of munitions, but alsojealousy from his rivals like the ministry of defence. he does not have an official position within russian politics. the reason why he is basically the same as the cs is because he is a personal connection to vladimir putin. it's a game of thrones, is one of the quarters to the tsar. and so, that creates jealousy between sergei, the minister of defence and the chief of the general staff there. and they basically want him to go away. and they want to be promoted above them. and complaining about is rivals day in and day out, he releases a lot of videos we not only insults them using an broadcast double words

in english or in russian but it really says that these are the people were harming the war effort. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far—right militant group 0ath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison — for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. more now from our correspondent jessica parker in washington. the leader of the oath the leader of the 0ath keepers and one other of the members of the oath keepers, the group that he founded, have been sentenced to die on the charge of seditious conspiracy, which is a civil war era crime, essentially the crime of attempting to overthrow or oppose the government by force.

during the trial the court heard the group had stashed weapons in a nearby virginia hotel. he said while he had not personally entered the capitol building, a prosecutor said he had acted like a battlefield general. he's a former us army paratrooper, a yale educated lawyer, as well and he was defiant in court today. he said he was a political prisoner, not a characterisation the judge accepted. judge said you present an ongoing threat, he said you are smart, charismatic and compelling in a way that frankly makes you dangerous. and for decades, it is clear you've wanted the democracy of this country to devolve into violence. this case being seen as very significant, a high—profile case and as i've mentioned as well, the longest sentence handed down so far linked to january six were trump supporters storm to the capitol building in order to try to block the certification ofjoe biden's presidential

election victory. donald trump recently said in an interview with cnn that if you were to become president again and at the moment, he is the front runner and the republican nomination race, he would likely part in an interview with cnn that if you were to become president again and at the moment, he is the front runner and the republican nomination race, he would likely pardon a large portion of those convicted. these are notjustjudicial matters of the past but current political ones the past but current political ones, as well. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a fourth person has died after a stabbing and shooting attack in central japan. police were called to reports of a man who chased and stabbed a woman near the city of nakano. local media say the man then shot two officers with a rifle. the suspect has now been apprehended. the us state department has warned that china was capable of launching cyber attacks against critical infrastructure. a multi—nation alert recently revealed a chinese cyber espionage campaign aimed at military and government targets in the united states. beijing denies the accusations.

a rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in south africa. former police officer, fulgence kayishema, had been on the run since 2001, when the international criminal tribunal for rwanda indicted him for genocide over his role in the destruction of a catholic church. to london now — where police have moved a car which hit the security barriers outside downing street on thursday afternoon local time. no—one was injured. officers say they're not treating the incident as terrorism, and have arrested a man on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. 0ur correspondent helen catt sent us this update from the scene. at around 20 past four this afternoon when the car was

seen, we've seen it on footage coming across whitehall here, very busy road in central london towards the gates of downing street looking like he was slowing down as it approached the skates. it came to restjust here and that is where it stayed for several hours. rishi sunak, the prime minister, was there at the time and number ten minister, was there at the time and numberten and minister, was there at the time and number ten and the essence left. a man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing criminal damage and dangerous driving. he is being dealt with by local police in westminster and is not being treated as a terrorist incident. because for some hours and the early evening rated forensics officer appeared to take photographs and various angles around it and various angles around it and after that, a recovery vehicle arrived to see and it was then taken away and the quarters were moved to westminster very much back to normal this evening.

now, a child's in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a police car in north west england. it happened in lancaster just before 8.30pm local time, when the boy was crossing 0wen road in the city and was struck by a police vehicle on an emergency call. an investigation's been launched into what happened. lancashire police has also referred itself to the police watchdog, which will review the incident. let's turn to another story now. scientists have used artificial intelligence to develop a new antibiotic that can kill a deadly superbug. the ai helped narrow down thousands of potential drugs to a handful that could be tested in the laboratory. nicky schiller explains. recently, we've heard about artificial intelligence when it comes to things like chat bots and treating as it is for you. this takes a i hold different levels. identifying a new antibiotic that can kill one of the worlds most of the superbugs. how can the team of researchers in the united states and canada do it? they

focused on this bacteria they call it public enemy number one. it is resistant to nearly every known antibiotic in the world. so, now the clever part. there to train the artificial intelligence. they did buy for you to get a list of compounds that they knew could slow down or chill the superbug. that then created 6680 compounds that did not know if it would work or not and look at this. the artificial intelligence to just 90 minutes to come up with a short list. now of those, 2040 were tested in the lab. that then produced nine potential antibiotics, and particular one, that is very potent. in the test, it killed the superbug and treated infections in mice. and one of the team behind her, they are now going to do clinical trials. although he does not think it will be until 2030 that we might after the first

artificial intelligence drugs on prescription. but it is important because worldwide, their estimates to be 1 important because worldwide, their estimates to be1 million deaths from infections that cannot be treated by antibiotics. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. police scotland's chief constable has responded to a review of his force's culture by saying it is — institutionally — racist, sexist and discriminatory. sir iain livingstone said this didn't mean officers were prejudiced, but that acknowledging the issues was vital for change. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, has said an admission is "monumental". the latest search in the hunt for missing british girl madeleine mccann appears to have drawn to a close in portugal. briefing tents have been taken down and heavy machinery removed from the site at a reservoir in the algarve. 0fficers spent three days searching the remote location, after information about the case was given to german prosecutors. british airways said

that it had to cancel a number of flights at london's heathrow airport due to a technical issue. ba has suffered a series of reputation—damaging it failures in the past couple of years. you're live with bbc news. turning to another big story in the uk. new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. 0ur uk political editor, chris mason, has more. migration, who we are, who and how many we welcome, from where, and for how long. this is great yarmouth, in norfolk, a community and region highly dependent on immigration. a town which overwhelmingly

backed brexit. for years and years politicians have made bold promises about immigration and for years and years they've broken them. the political conversation from successive conservative prime ministers sounded like this. net migration to this country will be in the order of tens of thousands each year, no ifs, no buts. it's important we have net migration that is in sustainable numbers. we believe sustainable numbers are the tens of thousands. the numbers will come down because we'll be able - to control the system. the pledges of yesterday washed away by reality as those of today are spelt out. there's been various factors and you will read the report, whether it's welcoming people here from hong kong and

ukraine, that's had an impact, as we saw after the pandemic more people came back to study here who hadn't been here during the pandemic years. look, but fundamentally the numbers are high. i want to bring them down. today's extraordinary figures, including doubling the number of work visas since the pandemic, show that the conservatives have no plan and no grip on immigration. in the kings arms in caistor on sea, members of the local social club are having a lunchtime pint. so, is immigration too high? i myself have my grandmother who came up from estonia when the russians invaded, so i'm a product of that. i do think it's important that we take people in, people in need, but i think we've got to the point where we need to ease off a little. that fairness seems to be lost, it seems an influx of those who wish to come here to literally sponge off us and not contribute. i think we need a certain. influx to help us work this country, in my opinion, - so i don't think you will ever get it down to zero.

country after brexit, now that the government sancho and hajit arrived from india two years ago. and desired to be a sanctuary for the desperate, yes, but an ongoing desire for control too is the nature of immigration changes. how is migration to the east of england to great yarmouth changing since brexit? i think since brexit, obviously free movement has been switched off. so, we are seeing less internationals moving into the town that we saw a pre—brexit. but what we have seen and its place is that there are no some temporary visa schemes in plates. piercing are seeing less migrants but different nationalities not being able to the town because of these visa routes being open to both the eu and non—eu communities. video or right for decades ago

as an 18—year—old. video or right for decades ago as an 18-year-old.— video or right for decades ago as an 18-year-old. when i look at this and _ as an 18-year-old. when i look at this and they _ as an 18-year-old. when i look at this and they have _ as an18-year-old. when i look at this and they have never- at this and they have never seen — at this and they have never seen all_ at this and they have never seen all the houses look like. she now— seen all the houses look like. she now runs a care home and great — she now runs a care home and great yarmouth.— great yarmouth. there are 42 residency _ great yarmouth. there are 42 residency here _ great yarmouth. there are 42 residency here in _ great yarmouth. there are 42 residency here in 76 _ great yarmouth. there are 42 residency here in 76 staff. - residency here in 76 staff. without india, we would not be here, _ without india, we would not be here, the — without india, we would not be here, the staff would not be here — here, the staff would not be here. without us, the hospital would — here. without us, the hospital would not _ here. without us, the hospital would not be here. we were able to provide — would not be here. we were able to provide our community the severity— to provide our community the severity of this when they want to quote — severity of this when they want to quote on holiday and go for a couple — to quote on holiday and go for a couple weeks if he did not have — a couple weeks if he did not have the _ a couple weeks if he did not have the beds. sancho and hajit arrived from india two years ago. here they are caring for robert. migration promises people and places in our ongoing conflicted conversation over what to do about it. chris mason, bbc news, on the norfolk coast. some breaking news to bring you — newly released documents from the fbi reveal that queen elizabeth ii faced a potential assassination threat during a visit

to the united states in 1983. the documents share details of how the federal bureau of investigations were concerned following an assassination threat made to a san fransisco police officer. we'll bring more on this story in the coming hours. the head of spain's top football league says he could eliminate racism from the country's football stadiums in a "few months", but only if he is given the authority to punish offenders. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe asked him if he was frustrated with his organisation's perceived lack of power to act. eliminating this problem 100% will never be possible. the same way that totally eliminating robberies and other crimes are impossible. but we reduce this a great deal and if

we were given the necessary powers in six or seven months, we could say, we could do this. now — tributes continue to be paid to the singer tina turner who died at the age of 83. dire straits front man mark knopfler, wrote private dancer, the title track of her hugely successful comeback album in 1984. he then worked with her on her next two albums. he's been speaking with our entertainment correspondent colin paterson. # i'm your private dancer # a dancer for money # i'll do what you want me to do...# mark knopfler, what was it about tina turner that made her so special? absolute life force, a human dynamo. i'd never met anybody like tina. # i want to make $1 million # i wanna live out by the sea...#

how did your track private dancer end up on her album? i'd written private dancer as a signal for respect being accorded to everybody in society, and tina made it the song it is. i wasjust mumbling along. you know, mine was a kind of smoky club style of an approach, but tina's wasjust fists and, you know, seismic. it ends up being a triumphant cry for people with diminished rights everywhere. # i'm your private dancer # a dancer for money # i'll do what you want me to do...# because the way private dancer and the making of the album is described is that she was given two weeks to assemble this album by capital, and it sounds like a rally cry went around the record industry, like who can help tina turner. is that how you remember it? yes, that is how i remember it. there really was. private dancer was looking for a home. you've talked about the way how

she made songs her own. i think a lot of people are onlyjust realising that what's love got to do with it was first done by bucks fizz. # what's love got to do...# # what's love but a second—hand emotion...# she had a way of transforming songs so that she owned them. they were hers, increasing the resonance of it so that it was resonating with millions of people. so, finally, how will you remember tina turner? 0h, i'lljust always remember, in spite of all the things that happened to her. her happiness. joy — pure, unadulterated joy at life. mark knopfler, thank you very much for speaking to us about your memories of tina turner. my pleasure. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.

hello. you need a certain level of temperature to make clouds. and on thursday, that temperature was 17 degrees. from a blue sky, sunny start to the day across the yorkshire area. so as we hit 17, we started to get these cumulus clouds. as the air started to rise, it had a layer of warm air higher up in the earth's atmosphere and that cloud then started to spread out. and by the time we got to the early afternoon it turned pretty cloudy and that kind of thing you can see happening here on the satellite picture from thursday, look how this area of cloud just expands through the course of the afternoon, showing you that because probably going to see a similar sort of thing happening on friday, as well. now, right now, quite a few patches of cloud still across areas of lincolnshire.

otherwise, for most of us, we've got clear skies and temperatures around seven to nine degrees celsius. now on friday, for many of us, it's going to be a sunny start to the day with those blue skies with us first thing in the morning, late morning, that's when we hit 17 degrees. that's when we start to see clouds develop. and i think probably parts of yorkshire again prone to seeing some of those clouds spreading across the skies. same to probably across parts of the north midlands, northwest scotland have a bit more cloud, a few more breaks for northern ireland for most. so it's a dry day with sunny spells and temperatures still into the low twenties and the warmer spots. it will feel pleasant if you're outside well into the weekend. we do have a cold front that's going to be running into our area of high pressure that will be affecting northern areas. so expect more in the way of cloud for scotland. a bit of patchy rain too for 0rkney, shetland, the western isles and the highlands too. and this air flowing into north scotland, it's actually quite chilly. so temperatures just 12 degrees through the afternoon in lerwick on saturday. further south, more sunshine and if anything it's

going to be a warmer day with more of us seeing temperatures into the low twenties, probably peaking at around 23 or 24 degrees heading into sunday. the high pressure is still there. and again, it's a case of sunny spells coming and going with the cloud. the highest temperatures continue to be across more western areas. so south and east wales, the south west midlands, south west england, highs could hit around 23 or 24 degrees, but otherwise starting to turn just a little bit cooler across northern and eastern areas. that's the case as well for bank holiday monday. temperatures just down a few degrees, but still feeling warm in that strong may sunshine. that's your weather, bye for now.

with less than awake to the debt ceiling that we sum up the mood in washington. and heading into the weekend, find out what's at stake for the runoff presidential election in turkey. hi, welcome to the asia business report. i very happy friday to all of you. it will be an extended weekend in america with memorial day weekend which traditionally marks the summer season. many lawmakers will be away even though the debt ceiling deadline on the 1st ofjune is

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