live from london. this is bbc news. as russian mercenaries from the wagner group say they are handing control of bakhmut over to moscow, bbc verify reveals the extent of the destruction caused by months of fighting. police injapan arrest a man suspected of killing four people in a rare gun and knife attack. and far—right militia leader stewart rhodes gets 18 years in prison for his role in the january 6th attack. 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.

hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i'm proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also

not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our verify team has been looking at images from bakhmut that show the extent of the destruction in these months of fighting, with the bbc�*s olga malchevska. this is 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 from site of the city. 70,000 people used to live

here before russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine. i was here in 2019 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 sport — the rose garden. ukrainian�*s largest, with over 5,000 bushes. and here it is in april this year. 0n the eastern side of bakhmut is the winery, the world's deepest underground winery. bbc verify has seen footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. here is the military group's

founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again. using visible terrain and structures, we managed to match the video to the winery's entrance. this is exactly where he stood. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it's a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia's brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya in 2000 at the start of putin's rule, to moscow's intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble, to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. police injapan have

detained a suspect in a gun and knife attack that left four people dead. witnesses said the attacker stabbed a woman and then shot at police. let's get the latest from our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. bring us up to date. this olice bring us up to date. this police operation - bring us up to date. this police operation ran - bring us up to date. ti 3 police operation ran through the night. we understand the suspected assailant, now identified by the authorities as a 31—year—old man, had been holed up in his family home for hours. last night, around eight o'clock local time here, thursday night, the media was showing footage of a dark neighbourhood but you could hear gunfire in the background. we also know that his mother and his aunt were barricaded with him before they made an escape at some point during the night. this morning we woke up to the news that he was

arrested. apparently he turned himself in, or he gave into police forces. we understand the suspected assailant had stabbed a woman in a field before shooting two police officers with a hunting rifle. a fourth woman was also confirmed dead. we are not sure what the details are of her death, and we don't have a motive yet, that is still unclear. we are getting more details about him. aoki is 31 years old, the eldest son of a local politician. we also know from authorities that he is a farmer, he grows grapes and also owns an ice cream shop. 0n the morning news programmes today, neighbours were speaking of him. they described him as a quiet person, reserved, didn't really interact with neighbours. we understand from

what happened yesterday that he was wearing camouflage uniform, he was wearing sunglasses, a hat and a mask, and he was holding a hunting rifle and a nice. a localfarmer who holding a hunting rifle and a nice. a local farmer who was working in a field at that time city saw a woman running towards him saying, help me. —— and a nice. he caught up with her and stabbed her. when asked why, he said because he wanted to. the security personnel had surrounded the area, it is a quiet residential area. you will see this is a group of houses surrounded by fields, but essentially they cordoned off the neighbourhood. some people who live near the area were told they have to go elsewhere. some said they had to spend the night in the local school. today, after the arrest, after he surrendered to police, things seemed to be going back to normal. but what we are hearing from locals is

the shock they feel. they say things like this don't happen in this neighbourhood. a —year—old man was talking to the japanese broadcaster and saying, it's very sad this happened in my neighbourhood, i didn't sleep last night. on violence and gun deaths remain extremely rare injapan, extremely rare in japan, despite extremely rare injapan, despite the assassination of the former prime minister shinzo abe last year. —— gun violence and gun deaths. this is a country that has very strict rules when it comes to owning a gun. so for those residents in the neighbourhood and for those watching, this has been a shocking incident. tragic incident injapan, thank you very much or updating us. more on our website about that in the global section. newly released documents from the fbi reveal that queen elizabeth 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. 0ur north america correspondent david willis sent this update. this information is contained in a trove of documents that in a cache of documents that website following a freedom of information request submitted by the us media. they show the late queen was the subject of an attempted assassination attempt by the ira in 1983 in a visit to california. according to the documents, the threat was made in a phone call to a san francisco police officers by a man he had met in an irish pub

in the city. this man was claiming he was seeking revenge for the death of his daughter, who had been killed by a rubber bullet in northern ireland. the caller apparently said he was intending to harm the queen, either by dropping an object from san francisco's golden gate bridge on to the royal yacht britannia, as the yacht was passing underneath the bridge. 0r was passing underneath the bridge. or by mounting some other unspecified threat intending to kill the queen during a visit to the yosemite national park. it's unclear how seriously the authorities actually took those threats, but they came at a time of heightened tension involving northern ireland, with the irish republican army fighting for independence from the british mainland. and this, of course, only four years, as well, after the death of the queen'ssecond cousin lord louis

mountbatten, killed by the ira off the coast of the republic off the coast of the republic of ireland. as it was, the queen and prince philip's ten day visit to california in 1983 passed without incident. there were some protests but that did it culminated in a banquet hosted by the then us president ronald reagan and his wife nancy in san francisco. david willis with — nancy in san francisco. david willis with that _ nancy in san francisco. david willis with that update - nancy in san francisco. david willis with that update in - nancy in san francisco. david willis with that update in la. | a man remains in custody after a car crashed into the gates of downing street. police said the suspect was being held on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. the incident is not being treated as terror related. simonjones reports. ca ptu red captured by a bbc camera. this is the moment a car is driven towards downing street. if you look at the footage again, the vehicle, a silver kia appears to slow down before it hits the gate. the car then comes to a halt, prompting a huge police

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getting more dangerous, we have to be vigilant-— to be vigilant. -- praised the response- — to be vigilant. -- praised the response. any _ to be vigilant. -- praised the response. any police - to be vigilant. -- praised the response. any police officersj response. any police officers start their — response. any police officers start their day _ response. any police officers start their day not _ response. any police officers start their day not knowing l response. any police officers i start their day not knowing how it's going to unfold. a huge tribute to the police acting swiftly in this case, but still we have an awful lot to understand about what happened. last night, the car was taken away for further examination, as police try to determine what caused the crash, thankful that nobody was injured. let's get some of the day's other news now. prosecutors in france have charged five military personnel over the deaths of 27 migrants whose boat sank as they tried to reach britain. they are accused of failing to help people in danger. the suspects are thought to have been on duty at a coastguard rescue centre when the disaster happened in 2021. french media reports say 15 distress calls from the boat were ignored. the congress in peru has declared mexico's president as unwelcome. they accuse andres manuel lopez 0brador of meddling in peru's internal affairs.

in february, he described the government of dina boluarte as unconstitutional, saying her predecessor pedro castillo had been "illegally ousted". an experimental brain implant company founded by elon musk has won approval from us regulators to carry out its first clinical study on a human. neuralink welcomed the decision though it doesn't have immediate plans to launch a trial. it's working on brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to help certain disabled people interface with computers and mobile devices. a ban on smoking marijuana on the streets of amsterdam's red light district has come into effect, part of a push by the city's first female mayor to clean up the area. people caught violating the ban now risk a 100 euro fine. people will still be allowed to smoke inside and on the terraces of coffee shops selling marijuana in the district and other parts of the city.

in the us, the leader of a far—right group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his involvement in the attack on the capitol building in washington two years ago. stewart rhodes, the leader of the 0ath keepers, was convicted on charges of seditious conspiracy and other crimes. it marks the toughest penalty yet in connection with the assault in january 2021. more than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with the riot. more than half have pleaded guilty to a variety of crimes. here's our north america correspondentjessica parker. stewart rhodes — the leader of 0ath keepers — and one other member today were sentenced for the charge of seditious conspiracy. now, that is a civil war—era crime, which is the crime of conspiring to overthrow or oppose the government by force. now, the court heard during the trial that the group had stashed weapons in a nearby virginia hotel, although the defence said those

weapons were never used. and, as well, stewart rhodes — well, he didn't personally enter the capitol building, other members of the group did, and prosecutors said he had acted like a battlefield general. now, he is a former us army paratrooper, a yale—educated lawyer, as well, and he was very defiant in court — he said he was a political prisoner. but the judge during sentencing really rejected that characterisation and used very strong language during the court session. he said — thejudge, amit mehta — "you present an ongoing threat and peril to the country". he said to stewart rhodes, "you are smart, charismatic and compelling. that's frankly what makes you so dangerous. and for decades," he said, "it's clear you've wanted the democracy of this country to devolve into violence." now, this case, ithink, 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 6th — where, of course,

trump supporters stormed the capitol building in order to try and block the certification ofjoe biden�*s presidential election win. now, donald trump recently said in an interview with cnn that if he were to become president again — and, of course, at the moment he's the front—runner in the republican nomination race — he would likely pardon a large portion of those convicted. so these aren'tjustjudicial matters of the past, but current political ones, as well. with a deadline looming in the us to raise the debt ceiling, the new york times is reporting that negotiators could be closing in on a deal. the newspaper reports that negotiators were discussing a compromise that would raise the debt limit for two years while capping federal spending on everything but the military and veterans for the same period. here's what us republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy told reporters as he left the capitol on thursday evening. look, we've been talking

to the white house all day, going back and forth — it's not easy. we want to make sure this is an agreement of the american people. it takes a while to make it happen, we are all trying to make it happen. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this year, the poppy appeal goes plastic—free — the royal british legion launching its first redesign after 28 years. and the new all—paper poppy was designed in bath — mostly byjohn and jonathan. they toiled away with paper and moulds for months, keen to help the royal british legion rid itself of single—use plastics — used, of course, for the green plastic stem and the black plastic button. although these are two very small pieces of plastic

that they had been buying for many years, when it's been produced in tens of millions it does have a significant impact, and those those parts are being produced every year. so we've been able to reduce, you know, really a really not—insignificant amount of single—use plastic. the last of the plastic poppies will also be on sale this october and november, but the future of the poppy appeal is paper, and plastic—free. you're live with bbc news. the latest search linked to the disappearance of madeleine mccann in portugal has ended following a three—day operation. officers were digging at a reservoir in the algarve, around 30 miles away from where the three—year—old went missing in may 2007. materials recovered will be sent to german authorities who are leading the investigation, as navtej johal reports from the algarve. the end of three days of intense, focused activity. as vehicles carrying equipment left the scene of the search operation yesterday afternoon,

there were questions about what — if anything — police had found on the peninsula of the arade reservoir, where their work had been taking place since tuesday. over the course of the week, police have used a variety of equipment to clear undergrowth, dig the ground, and search for evidence. everything from drones to sniffer dogs have been seen in the area. and this is where they've been focusing their efforts. you can see the amount of work that's been done to clear and flatten this area, the holes that have been left behind. and portuguese police say that the samples collected here are now on their way to germany. the operation — requested by german police — has been trying to find evidence in connection to the disappearance of madeleine mccann. last year, the convicted german sex offender christian bruckner was named as an official suspect in the case by portuguese authorities. he is known to have visited the reservoir at the time madeleine went missing. he denies being involved, and has never been charged over her disappearance. the german authorities

have not said this week what they were hoping to find here, due to what they described as "tactical reasons". but we may hear soon whether anything significant has been uncovered. navteonhal, bbc news, in the algarve. 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 read about artificial intelligence when it comes to things like chat bots and creating essays for you. this takes al to a whole different level. identifying a new antibiotic that can kill one of the world's most deadliest superbugs. how did 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. and the clever part, they had to train the artificial intelligence. they did it by feeding it a list of compounds that they knew could slow down or kill the superbug. that then created a list of 6680 compounds that they did not know whether it would work or not. look at this. the artificial intelligence tookjust 90 minutes to come up with a short list. and then 240 were tested in the lab. that then produced nine potential antibiotics. in particular, one is very potent, in the test it killed the superbug and associated infections in mice. drjonathan stokes is one of the team behind it and they were two clinical trials and although he does not think it will be until the 2030 that we might have the first artificial intelligence drugs on prescription. but it is important because worldwide, they are estimated to be1 million deaths from infections that cannot be

treated by antibiotics. forecasters in the us are predicting up to nine hurricanes this year during the atlantic storm season. hurricane season runs from june 1st through to the end of november. last year, the strongest storm was hurricane ian, which battered florida and south carolina. forecasters say this year's el nino phenomenon could mean even stronger storms. being able to communicate those risks and what those risks are and notjust the category is going to be a cultural shift and a mind shift for people who live in areas who have said they lived through a category one and all of a sudden it is a category three. 0r i've lived through this before and suddenly we have intense surges and additional hazards they haven't experienced before. the risks of these storms are different to the risk to ten years ago.

the metaverse is an immersive virtual reality world where people can interact without ever coming into physical contact. facebook�*s mark zuckerberg has long been a fan, and video—gamers have also spent plenty of time in the metaverse. but now a school in southern england is hoping to make meta matter — tim allman explains. # bright is the morning... for as long as there have been schools, they've mostly looked like this. well, we've added the home numbers now. what are we going to add together? pupils sat together, a teacher at the front, imparting wisdom, or at least trying to. but this is what a school can look like now in the 21st century. this is reddam house school in berkshire, where pupils wear vr headsets and explore education in a whole new way. the retention is fantastic. 0nce they've seen something, they'll remember it.

and there's a deeper understanding because they can manipulate an object. they can see it from all sides, they can see how it works, they can see the function. and so they really get a deeper, better understanding. in a virtual teaching environment, you can walk around celestial bodies, even pick them up. and this is biology like you've never seen it before. the human heart magnified and dissected. the fact that there's so many things that you can't do normally in the metaverse is amazing, because there's so many opportunities to try new things. and yeah, i really enjoy the experience. yeah, because in a normal classroom, if i went - up to a human heart, - iwouldn't go anywhere near it. there are some who criticise the metaverse, saying it can impair young people's abilities to develop proper relationships in the real world. but the pupils of reddam house seem convinced that virtual reality has a future. tim allman, bbc news.

exciting stuff. stay with us on bbc 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, as soon as we hit 17, we started to get these cumulus clouds. as the air started to rise, it hit 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 too probably across parts of the north midlands, northwest scotland have a bit more cloud, a few more breaks for northern ireland. for most, it's a dry day with sunny spells and temperatures still into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it will feel pleasant if you're outside. 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 21t 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 21t 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.

live from london, this is bbc news. there will be no default — president biden hails productive talks on raising america's debt limit, with just days before the government begins to run out of cash. also coming up, state of the unions — britain reels from its biggest year of strikes in a generation. has the cost—of—living crisis changed uk labour relations forever? plus, inflation or "greedflation"? the boss of supermarket giant sainsbury�*s says they're not profiteering from soaring food prices, but battling to keep costs down.

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