russia's defence ministry accuses ukraine of launching �*a terrorist drone attack�* on moscow. kyiv denies the claim. ukraine's capital has come under russian bombardment for the third time in 2a hours. the uk government's been given more time to hand over documents from borisjohnson to an official covid inquiry. hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to bbc news. now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin in russia, where the defence ministry says the ukrainian government has launched what it's called "a terrorist drone attack" on moscow. several buildings were damaged by the attack. there are no reported deaths. moscow's regional governor said many drones had been shot

down outside the city, and blamed ukraine for the attack. an adviser to president volodymyr zelensky has denied any ukrainian responsibility. mykhailo podolyak was asked about the strikes while appearing on a breakfast television show. "we have nothing to do with this," he said, but added that kyiv is "watching with pleasure and forecast an increasing number of attacks". moscow is more than a70 km from ukraine. in moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions. well, at 6:21; this morning — ijotted down the time — i heard an explosion in the distance and the windows of my home shook. than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who'd heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack.

and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there had been a drone attack. he said that several buildings in the capital had received minor damage. he said there were no serious injuries. and then the governor of moscow region — so the area just outside the city — he also confirmed there had been a drone attack and said that russian air defences had shot down several drones. how many drones are we talking about here? well, the russian defence ministry a short while ago issued a statement, saying there had been what it called a "terrorist drone attack", organised by the ukrainian authorities on moscow. it said that eight drones were used in this attack, and it claimed that they'd all been neutralised by russia. it said five of them had been shot down by air defence systems and three had been neutralised by electronic means. so that's the latest. that's what we know as of now.

meanwhile, russian forces have carried out their third aerial bombardment of the ukrainian capital, kyiv, in 2a hours. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. one person was killed in what was the 17th attack on the capital since the start of may. ukraine claims it shot down 29 of 31 drones, mainly over kyiv. in the last hour or so, the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, gave his reaction to these latest russian attacks. 12 people have injuries, one people killed from the attack last night. and the last two days is attack number four. can you describe how it makes you feel to see your citizens being terrorised like this? putin needs ukraine without ukrainians. it's terrorism.

everyone is, of course, worried about that, and russians want to bring depression to our people. instead of depression, people are very angry. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and can bring us up to date with these latest air strikes. how damaging where these attacks? well, another night, another round of air strikes. they were damaging but no more or less than most of the strikes that come almost nightly now. what was slightly different about these air strikes is they were just with drones, there were no missiles as far as we know. and obviously drones are slightly slower, slightly smaller. so the damage that was caused, at least that damage that we know about, was caused largely by debris falling from the sky after these drones were shot down. so that is why the police

said they had 50 reports of damaged buildings across the city. one of the worst places was a tall apartment block where the first two, the top two stories were taken out. there was a fire. that is where a 33—year—old woman died and four people were injured. so, as ever, damage and destruction but it could have been an awful lot worse if some of those drones had actually got down to the mat through and not been shot down before they reach their targets. shot down before they reach their taraets. �* ., ., ~' ., ., targets. and what do we know about the military hardware _ targets. and what do we know about the military hardware that _ targets. and what do we know about the military hardware that was - targets. and what do we know about the military hardware that was used | the military hardware that was used by ukraine to take these drones out of the sky? by ukraine to take these drones out of the s ? ~ ~ . by ukraine to take these drones out ofthes ? ~ ~ . ., of the sky? well, ukraine has air defences. _ of the sky? well, ukraine has air defences. it _ of the sky? well, ukraine has air defences, it has _ of the sky? well, ukraine has air defences, it has various - of the sky? well, ukraine has air defences, it has various air - defences, it has various air defences, it has various air defences given to it by the west. there are different systems. they will have long military acronyms and some come from europe and some from the united states but they are essentially a mixture of missiles that are fired up into the air that

intercept the drones. others are more like sort of powerful guns that are fired into the sky to take these drones down. and what has been extraordinary so far is the sheer scale of the success rate. this morning in his overnight address president zelensky claimed that the us patriot system had been 100% effective. we don't know if that is true or not but that is what his claim was. so to that extent these air defences are been effective. but every time they are used, a missile is used, a piece of ammunition is used and they are a finite stock. so ukraine is always looking for more because it knows that one of the aims of moscow here is notjust to damage targets but is also to use up those stocks of air defence missiles, so that ukraine has fewer in the long run and potentially has some vulnerabilities if they start running out of those missiles. so that they think is the aim. and that

is why, whenever ukrainian ministers or even president zelensky talk to their western allies, top of their shopping list is almost always air defence missiles.— shopping list is almost always air defence missiles. james, thank you ve much defence missiles. james, thank you very much for— defence missiles. james, thank you very much for now. _ if alexander, thank you very much for being with us. live now to alexander khrebet, a reporterfrom kyiv independent, who is live in kyiv. the picture in kyiv at the moment is quiet but it is a case of emergency and in my area, in my place there is no electricity so far and it is the first time since several months at least from the new year. find first time since several months at least from the new year.- first time since several months at least from the new year. and tell us what are peeple _ least from the new year. and tell us what are people saying _ least from the new year. and tell us what are people saying on _ least from the new year. and tell us what are people saying on the - what are people saying on the streets of kyiv this morning about the attack that we have seen in moscow? ., , ., .

moscow? people are cheering those attacks in moscow. _ moscow? people are cheering those attacks in moscow. it _ moscow? people are cheering those attacks in moscow. it is _ moscow? people are cheering those attacks in moscow. it is a _ moscow? people are cheering those attacks in moscow. it is a pleasure l attacks in moscow. it is a pleasure for ukrainians to see. so far, according to the footage i observed so far, some smaller drones can be reached only from russian territory so because moscow is quite far from the ukrainian border it is about 700 kilometres and definitely these drones were launched within russian territory. figs drones were launched within russian territo . �* , ., ., territory. as we were hearing from our diplomatic _ territory. as we were hearing from our diplomatic correspondent - territory. as we were hearing from i our diplomatic correspondent there, these anti—missile defence systems which ukraine uses have been given on many occasions by ukraine's allies such as the us patriot air defence system. what are ukrainian officials say now that they need from their supporters in the west? as well as ukrainian government repeats usually that we need more air systems, additionally to those we have already been provided with.

also the rounds for these munitions and also the fighterjets and several countries including the uk have pledged to provide and train our pilots, so making the ukrainian sky more protected from the russian air strikes. we sky more protected from the russian air strikes. ~ . air strikes. we will leave it there. alexander from _ air strikes. we will leave it there. alexander from the _ air strikes. we will leave it there. alexander from the kyiv - air strikes. we will leave it there. - alexander from the kyiv independent thank you. as we've been reporting, russia has accused ukraine of launching a series of early—morning drone attacks on moscow. the kremlin says air defences worked well and there is �*no threat�* for moscow residents. our russia editor at bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko, has been looking at the kremlin�*s reaction and how this is being repoted in moscow. good to see you. what are the russian press are saying about these attacks? ~ , , , ., attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if— attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if we _ attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if we were _ attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if we were to _ attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if we were to look - attacks? well, it depends where you look, rich. if we were to look at - look, rich. if we were to look at kremlin —controlled media they present what happened in moscow this morning as a sign of how successful

russian air defences are against ukrainian drones. and to kremlin —controlled media there is no question about these drones being launched by ukraine. they describe this attack as a terrorist attack. but if we were to look at social media, including accounts that support this war, there is a definite feeling of unease if not embarrassment. for example, one who is a former russian militant and was active in eastern ukraine, he wrote this morning of a psychological blow dealt to russians because president putin had promised them a small—scale operation, not real war that has come to their homes right at the heart of the russian capital.

and the leader of the wagner mercenary group launched another unprintable attack at russian military commanders who were criticised for allowing something like this to happen. he also said that they are doing absolutely nothing to protect russia, let alone to prepare a russian offensive in ukraine. ., ., ., ., ukraine. you mentioned social media there. ukraine. you mentioned social media there- now. — ukraine. you mentioned social media there- now. the _ ukraine. you mentioned social media there. now, the russian _ ukraine. you mentioned social media there. now, the russian government has of course had a tight grip on the narrative there, this special military operation. is this now making the conflict feel much closer to home for ordinary russians? absolutely. we have heard a lot about how residents of cities like moscow, they felt relatively isolated from the horrors of war happening in ukraine. what they have been able to see our endless adverts encouraging them to enlist and go and fight in ukraine. but in terms

of real physical threat to them, they have not experienced anything like it before. so this signifies a certain psychological change. and embarrassment for president putin because one of the key reasons he gave while launching his special military operation back in fabry last year, he said he was doing it —— in february last year. he said he was doing it to make russia more secure and if we are to think that these attacks were carried out or backed by ukraine, it is a kind of impact ukraine will want to achieve, to make russians more concerned about what is happening and make russians question president putin's motives and abilities a lot more than they have been so far. qm. than they have been so far. 0k, vitali, thank— than they have been so far. 0k, vitali, thank you _ than they have been so far. 0k, vitali, thank you for _ than they have been so far. 0k, vitali, thank you for now. i russian editor from

vitali, thank you for now. i russian editorfrom bbc vitali, thank you for now. i russian editor from bbc monitoring. vitali, thank you for now. i russian editorfrom bbc monitoring. there is much more on this story on our bbc news website. that is analysis from our correspondence, in relation to the strikes on moscow. relatively rare in the conflict for moscow to be struck. ukraine has denied any involvement and at the same time it comes same time as another series of russian missile attacks on the ukrainian capital. as i say, much more on the bbc news website and bbc news app of course. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. time to look at some other news here in the uk. the prime minister has voiced support for an academic whose appearance this evening at the oxford union has sparked controversy. the university's lgbtq+ society wants kathleen stock�*s talk to be cancelled, because she believes that trans women are not the same as women. rishi sunak says debate at universities should be encouraged, not stifled. the oxford union says attendees

will have a chance to challenge professor stock�*s views. the british retail consortium says the rate of price rises at uk supermarkets hit a new high in the year to may due, in part, to coffee and chocolate. it says the overall rate of inflation at grocery stores reached 9%, though prices forfresh food have fallen slightly. workers at the homeless charity st mungo's will begin a month—long strike today, in a dispute over pay. the unite union said workers were "taking a stand" following the offer of a 2.25% pay rise, while st mungo's has said it cannot afford to meet the union's demands and called the strike "unprecedented and disproportionate". you're live with bbc news. here in the uk, an inquiry set up to investigate the government's response to the covid—i9 pandemic has rejected an extension to a deadline for ministers to hand over unredacted material belonging to the former prime minister borisjohnson. but a short extension to thursday 4pm has been agreed. the row was sparked by a legal

request for a number of materials, including messages and diaries belonging to mrjohnson between january 2020 and february 2022. our political correspondent alex forsyth explains why ministers are being asked to share this material. this covid inquiry was set up by the government, who established the terms of reference, to look at the decision making and the actions taken at the heart of government during the course of the pandemic. now, that inquiry has written to the cabinet office, so that's a department of government, saying we want to have all of the unredacted whatsapp messages and diary entries from the former prime minister borisjohnson. we think that is important so we can establish exactly what went on around some of that decision making. now, the cabinet office had said, no, we think a lot of that material, in their words, is unambiguously irrelevant. i.e you don't need to see it, it's not necessary. it doesn't form part of any of the decisions that were made,

so we don't think you should get it in full. this turned into a bit of a row. it was all meant to come to a head today at around lipm, when the cabinet office had a deadline to respond to that demand from the covid inquiry, otherwise the covid inquiry said we could take some legal action against you, government. now in fact what's happened is that deadline's been extended by two days, so it now sits on thursday at 4pm when the cabinet office now has to respond. but interestingly, what the covid inquiry is now also saying is that they want the cabinet office to set out whether or not they actually hold all of this information — these diaries, these notebooks that the former prime minister borisjohnson kept. and if they don't have it, they want the cabinet office to set out why and to publish all the correspondence they have with the former prime minister mrjohnson. now, as you say, we have had a response from mr johnson's spokesperson. they say he has got no objection to this material being handed over to the inquiry. he has had his own correspondence with the cabinet office saying, look, he didn't have...he wasn't aware of any of the instructions or requests over this material but he goes on to say he has got no objection to disclosing material. he has done so and will continue to do so.

the decision to challenge whether or not that material gets handed over, according to mrjohnson, is down to the cabinet office. so the row rumbles on but it's all really important of course because this is about decision—making at the heart of government during the pandemic when a lot of people lost their lives. it's about openness and transparency and accountability. and so for all of those reasons it does really matter. meanwhile, in the last hour, the prime minister rishi sunak said his government is "carefully considering next steps" with regards a request from the coronavirus inquiry to see borisjohnson�*s unredacted whatsapp messages. well, i think it's really important that we learn the lessons of covid, and that's why the inquiry was established. and we want to make sure that whatever lessons there are to be learned are learned, and we do that in a spirit of transparency and candour. the government has cooperated with the inquiry. tens of thousands of documents have been handed over. and with regard to the specific question at the moment, the government's carefully considering its position, but it's confident in the approach that it's taken. are you prepared to get into a legal battle with the public inquiry?

some senior legal figures think you'll lose that fight. again, i'm not going to comment on the speculation, but we are carefully considering next steps, and the government is confident in its position. are you saying that it should be up to ministers to decide what documents are looked at by the inquiry, not the independent judge in charge of it? again, the government has handed over tens and tens of thousands of documents, in a spirit of candour and transparency, because it's important that we learn the lessons of covid. in regard to the particular question at the moment, we're carefully considering next steps, but the government is confident in its position. so you might not hand over that material that they're asking for, then? again, as i said, government is considering next steps carefully, but it's been confident in its position. it's handed over tens of thousands of documents... not all the documents that they've asked for. tens of thousands of documents today, in a spirit of candour and transparency, because it's important that we learn the lessons from covid. and again, carefully considering next steps. protestors are gathering for a second day in the kosovan town of zvecan, where they've been

involved in violent clashes with nato peacekeepers. tensions centre around the installation of an ethnic albanian mayor, who won power after serbs boycotted local elections. the protestors on monday tried to storm the local town hall, but were stopped by the nato forces, who then came under attack with rocks, bottles and petrol bombs. it's 15 years since kosovo seceded from serbia, but most ethnic serbs have never accepted the country's independence. in sudan, a humanitarian truce has been extended for another five days. the ceasefire between sudan's military and its rival was announced hours before the existing agreement was due to expire. according to the united nations, the conflict has left more than half of the country's population in need of humanitarian aid and protection. our correspondent merchuma is following developments from nairobi.

we are watching what is happening in sudan and the latest ceasefire. it is an extension of a ceasefire that was already in effect but unfortunately one didn't hold much. even through the ceasefire there were a lot of reports of gunfire, of air strikes of battles and fighting on the ground. and as much as in the last seven days we have seen a little bit of aid and medical assistance getting into khartoum and some hospitals in khartoum it is not much. and people in hard to reach areas where there have been heavy, heavy fighting they really need aid and attention but this has not been able to get to them because despite this talk of ceasefire, a humanitarian corridor has not been established yet. so we do not know whether this will lead to complete

restoration of facilities for five days but that is what many people are hopefulfor and aiming for. live now to hamid khallafallah, from the international institute for democracy and electoral assistance. he's in cairo, after having fled sudan two weeks ago. thank you very much for being with us. do you consider this ceasefire to have been effective? i us. do you consider this ceasefire to have been effective?— to have been effective? i think it is better than _ to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. _ to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. it - to have been effective? i think it is better than nothing. it had - is better than nothing. it had allowed some humanitarian assistance to get into khartoum for the first time, the world food programme were able to distribute some food packages for the very first time in khartoum stop so it did have some positive impact. they were able to get some humanitarian assistance. but on the general spectrum and so

on it was not effective. people who wanted to leave khartoum to safer areas and so on were not able to do so because the roads were still unsafe, there was a lot of checkpoints and shooting was happening all the time as well. people inside the houses were also not secure and despite this it was relatively extended for the whole week this did not allow for the power stations and water stations to get fixed so people could get electricity and water in the houses. so many areas have not seen electricity or water for the last six weeks or so was white various previous ceasefires have been attempted and have repeatedly been broken or failed for various reasons. we seem to be lurching from one failed ceasefire to another. what is really needed to bring these two sides together and stop the fighting?

two sides together and stop the fiuuhtin? ., . y fighting? unfortunately, the mediators — fighting? unfortunately, the mediators of _ fighting? unfortunately, the mediators of the _ fighting? unfortunately, the mediators of the mediation l mediators of the mediation initiatives seem to be repeating the same thing, although it keeps not working and they expect different outcomes. i don't know why anyone would think that a ceasefire would hold. if there wasn't accountability and punishment, it is very clear whoever violates the ceasefire will be subject to this and that. that is not in place and these warring factions have no incentive in ceasing hostilities. both of them are using the talks and the agreement on ceasefires and so on as agreement on ceasefires and so on as a tactical kind of position, where it will give them time with the international community to make them seem cooperative. but on the ground, continued hostilities and continued violent attacks until one of them claims victory in one way or

another. ok, thank you very much for joining us. let's take you to turkey now. these are live pictures comin from us from ankara a turkish president erdogan holds first public event since election victory on sunday. he is about to deliver a speech at the annual general meeting of commodity exchanges of turkey. turkey's collection garnered international attention, it was seen as being the biggest challenge to his leadership in several decades. he was against an opponent who was initially tipped to win the fight but in a run—off vote erdogan won. so he addresses people in the capital ankara. there is much more on this story on the bbc news

website, including about what turkey's election victory means for president erdogan. you can download the bbc news app. do stick with us on bbc news. goodbye. hello again. over the next few days the weather is fairly settled for most of us. high pressure remains firmly in charge, although we'll start some mornings on a cloudy note, the cloud tending to burn back to parts of the east coast, but it could be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle. most of us staying dry. the warmest, sunniest conditions in the west. at times there will be a chilly breeze across the south. the peak of the heat is likely to be today and tomorrow somewhere in the west, more than likely around the glasgow area where we'll

reach 25 or 26 degrees. where we hang on to the cloud across eastern areas, this is where the temperature will be that bit lower. so under the cloud, for example, on the east coast we might not see a higher temperature than 13 degrees. through the rest of this afternoon what you'll find is the cloud will continue to push back towards the east coast. it will linger anywhere from yorkshire down towards east anglia, but a lot of dry weather elsewhere, a lot of sunshine. we hang on to the cloud across northern scotland. light breezes, but windy through the english channel and a cool breeze across the south. london seeing a high of 20 degrees today, as is belfast, but 2a or 25 quite possible around the glasgow area. as we head on through the evening and overnight, this cloud will come in quite quickly from the north sea and advance towards the west. we hang on to the cloud across northern scotland. there will be some breaks in the west of scotland and northern ireland and here, in rural areas, we could well see temperatures fall to three or four, but most of us staying between about seven and ii. a cloudy start to the day tomorrow.

tomorrow, like today, some of this cloud will push back towards the east. we'll see more warm sunshine. still the cloud lingering across the far north of scotland and still this keen breeze across southern areas. tomorrow we could reach 25 or 26 around the glasgow area. again, under any lingering cloud in the east, temperatures will be suppressed. even into thursday we still hang on to all this cloud across eastern areas, but a bit more cloud across scotland than we're going to see in the next few days. northern ireland, wales and the south west of england favoured for the lion's share of the sunshine. highs up to 22 or 23 degrees, but again cooler under the cloud. high pressure remains with us into the weekend. for some it will start off on a cloudy note, that pushing back towards the east coast, but a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine.

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