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that russia backed separatists in ukraine's donetsk region has blown up in a cafe in the city of donetsk russia's hughes ukraine of assassinating him to provide to provoke a new war in the region here denies the claim claiming second shank has death on a conflict between rebels and russian. skep more on this from d.w. correspondent nick connelly who's in ukraine's capital kiev welcome and nick tell us more first of all about alexander. good evening phil well he was someone of the first hour of this conflict he was one of the last of the generation of fighters turned politicians who really swept to prominence by the conflict when it started back in twenty fourteen so touching it was a political nobody before this conflict he had a small business he traded in poultry and suddenly he was the defacto leader of a self-proclaimed republic of several million people he was someone who was very impulsive he was known to talk openly about russia's support for those eastern ukrainian breakaway republics something the kremlin doesn't like they have time time again denied any direct involvement in th

might actually look that actually his death today might set off a new spiral of conflict between donetsk and. here and ukraine as a whole they come away in care fact here. germany's minister for family says visit the scene of a deadly staring in candidates of the crime committed last week and largely by two migrants laid bare deep divisions over chancellor merkel's decision to allow nearly a million migrants into germany in twenty fifteen following days of violent protests the families minister described the arrest as a wake up call for the government the start listening to the people. the crime scene has become a place of remembrance family minister francisco defies the first member of the federal government to visit the site where a german man was stabbed to death last sunday the minister met political groups and pledged more funding for initiatives aimed at strengthening democracy. we shouldn't make the mistake of thinking that this is just a problem for saxony it is a focal point because of the current events here. but this issue affects the whole country the whole of eastern germany

killed in an explosion according to the region's official media outlets he was attacked in a cafe in donetsk the center of the city the russian foreign ministry is accused ukraine of being behind the attack. with the head of the self declared state that has been pushing for independence after russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula rory chalons following this one from moscow rory what more can you tell us. well don't know yet scott the moment is in lockdown nobody is allowed in and nobody is allowed out both the separatist republic and also its backers in moscow calling this a terrorist attack a terrorist incident earlier on how xander was killed in what looks very much like a targeted assassination a bomb went off in the cafe that he was in with a colleague or two and he is the only confirmed fatality at the moment from that explosion but obviously this has ramifications for the deniece people's republic also for the conflicts in eastern ukraine and perhaps the minsk peace process as well. as one of the leaders of militia there was fighting against the ukrainian army fighting against k

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introduced to solve its military parades there were tanks in donetsk and usually war military fatigues despite his political role he proposed the creation of a new country called little or little russia encompassing ukraine with its capital in donetsk in the past he said he'd been the target of several assassination attempts accusing ukraine of trying to kill him in an explosion in twenty sixteen so we've got michael bassekou with us now who is the global affairs analyst former spokesman for the o.e.c.d. the organization of security and cooperation in europe he's on skype from sydney in british columbia thank you for your time as this breaking news develops michael rory explain there a few scenarios of who could possibly be behind this in your mind what's the most likely outcome. thanks for having me well you know tim for them to say you know it's the fault of the cranes i think it's not. the standard line if you will of the russian playbook to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of his colleagues other deputies i

he was killed in donetsk city. the ukrainian government has denied any involvement. risk of a humanitarian catastrophe if the syrian regime doesn't halt its plans to retake the last major rebel stronghold of idlib. almost three million people live there — many of them are rebel fighters and opposition members who were brought to idlib after the army regained control of other opposition areas across the country. the ugandan rapper—turned—mp bobi wine has been released from hospital and is now heading for the airport. he is hoping to fly out of the country for medical treatment in the united states. he was kept in a locked room in a kampala hospital despite his demands for access to independent ugandan medical staff. he faces charges of treason. the ugandan army denies claims its soldiers tortured him while he was in their custody. the us is to end all funding for the un agency that supports palestinian refugees. washington had already drastically cut its support for the agency, which helps more than five million palestinians in gaza and the west bank, and in other cou

desert international knew and now the head of the people's republic of donetsk in ukraine has been killed earlier today in an explosion at a restaurant just a couple of hours ago apparently local officials confirmed the incident was just several hundred meters from alexander because home according to some reports three other people were killed as well as held office since twenty fourteen and took part in the riots back then which led to the donetsk and lugansk regions separating from ukraine moscow's said the merger of the regional head undermines the peace process and warrants reaction from the global community care of me time has ruled out any involvement in the instant we'll keep you posted on that throughout the evening as more room for cations come out over it. the international olympic committee president admitted that the war on doping in sport might never be won but thomas but has come under fire for his comment especially from america's anti-doping agency which claims backs just simply given up a lecturer takes a look at what this could mean for russian athlete while the world of

the head of the people's republic of donetsk in ukraine has been killed in an explosion at a restaurant it happened just several hundred meters from alexander's our fortune goes residence and advisor to him has claimed a bomb was planted in the restaurant and according to some reports several other top officials were injured the city of donetsk has been placed on shutdown meanwhile the government in kiev says it was not involved in the instant her chin go have held office since two thousand and fourteen and took part in the riots back then. in which led to the move region separating from ukraine moscow in turn has said the murder of the regional head undermines the peace process and warrants reaction from the global community calling it a terrorist act then yes authorities are investigating the incident as a possible terror attack. it's become a weekly event for almost half a year already and palestinian protesters have been out in force again this friday along the israeli border reports say dozens have been injured by the israeli defense forces thousands of palestinians are continuing

he has fred fro shakhtar donetsk. why is looking at maguire.” why is looking at maguire. only think he wants another centre back that is comfortable on the ball. that is the reason i can find. they have had a good defensive record. they're hard to break down. if you can see in that list the players he brought n you would expect you saw willian on the board, that would have been a fantastic signing, but it has not happened. harry maguire, could he improve the tea m harry maguire, could he improve the team or boateng from bayern munich? the money they talk about to be fair in my opinion, i don't think, it is over the top if you're talking of 80 million. thank you forjoining us. we could see harry maguire in manchester united rather than england red soon. thank you for joining us. let's bring you up to date with some of today's other sports headlines. newcastle have signed striker salomon rondon from west brom. the venezuelan moves to tyneside on a season long loan deal with the newcastle striker dwight gayle moving in the opposite direction. gayle too joins west brom on loa

alexander as a car chink or a block in the body can be seen lying on a structure outside the cafe donetsk went into lockdown after the killing with moscow and the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an act of international terrorism the last pictures of go alive were from thursday laying flowers for the donbass born singer years of cubs on who died earlier in the day so how drinker had been the prime minister of done yet since november two thousand and fourteen he was shuffled into the business at a time when attempts were being made to make the war in ukraine's east look less like a foreign operation run from moscow more like a homegrown independence movement as it in the attic native and rebel military commander would fit the bill second it was present both peace summits in minsk and negotiator at the first the d.n.r. representative and signatory had the second three potential theories springs to mind for who might have been behind this killing it could have been ukraine secret service the s.b.u. perhaps it was separatist infighting or maybe it was moscow doing some ex

separatist leader alexander couch and co in eastern ukraine the russian backed leader of rebels in donetsk was killed in a blast at a cafe in the city center russia says that ukraine carried out the killing to try to reignite war and to destabilize the region. rebels in syria as it played province of blown up two bridges they say to prevent an expected government assault people protested against moves to retake the rebels' last stronghold but russia's foreign minister says the syrian government has every right to chase what he called terrorists out of it lib three million people live there including around ten thousand rebel fighters with some sokal is a teacher in it lippy says that it would be hard to escape. i just need to go now but if we are we are committed place i give the police now the term because if it is not the means it is no longer safe in any place in the in syria that we might finally be aquaman on the map it looks like a small area but it's a huge impact i need for five or six hours from one side to another guy that you or me at least and we have like who these people saw

his barca team mate andre gomes who's a midfielder as well as former shakhtar donetsk winger bernard.ay deals on the bbc sport website. there were five first leg matches in europa league third qualifying round involving british teams tonight. burnley‘s game at istanbul basaksehir finished goalless, as it did between hibs and 0le gunnar solskjaer‘s molde. rangers will take a 3—1 lead to slovenia next week as they saw off nk maribor and welsh side new saints were beaten 2—0 at home by danish champions fc midtjylland. play got under way in the 100th us pga championship at bellerive country club in missouri this afternoon. american justin thomas is defending the title he won at quail hollow last year. the last man to succesfully defend the us pga is one of his playing partners today — a certain tiger woods back in 2007. his other playing partner, northern ireland's rory mcilroy had a disappointing start, and finished on level par. thomas made a very good start to his defence with three birdies in his first six holes and finished one under. he's 4 shots off the lead of fellow american rick

prominent leader of pro—russia separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in donetsk

leader alexander amounts to an act of international terrorism a moscow back to either of rebels in donetsk was killed in a blast at a cafe in the center of the city that russia has accused ukraine of assassinating to try to unleash a renewed war in eastern ukraine but kiev says it had nothing to do with the blast instead of blaming separatists and fighting russia's state investigative committee has opened an investigation into the killing or each islands has the latest from moscow. don't you know it's because on lockdown at the moment nobody allowed in and nobody allowed out that is because both the at sky and moscow are calling the killing of alexander's aka shanker an act of international terrorism now there has been a meeting of the council of ministers to try and work out who should take over and the early reports coming from that meeting is that it is going to be the first deputy prime minister of the d.n.r. c.p.r. dimitri. now the second was a former militia leader who rose to prominence in the early stages of the war in ukraine's east he was promoted to the prime minister's position

led russia back separatists in ukraine's the next region was brought up in a cafe in the city of donetsk russia's accused ukraine of assassinating him to provide to provoke a new war in the region kiev denies the claim blaming a chunk of death on a conflict between rebels and russia. a deadly stabbing in the eastern german city of candidates allegedly by two migrants triggered days of violent anti immigrant protests the crime laid bare deep divisions of the chancellor's decision to welcome nearly a million migrants in twenty fifteen the w.c. linda fear echo reports now from candidates on the politics that divide its residents residents and this is appointment in the political leaders. he writes down what annoys him stephanie some of fails politicians don't take him seriously he's been out on demonstrations for the far right glute pick eda for the last four years what i'm just him the most is that so many refugees have come to germany but everyone can see what we've brought into our country. i'm afraid when my children or my granddaughters go out i just want to get home safely. stephan in

killed in an explosion he was the leader of the pro russian separatists in the eastern region of donetsk the blasts took place in a cafe in the region's capital russia blamed kiev for the killing but ukraine security service has denied any involvement. ugandan pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine has reportedly been rearrested at the airport and taken to a government hospital his lawyer says that wind is in a worrying condition and was heading abroad to seek treatment for tortured injuries allegations that wine was tortured during an earlier detention prompted widespread protests. in australia the catholic church has rejected a recommendation that priests break the secrecy of confession to report child abuse and inquiry found that thousands of children have been sexually abused between one nine hundred sixty and twenty fifteen sixty five percent of them in church run institutions leading catholic clerics have vowed to end a history of cover ups. a german man has been sentenced to nearly ten years in prison for a bomb attack on a mosque and a congress center in eastern germany

eastern ukraine this is coming from the russian news agency interfax it happened in the province of donetsk which witnessed heavy fighting since april twenty fourth teen separatists a push for independence from the russian speaking province after russia annexed ukraine's southern crimea peninsula almost ten thousand people have been killed in the fighting between ukrainian government and pro russian forces so that news just coming and during this hour south sudan's opposition leader machar has signed a peace accord to end the five years of civil war he agreed to the terms after receiving assurances that a power sharing deal would be ahmed the deal with president salva kiir followed negotiations in sudan's capital khartoum tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced since the violence broke out back in twenty thirteen australians catholic church has rejected proposed laws forcing priests to report sexual abuse of children which have been revealed during confession the church has at one except the recommendation from a five year official inquiry saying it would undermi

people who have been injured as well we don't know about their their condition so for now the city of donetsk is currently on a log down and they're looking for the people who committed this act and it is as it is now cold all the entrances and exits to the self-proclaimed republic are now closed as they're looking for these perpetrators local authorities accuse the government in committing this act ends of the government in kiev says that they already issued a statement that they have not been involved in this incident the incidents now hundreds of harshman go he's been the head of the self-proclaimed republics inside it's wednesday fourteen and also. in the war that's been going on between the self-proclaimed people's republic and ukraine now moscow the russian foreign ministry already also called this a terrorist act and in fact a lot of here putin also called it a despicable murder and it's testament that those who chose a path of terror are not looking for a pee. solutions with the residents of the east of ukraine and instead they bank on the destabilizing southeast of the country and he

deliberately planted in the restaurant where there he was supposed to meet with someone and now the city of donetsk and to so-called and s. peoples republic have declared a state of emergency and the entire territory the republic is now on lockdown people cannot leave and people cannot come into the next people's republic as are the authorities are looking for people who have executed terrorist attacks and this is exactly how they're looking at it right now as a terrorist acts local authorities said after the murder although it's under the harsh and cold the forces ukraine army green army have started mobilizing their units along the separation lines between the two conflicts and sides now most goes foreign ministry has also said that this was a terrorist act and should be investigated as such show russian president vladimir putin called it a despicable murder and that those who chose the path of terror and violence are not looking for a peaceful solution in the southeast of the country and instead they bank on the destabilizing the situation and he had that he expects all the responsible parties i

the first time in their history face an uphill battle against the likes of manchester city leo and donetsk. well at the u.s. open in new york some of the big names have booked their spots in the third round the twenty six team champion germany's angela had a rough ride in her match against your one of larsen in sweden after winning the opening set the number four's he dropped the second before recovering in the decider six two five seven six for the final score there now in the men's category the fourth seed germany's alexander beat nicolas mahut in straight sets to move into the third round later roger federer continued his bid for a record sixty u.s. open title with a comfortable second round win over francis a re the thirty seven year old will play australia's nick curiosus in the next round. well the funeral of music icon research franklin will be taking place in the american city of detroit later today among those expected to attend are former u.s. president bill clinton and a host of musical celebrities including stevie wonder and smokey robinson the seventy six year old died of canc

the moment dead though there are other injuries as well he was the de facto leader the head of the donetsk people's republic one of the two breakaway regions of eastern ukraine backed by russia he had risen to prominence as commander of one of the militias there and he was elevated into the role of leader of the d.n.r. at a time when it seems that. this was a movement that was being tried to make there was trying to make itself or being commanded to make itself more home grown and less russian and as a native of he was he was considered to be a good man for the job of leading the republic. this is not the only command or leader of the militias and the republic still have met an end in similar ways there have been other commanders people who go by the names of strange calls signs like motorola and give the they have been killed as well in what looked like targeted assassinations there of course are going to be big questions about who was behind this could be the ukrainian secret services the s.b.u. it could be infighting amongst his colleagues it within the separatist movements in eastern u

believes the president engaged in wrongdoing those findings will be provide to congress and then up to donetskach the level of impeachment. >> giuliani also said trump would be walking in to a perjury trap speak of this potential interview with mueller, walking into a perry trap if he agrees to do this interview in person. what would suggest to you hearing that. would that suggest his client that's something to hide or he's doing his job and has his client's back. >> it could mean the president has something to mean. i want could also mean the president is undisciplined and says things, you know, off the cuff -- >> you think >> -- and not thinking much about that. he's worried about that because obviously bob mueller and his team have interviewed a lot of people in connection with russian meddling. and so president trump may say something off the cuff. but, again, there's a serious question as to whether or not the president could even be indicted for perjury. but he, could, of course be subject to impeachment if robert mueller finds possible perjury and defierce his findings to congress. >> l

have completed the signing of barcelona defender yerry mina for £27.19m as well as former shakhtar donetsk is £4—million. arsenal paid 17 million for him 2 years ago. manchester united manager jose mourinho had hoped to bring in two more players, warning that it would be a difficult season if he couldn‘t, but the window has closed and ealier he was his usual cheerful self when asked about possible additions. iam not i am not confident. i am not confident. the market closes today. it is time for me to stop thinking about the market, because the market will be closed. so i will have two focus an the players i have. that‘s all the sport for now. the final golf major of the year the uspga got going in the last couple of hours. ian poulter has made a decent start you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. all of the commentary for you on the website. more for you at 6:30pm. thank you very much indeed. thank you and more from cardiff to come. thousands of people out on the streets to see geraint thomas. mortar, from that. —— more to come from that. let‘s get more on the new