jonah fisher, thank you _ -- to take place. jonah fisher, thank you for— -- to take place.g us - -- to take place. jonah fisher, thank you forjoining us on - -- to take place. jonah fisher, thank you forjoining us on the | thank you forjoining us on the programme. indian weather forecasters have warned that a storm which hit the coast of north—west india and southern pakistan will continue to bring heavy rain as it heads inland. the cyclone brought down power lines and trees when it struck on thursday. it's now moving towards the indian state of rajasthan but with lower wind speeds. our reporter arunday mukharji is in the coastal town of mandvi, in the indian state of gujarat. well, this is really how it has been all through the day. heavy rainfall from time to time. but in the morning, it started with very heavy rainfall and strong gusts of wind. but that has really weakened as the cyclone has weakened through the course of the day. we drove around the town of mandvi, which is very close to the shoreline, and we basically saw uprooted trees, uprooted electricity poles as w

our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports.d's south coast. their sheltered waters an important breeding ground for birds and a popular haul—out spot for relaxing seals. but this is also where raw sewage from portsmouth is regularly dumped, and locals say they think the water quality has been getting worse. we'd had a lot more cases of people saying they'd gone into the water and they'd had stomach upsets and ear issues. we just thought something's not quite right here. we're out on langstone harbour with bianca and rob. they were so worried about the state of the water that they formed a group of residents to take samples and then send them off to be tested at a university laboratory. each of the 22 sites they sampled at had, on average, traces of 19 different chemicals. we found metformin, which is a diabetic drug. we have also found trimethoprim, which is an antibiotic, some nicotine, some cocaine, tramadol and naproxen — and tramadol and naproxen are actually painkillers, as well. so these are all things that are coming out

julia louis-dreyfus plays jonah's mom.e -- in fact, she was here last night. and she -- we were talking about this picture. >> my god. >> jimmy: this is from 1982. [ cheers ] you guys with robert blake. >> my god. >> jimmy: and you're playing buckwheat, she's darla, "little rascals." robert blake was in "little rascals." >> one of the original little rascals, yeah. >> jimmy: i heard he got banned from "saturday night live" after this show? >> i heard that too, but i don't know what for, i don't know what he did. >> jimmy: oh. >> it was so long ago. >> jimmy: yeah. you don't keep in touch? >> no, no. [ laughter ] what did they say he got banned for? >> jimmy: i don't know, i have no idea, i'm trying to get to the bottom of it. julia didn't remember either. i don't know. he's done some things, you know. [ laughter ] maybe it was that belt that got him banned, i'm not sure. do you still have, like, the buckwheat wig or the gumby suit? do you save any of that stuff? >> no. >> jimmy: none of that stuff, huh? what how about your

jonah, how is the for, is jonah any more details from where you are about this offenses? the russians, i say they've pushed back of the i think the point to be made here is that there are not 2 channels of information at the moment on these increased numbers of attacks happening across the front line in the east and the south. most of what we hear that contributes to a picture of increased ukrainian activity that some hope pointed to as a possible beginning of the counter offensive comes from the russian side, from the russian ministry, from the ministry of defense and from russian block, as it is essentially russia at an official level, at least saying the counter offensive has begun and giving the impression that it is repelling those ukrainian attacks at every attempt and inspecting heavy losses. as it does have no independent confirmation about any of those he's coming to us. and especially no comment from the ukraine inside, no surprise the they've made it pretty clear the last week or so that they will not be giving running commentary of what may well be the prepara

hill is your son in the film. >> yes, he is. >> jimmy: how did you like working with jonah?ease. i feel like -- first of all, i've known jonah all my life. and i adored him. we had so much fun. we were howling the whole time. we have a shared love of a fart joke. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh. >> and so that sort of bound us as soul mates. so as a wrap gift i gave him a fart machine. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, yes. >> yeah, i thought that was thoughtful. >> jimmy: yeah, sure, the little remote-controlled guy. >> then he had to -- once we finished shooting he went off to do press for "don't look up." remember that great movie? >> jimmy: yep. >> and he was there with meryl streep and adam mckay and my fart machine. [ laughter ] and they're talking about the climate crisis and the environmental message of the movie, and he lets that thing rip. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: sure. >> yeah. and he did it so many times, i believe it was confiscated by adam mccabe. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: is that right? >> yeah, he got in trouble. >> jimmy: methane is a big part of the climate crisis. >> correc

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we're going to cost life to jonah, how and keep jonah, how are you trans political leadership viewing what's going on and rush at the moment? so, well, one imagines with an element of caution, they wouldn't want to be assuming too much certain that this is going to be any sort of turning point, or at least just yet. but at the same time, keen to highlight what they perceive to be rushes vulnerabilities, so those, those are the sort of notes coming out of some of the comments we've heard for a lot of them is that landscape. talk about rushes, weakness being a v, as in these events, the longer us it keeps its troops and messengers on islands, the more chaos pain, the problems it will have to face later demitra clearly. but the foreign minister, taking the opportunity to call on ukraine's allies for more help, more equipment that they need to end the war. those who think russia is too strong to lose the right look at what's happening now. but perhaps the most insightful comments come from the kind of photo yak. he's a senior advisor to the ms. evan sky, who believes things will move very

jonah fisher, bbc news. good luck to all the crew.iday's euromillions draw. lottery operator camelot said it had received a claim which would now go through a process of validation. if verified, this winner will become the 18th uk player to win more than £100 million in a euromillions jackpot. well, we would love to know who that person is, do let us know if it is you. although you won't operably be watching the news if you are. we wanted to end this half hour with some images of a so called strawberry moon that has been captured over england. the full moon, marking the start of meteorological summer, was seen glowing in the sky late on saturday night into the early hours of sunday. although, as you can see from these images, it appeared spectacular, the strawberry moon was not considered a supermoon. the first supermoon of 2023 — when a full moon is also at its closest point to earth along this orbit — is expected in august. hello there. good evening. more blue sky and sunshine for the vast majority of us across the uk again today. a

jonah fisher, bbc news.ways minister says the cause and people responsible for the country's worst train crash in more than two decades there have been protests in warsaw today _ there have been protests in warsaw today and — there have been protests in warsaw today. and we can also show you pictures — today. and we can also show you pictures of— today. and we can also show you pictures of the crash site in india. hello there. it's a fairly straightforward weather headline today, a settled sunny sunday for most of us. we've had sunshine from the word go down towards the west. once again, this is porth beach near newquay in cornwall. lots of sunshine around and even the cloud cover across lincolnshire was fairly fragmented and is starting to ease away. this is a satellite picture over the last few hours. you can see that cloud across the east midlands, lincolnshire, lingering for a time across eastern scotland and it may well linger for much of the day into the northern isles. it's an outside chance as well o

jonah, thank you very much. indeed. jonah, how bringing this up to date from keith. i'm going to speak to john as you go to a shop of all of the in moscow is joining was outlining there seems to be a lot of action in and around bach moods. surface and is up. patricia speculation, this can be part of a ukrainian kind of offensive what some processing about all of this and dave dave russian side is painting of a different picture compared to what journal was saying. there was no doubt said that's the. 2 most of these have intensifies the sold and the zip for roach and about some directions here. that's a craze. armed forces have been striking in several parts of the front. uh, the, the russian side says it's not possible for you trained to achieve success. that had been no break. 3 of rushes defenses over the course of 5 days of active fighting. and that despite the fox, that's a, the armed forces of ukraine have a wedding to g, 's to up to a set of their reserves. but it is still too early to talk about the end of the fence. so i also rush, it protects the attack sick

i'll just as jonah hall is standing by for us, if i remember correctly. jonah, this is one of the rare occasions it's actually having to told where they have been attacked while for them. leaders have been in keys of the extremely unusual, relatively unusual that these attacks happened at all during the day. and so it made quite an extraordinary welcome to these african leaders several around the pleasure of south africa mackie soul of center, goal leadings, at least 7 country delegation, including as i said, for leaders to bring that piece mission to hold on to me at 7 ski and they, at the time of this was over in the last half hour or so on. a tour of a keeps of the book show just to the west of the center of the capital scene of atrocities committed by russian forces in the early stages of the war. they will be all too aware of caliber cruise missiles fired from the black sea that ruled over head out position here roughly in the direction of a or alongside butcher heading. it appears towards an area called v squared off a defenses. very affordable and

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bring us up today from keith as jonah hall. jonah, as always, thank you very much. indeed we're going to go to sonya diego who's life for us in london. a lot of european countries, of course, allied to ukraine, supplying cash, but also equipment as well. what's the reaction across europe and capital as to what's been happening? the deed and one of the most vocal of allies of the you case a prime minister. wish you see not cuz said i didn't stop today that he would be speaking with allies on the events. and he's just old policies in the conflict in russia to avoid come to civilians. so we'll be finding out more information about what is being spoken about among the allies now as far as uh, which ministry intelligence goes. they've issued a statement on the regular intelligence update that the, the loyalty of russia, security forces, and especially that of the russian national guard is, is going to be key to have a crisis plays out. and it represents the most significant challenge to the russian states in recent times. also citin

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jonah, thank you very much. for that, don't a whole live there in keys the to sedona way, the power military rapids support forces have denied responsibility in the beginning of the golf. and that regional governor of westoff for the army earlier said the power military group had killed commies, a car in al janina. no details of the stats have been reported earlier about the car had described a situation a noun, jeanina. as a genocide, the latest conflicts has read nighted long running ethnic tensions in the gospel region. he but morgan has more from undermine across deny waiver from content. and we know that there has been violence in the city of janina, the capital of west star for, for weeks now, tens of thousands of people were displaced as a result of the fighting in that city in west star. for now, the governor was killed on wednesday evening hours before he was uh, before he was killed. he gave statements of the media to describe the situation on the ground in the city. and the word that his used was the

jonah fisher, bbc news, in north devon.f what south east water says is record demand for drinking water this month. south east water said the ban will come into force on 26thjune because the demand has broken all previous records. some households have had no water since monday because of supply issues. plaid cymru has a new leader, succeeding adam price who stood down in may. rhun ap iorwerth was the only candidate and was officially named as leader in the last hour at a news conference in cardiff. our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, was there. yes, rhun ap iorwerth may not be a name recognised outside of wales, more recognised here after a background as a bbcjournalist. he switched to journalism about ten years ago —— switched to politics ten years ago. he was made deputy leader. today he is taking the reins in a lot more difficult circumstances. it follows the publication of a report last month about the party's culture, long—term failure to deal with issues like misogyny, harassment and bullying. it concluded there

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but to come back to you, jonah, do you actually genuinely believe that their answers or comments would be different had they waited? >> i think for some of them at the margins, yes, because this is -- it's one thing to talk about this stuff in the abstract. it's another thing to look at these actual facts and say, you know, hands off. but broadly speaking, no, because the gop is caught up in this bizarre cult of personality by donald trump that has to work from the assumption that he's a victim, that there's a double standard, that everyone else gets off scot-free and they're being unfair to him. until you can shake that, i don't understand how you can possibly run against him and say you should be the alternative to him if you say, we all need to rally to his defense. >> and hillary clinton is kind of like the trump card here. no pun intended. the trump card that's being used basically to say, everybody get on board. this is not what they did to hillary clinton. >> well, i think, you know, one of the questions here that gets raised by the interview with mr. sununu earlier is what is t

jonah hull has more now from kyiv. >> we understand the trip has been postponed possibly for a matterbecause of travel safety concerns. the plant is of course situated in the region territory controlled by russia since the early stages of the war. it is very close to the front lines and so there will be concerns about getting there. it is not the first time though that there have been concerned about its safety and security, because of fighting that has often take place nearby. the most recent event that exacerbates concerns is the breaching of the dam. and worries about water supply and the integrity of the pulling reservoir lead them to want to go see the dangers for himself. he has a permanent team based there and he told a press conference on tuesday that the latest situation was a step in the wrong direction. >> ukraine says at least two people were killed in a russian missile strike on the port city of odessa. it's the second straight day of attacks on ukrainian cities. the regional administer rations has four missiles were fired from a ship in the black sea. three victims were

hopefully jonah home is going to be giving us the reaction from keith. we're also going to be speaking to him about the russian air strikes there. be hash him isn't done yet. and sonya diego is following the developments from london. first, we're going to go to the shop of oliver in moscow. yearly at just run this through for viewers or just joining us. what has been happening over the last few hours, particularly in relation to the statements that were made by if you need to grossman following the comments that were made by president bruton or yeah, but before i would like to start with the latest legitimate page and it has informed presidents of the levers context on and was back a song about the situation in russia, so he does speak to the world right now and previously, and his speech as you mentioned, mr. page and has said that roches financing for its future and its identity and bill for us, he's of russia will not allow the country to be divided. they will protects its people. and preaching also mentioned the conflict in ukraine, saying the entire

jonah ho is in car keys in the northeast 1st. so let's go to the dean baba in london where that conference has taken place the day. my wonder do we have, do we know a dollar amount for how much it costs to rebuild a country like ukraine that has been so badly damaged? and if we know that amount is ukraine going to get it as well. so real, we do with the providers that are, that it's an estimate. so it depends how long the conflict goes on for. but yes, the, the world bank has come up with a short term figure for reconstructing ukraine's economy at $14000000000.00. there was a reports, a few months ago involving bodies like the u and in the u, putting the longer term reconstruction efforts at over $440000000000.00 us dollars . but the prime minister of ukraine has put the total figure at somewhere like $750000000000.00 us dollars. he is one of the delegates. hey, he's and addressing people in stressing, as you heard of the secretary of state to, onto the blinking say, but russia will have to bass the price for the invasion foldabl

let's had the 2 key for jonah hall is standing by for us. let's talk about the airbags 1st of all the find. remember correctly, john, that it's very, very rare for these day of age to be happening a during day time anyway, but certainly when funding leaders in the setting the yeah, we've been trying to work that out and thought, and frankly, think of a single situation in the past where little data has been in t if at the same time as russia has launched a me saw attack on keep the feed it re deluxe in the past. but those are awesome, signify me, saw attacks happening elsewhere in the country. the all clear has been sounded, this attack is over now, preliminary reports from the air force here say the 12 miss. how's the loads from the, from the black sea, a mix of caliber and came job cruise missiles along with to recover. since drugs all were brought down by the defenses that were clearly audible around the city here, and there have been reports of damage in one central city district and to further north at most likely the result of falling.

it's forces from ukraine's so for entire tree from to you've has jonah, how now the 7 nation african peace initiative led by south africa's presidents, serial around the plaza and center goals. president mackey so arrived in ukraine by train from neighboring poland a journey now customers for visiting dignitaries, less old and rate was what happened next. as the delegation was being showed mass graves in the city of butcher west of keith, a short distance away in the capital itself. an el rey deluxe, sounded followed by loud explosions of air defenses as the ukrainian f. o says 12 russian cruise missiles was shocked at the sky. this was damage caused by folding debris, notes of keys. it's believed to be the 1st time, but besides the tax has targeted the capital and it's around one world. leaders have been visiting. it is also the 1st time that any peace initiative has been brought before the leaders of those countries pulling talks with presidents the landscape. the delegation hits the russians to meet president vladimir putin. they're here to listen to this in both to prison, zalins

jonah, what more do we know? yeah, but i think, as you mentioned, the it comes 24, i was off to it, besides struck a 5 story of possibility with the central city of creevy real estate. dest told the current police stands at 11 with 30 in june, and in the mail as of wednesday morning, it was all debt, says to the black sea port city full caliber. messiahs fired 3 brought down by defenses, one getting through and striking at civilian infrastructure, including what's described as a residential complex and shopping malls. 3 before the dead. the 13 injured with rescue efforts still going on and further reports this morning. also coming in early hours attacks on 2 times in the eastern doughnuts region, kind of a tourist and constant to move to say 3 people injured, the killed the with 3 further injuries reported and don't know separately. we understand that the director general of the i a e, a raphael grossi is due to visit this upper reach on nuclear plants, and you create what you're hoping to achieve. that's right,

so as jonah was counting, is there a lot of reports talking about activity in the front lines, particularly on, on these up? how do you share agent? what's the news from the russian side to so exactly, so we hear that the military actions have intensifies in many directions in front snap. there was a lot of activity in the zip for osha and about mid directions. a russian ministry belong is called the ukrainian of types of failure, according to the ukrainian forces. unsuccessfully tried to contact the russian administrative forces in these upper ocean direction. according to them. since midnight is the armed forces of ukraine, i have tried several times 10 times the positions of russian fights is with us. hillary and russian at crops were also use that the closing to the blog as the ukrainians failed to break through. the russian defences. and the front the front hasn't changed. we're also hearing from months from bi fluids. the ukrainians are trying to headphones. some of the northern and southern flags of the marriage, the russian ministry managed to no count several um, with vehicles as t

jonah fisher, bbc news. good luck to them.full moon marking the start of meteorological summer in the uk was seen glowing in the sky late on saturday night into the early hours of sunday. although, as you can see from these images, it appeared spectacular, the strawberry moon was not considered a supermoon. the first supermoon of 2023 — when a full moon is also at its closest point to earth along this orbit — is expected in august. keep this picture is coming into us. they are fantastic. you can see more of the pictures on the website and app. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good evening. more blue sky and sunshine for the vast majority of us across the uk again today. always cooler and breezier towards the south coast. here's hastings in east sussex. again, in the west county. down in northern ireland, seeing plenty of blue sky and some lenticular clouds, as spotted by one of our weather watchers in the north—west of england over the higher ground of the lake district. now, next week, not a lot is set to change. i

it's across live now to jonah hall in chief during the despite all of his overnight strikes. have continued the yes, miss ald strikes launched again on a number of targets across the country in the south central city of to the pro residential building struck the we're told a people died including 2 children, less severe strikes on the north eastern city of khaki, place the russian border and the central city of creevy reese and here in the capital key for the 8th night this month alone, i mean solved by raj. flew over the keys we're told by cindy ministry administration officials, old twin t massage launched web, wrote down a very busy, very noisy nights for the air defenses here. but of course that creates debris in the air and that debris has go to full somewhere. and i'll let you have a look at that building behind me. there are high rise apartment, building a piece of debris, potentially, an unexploded positive. and we saw heating at the 16th floor of that building, gouging a huge hole out of the side of it, stopped to get fire across 3 floors. 22 residents were rescued,

jonah fisher, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good evening.and breezier towards the south coast. here's hastings in east sussex. the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures again in the west county. down in northern ireland, seeing plenty of blue sky and some lenticular clouds as spotted by one of our weather watchers in the north west of england over the higher ground of the lake district. now, next week, not a lot is set to change. it's dry and it's settled. there will be a lot more sunshine to come in the forecast. again, always best out in the west. there will be some more low cloud moving in from the north sea. plenty of moisture there overnight tonight. the cloud a little more extensive. it's got a head start. of course, it didn't clear for some spots all day, moving into parts of eastern wales and across the south of england, also the central belt. but it's mild underneath that cloud. temperatures in high single figures, clear skies further west, perhaps a bit of mist forming into tomorrow morning, but it won't take too long t

jonah, thank you very much. indeed, us doing a whole bringing this up to date from keith parliamentary committee is find a former british prime. as a bonus, johnson deliberately misled and peace about parties held during the corporate 19 locked on. the cross project group has signed off on the so called potty gates report. after a year long inquiry, johnson resigned as an m p last week, after reading and advised coffee is called the finding a political assassination. we're going to go to sonya guy. you go in london, since he resign, done about his johnson has been pretty clear about what he thinks about what this reaction this report has been saying. what does it tell us? the what it, in a sense it tells us exactly which uh, what the commit to. yeah. she thinks about his conduct during that time and also during the, of the actual committee's watching time as well. so that there is no bones about these a mix streaming damaging assessment of mr. johnson's behavior during that whole time, where they said that his denials and explain the explanations was so disingenuous. even during the in

jonah, how has more not from the capital to the seen these by no familiar lead the location changes. this is crazy racine central ukraine, president below the music. lensky is hometown and in the early hours of tuesday morning, the target of a russian missile struck your personal so beautiful. i woke up from the 1st thing a week. one was in the went straight onto the balcony. then the 2nd explosion shot rolled over my head when i watched from my balconies the hot that'd be fellows left and i saw the 1st and 2nd tensions were on fire. police body cam foot each shows the celtic, often mouth survivors escaping a 5 story apartment building struck as they slipped some days. thousands injured and many dead messiahs and drones were i'm the targets across ukraine, including the capitol keys, where the defenses were able to intercept them. and those ukraine continues, it's counter offensive to retake occupied territory. it is likely more will come. the defense ministry says its policies have made modest advances on 3 from to the east and towards the south. 7 villages being taken back. it says

channels about it all in particular puts in a case study, showing a whole is reporting on this from keith jonah, so this counts are offensive, officially has begun. ukraine has not said military goals publicly for this operation. do you have a sense of what they are aiming for? oh, no, frankly, other than that, this is a long planned operation, months and months. in fact, in the planning with the intention simply of doing everything, they can the ukrainians with all the weaponry they could muster. and the new forces they've been able to train up to free up uh as much occupied to surgery as they possibly can. and turn the tables on the battlefield. i think the important thing to remember here is we don't know the plan. we are not going to be told. the plan that you find needs to be an extremely explicit about that they will not be providing a running commentary. they will be very key to maintain what they kind of operational secrecy and indeed the element of surprise on the battlefield. and we, and everyone else is simply going to have to wait and see what could be a. busy grinding campaign. so

jonah ho has more from ki as well, so we understand that trip is being postponed, possibly only for a matter of hours because of travel safety concerns. the blonde physical, situated in the upper east region, in territory controlled by russia since the early stages of the war is very close to the front lines. and so there will be concerns about getting there. it's not the 1st time though that they've been concerns about it, safety and security because of fighting that is often taking place nearby. but the most recent events that exacerbates those concerns is the breaching of the cutoff. cut them at what worries about water supply, but also about the integrity of that cooling reservoir. lead mr. girl 6. to want to go see the dangers he said for himself, he has a permanent team base there and he told a press conference on tuesday. the, the latest situation was a step in the wrong direction. ukraine says at least 3 people have been killed in a russian missile strike on the port city of odessa. it's the 2nd straight day of the tax on ukrainian cities. the regional administration says for

jonah, what's the latest on the current in counter offensive because the ukrainians are saying that they were taking several villages occupied by the russians. it, it, in terms of a wider accounts are offensive. how significant are these reported advances? it is difficult to put it into a wider context. these are the very early stages of the counter offensive. we don't know what the overall strategic plan may be. we certainly aren't going to be told at the defense ministry and it's daily briefing. reports at progress on various axis towards the city of black, moot, which was taken by russian forces just last month and also towards the south. but we're talking about small advance is measured in the sort of hundreds of meters at the time. 7 villages. they say they've been taken in a week 4 of those on the river code, the mockery, i late way of rush. it was accused yesterday on monday of having blown up a damn to try and slow the advance. we are told they are facing heavy resistance and indeed russian blog has a saying that a significant comforter attack was launched on monday in that mocke

jonah, how's good more fun cave of the 7 nation african piece initiative led by south africa's presidents, serial around the plaza and send the goals president mackey. so, originally in ukraine, by train from neighboring poland, a journey, no customer for visiting dignitaries, less ordinary was what happened next. as the delegation was being showed mass graves in the city of butcher west of keys a short distance away in the capital itself. an el rey deluxe sounded followed by loud explosions of air defenses as the ukrainian f. o says 12 russian cruise missiles was shocked at the sky. this was damage caused by folding debris, notes of keys. it's believe to be the 1st time, but besides the tax has targeted the capital ended surrounds why willed liters have been visiting. it is also the 1st time that any peace initiative has been brought before the leaders of those countries following talks with presidents the landscape . the delegation hates the russians to be president of that. do me a booty. we're here to listen to listen both to prison zalinski and tomorrow would have been listening to p

first we're going to go to keep an eye corresponded, jonah, how, let's talk about these air rates. first of all, we've been speaking over the last couple of hours about the fact that it is very unusual for these airbags to be happening during the rate, but particularly also when funding leaders are in the city. i guess we're not aware of another occasion when we saw the tact was actually launched by russia on keys and it's surrounds at the same time as it will lead to was actually visiting the capital that certainly via the net right the legs before but indicating this solid tax elsewhere in the country. so yes, a substantially unusual moment. these leaders just crossed into the country by trading from poland, an hour or 2 before they were on a visit to butcher, just west of the capital. he at keys where they were looking at a mass grave containing the remains of the victims of russian atrocities committed in the early stages of the war when they will have been aware of the el rey to let miss south incoming 12 annual we're told. and they will have been aware of the sound of anti ai

so as jonah was saying, the delegation of african leaders will be traveling to russell on saturday to meet the russian president vladimir putin. i'm person has been addressing a business for him and st. petersburg. he said that the ukrainian counter offensives in the southeast won't be successful. will you do me? my input? i mean, the slicing is ongoing right now. i think the armed forces ukraine's done no chance here, no chance, just like in other directions. right now, as we're talking, another attempt is being made in the so called primitive cut direction. in several areas. the enemy is trying to attack moscow based, or unless you will, yet shop of all over has more on what the president's have to say. a lot of criticism of the west and said, he said that i had the been a different administration in the us. russia would have been able to fulfill a peaceful settlement planning you, craig. he said that the war in ukraine was unleashed by the ukrainian regime would disapprove of the west back in 2014. but no one can. now the west winds rushes, the teacher defeats, and also according t

yeah, jonah, i mean until now we have evidence that rhonda is been back by. it's been by came to anticipate and contributing to the construct that is happening in the instance in the last people. but when it comes to your grandeur, the comment is government has been very clear about the position that to them to has in this conflict. because i mean, i think what the cumberland government have has these have been, uganda is a security interest because if we look at, for example, the operation she's adams that is being held by the u pdf together with the communist army in the producers of a tory and not careful, they're fighting against a n d a d, if. so, i mean the company is a government has, let's see, it's it clearly what the position of uganda eats in this conference. but also that this one is from this type of society. what's driving st. before in the growing in those regions, which are books where ok, bye, debate. the entrance it could be about that being said, things like that we used to see at the braces of, of different and such as of the neighboring c

but 1st, let's bring in jonah ho, joining us from the ukraine and capital keeps. so shown up to us more about what we're hearing about the fading near the front lines. lots of reports coming in in the last 24 hours also a particular evening. the last hour or 2, indicating what's been described as small, but increment to progress for ukrainian forces in these early days of the accounts are offensive at various points along the front line at focusing. it seems on southern don't that region the east on or near the border of south for regia region, which of course takes the front line further to the south east of down all the way to the seats of as of a military come on to see about some $25.00 separate battles that have taken place, particularly in the south of dullness donate region, but also including around the city of buck moved captured by the russians. of course, just last month and russian sources appeared to be confirming as well that they've sustained a tax to the south and northern flanks of that city of but moved on social media full of stores across tweet

jonah, what more do we know about what's been going on of the level of them allow them, is that in ski, restarting, in federal, bleak terms, the, to fighting in the don't that's region and specifically going on to say he will not give any further details. and that is very much the ukrainian line. now when it comes to questions about it's some counter offensive, some believe it's be gotten somebody, these are preparatory phases, you crate and says simply, but give a running commentary. some suggested language that we missed is elaine skis, comments, the talking specifically about a black moods of that town in the east of ukraine, seeing if some of the heaviest and longest bottles of the war, the russia said it had captured just last month. what he suggest, mr. zalinski, a fight back is on the way that our results. he said, as you heard him say that i'm grateful to those you've achieved those results well done in back. move to step by step, put indeed a little flash on that. a couple of days ago from the deputy defense minister in her situational briefing, she said back moved, that was t

from north devon, here's our environment correspondent jonah fisher. it looks nice from a distance.oblematic. people wading in bad water are going to pict up bacteria. eye infections and all that kind of things. infections and all that kind of thins. . ., , things. twice in the last five ears, things. twice in the last five years, contamination - things. twice in the last five years, contamination from | years, contamination from sewerage, dog faeces and agriculture meant the enviroment agency advising people not to swim. not a great advert for a town that relies on holiday—makers. advert for a town that relies on holiday-makers.- advert for a town that relies on holiday-makers. there is very much — on holiday-makers. there is very much a _ on holiday-makers. there is very much a community - on holiday-makers. there is very much a community fear about what would happen if the bathing water quality was re scinded. they care about the natural environment as well. the problems have attracted an innovative project, using cutting edge technology to try to clean things up. the river umber

and jonah, when one is with that extraordinary events of yes, they will actually make any difference to the wall that's being force in ukraine. so there's bound to be a degree of disappointment here in ukraine that they changes that so suddenly and tantalizingly seemed possible as the day wore on on saturday. didn't happen template though with a real awareness of what might be heavy of goodness, pray, goshen prevailed. he combines some of the bodies combat capable and experienced forces on the training front on he's not a man who would have simply tendencies back on the wall. remember, those events were being watched here in ukraine, with the same sense of author, astonishment as they would be watched all over the world without many other countries being able to claim that the consequences would it be fighters immediately and impactful they felt as here in ukraine and i think the sense that will link politically and militarily, and potentially providing a significant morale, boost to forces on the front plants is the sense of rushes, vulnerabilities exposed below the music. lensky sa

jonah, thank you very much. indeed, that's donna how bringing yourself to date from keys, where the audio saw is set it all as a minister of culture and historical heritage is also the presidential spokesman. and he says, african nations onto taking sides. and the main object you of this mission is to establish peace by the by starting to restore press between the button and it says, but it important, it is even comforter. so the, so as to provide to the fission image fits and then actually installed reading the applicant and head upstairs. so the mission offered big offices is to facilitate, were presented as an exchange between russia and ukraine. it would be a very wonderful step forward. and this mission was also on economic subject to much is so as it the specializes answer was, talk a release for the effectiveness of it using the train through the dynamic partnership. as you know, we are a little bit dependent on to reproduce it by the to the nations, the base rent, and then it didn't seem it kind of impacts. it is now ready to go in africa. so then we want to get from this mission.

so you international jonah, very well. welcome to you. it's always a great pleasure to have you on this program. i know you've been listening to the story here. why? why is it that we seemingly see a bit of a flip flopping narrative, but you know, with ukraine joining nice are ukraine. we'll join nato. ukraine. why don't join nato ukraine might join note it? well, let's just wait and see. well, why did it seem to be going back and forth like, don't, most of it has to do with politics of the day of present. zalinski was warned, as many of his numbers of administration were warned early last year, stop pushing for nato membership. and that was because it was never going to happen, particularly while there was a more on just like european union membership would not happen while there's a war and president. so in sky was advised that if you keep pushing these leaders, the statements will generally transition from conceptual from being a supportive and from being aspirational with inspirational. and if you push these 31 now 31 leaders to hard,

jonah fisher, bbc news. good luck to them. it's world environment day — led by the united nations.astic end up in lakes, rivers, and seas every year. australia's platypus is one of the animals at risk of being entangled by plastic. it is of course only found in australia. there is now a project to protect its population. earlier i spoke to gilad bino, from the centre for ecosystem science at the university of new south wales, who explained more. obviously, platypuses are a highly iconic species that is only found here in australia. plastic is a significant environmental concern, definitely. large plastic and rubbish in general. it is a problem for platypus is because of the way they forage, they close their eyes in our use highly specialised bills to forage for food in the water. and so as a result of this kind of foraging behaviour, platypuses are prone to getting plastic and rubbish tangled around their necks. that could lead to definitely strangulation and death. more broadly, microplastics are also a big issue. we don't know exactly the impact to platypuses, but microplastics c

but 1st, let's go to jonah hope joining us on the ukrainian capital case and tell us what more we're learning about the fighting near the front lines thrown off of the lots of reports over the last 24 hours with ukraine's ministry high. come on confirming that it's made modest gains at a number of points along the front line in the east and the south. we're not given a great deal in the way of detail about quite how those games are being achieved, or indeed what losses may have been suffered in the process, but they talk of some 25 separate battles taking place in the southern donuts region and on the boat, it was awful easy at region, also fighting around the block moved a little bit further north and don't. that's region either in attempts to retake that should be captured by the russians last month. or perhaps an effort to try and draw a russian forces a way to try and defend the social media telegram to it, to full stories and fixtures, put out by the military showing soldiers in a number of advantages, raising the ukrainian flag visa, very small settlements with names like lego

jonah, what's the latest on this counter offensive? what are you hearing about the fight of the what, what i'll tell you what limited amount of detail we have about the fighting in a moment. but for us to say that really isn't very much, and that is extremely deliberate. you kind of said it will not be providing a great deal of detail on what he's going on on the battlefield during this counter offensive. we know, of course, the count defensive has formerly begun to load them is that let's be said as much on the side today. he said he's generals already. i'm confident. along with them. we know a brand new brigades being built from scratch, 60000 troops with the nato supplied weaponry on an alternative intent on taking back as much occupied territory in the coming weeks perhaps months as they can. we don't know what the plan is. that is, of course, as well into intentional, entirely deliberate the last few days suggested instead of a single lightning striking any one direction the ukrainians adopted for a number of much smaller pushes a

jonah fisher, bbc news, in langstone harbour. this. such interesting work being done. everyone has the same reaction when you see what is happening. let's have a look at today's papers. the metro is one of many which reports on the stabbings in a park in south—east france. the paper also features an image of a man carrying a knife in the playground. the guardian also reports on the attack, but the lead photograph shows the world trade centre in new york shrouded in smoke. we will be talking about this in a moment. conditions causing real problems. the times carries the news that mortgage deals are being pulled by lenders, in a rush to raise rates. the paper says it's a blow to homeowners. and one of the most—read stories on the bbc news website this morning features a mountaineer who has carried a 100kg barbell on his shoulders up ben nevis. it was to raise money for the my name's doddie foundation, an mnd charity set up by the late former scotland rugby union international doddie weir. that is very impressive. i have learned two

jonah fisher, bbc news in north devon. fascinating report there.. the ban will come into force on the 26th ofjune. some households have had no water since monday because of supply problems. now, before we pause, some rather charming footage to show you of a remarkable athletic otter, which has learnt how to play basketball. juno is a 9—year—old rescue otter, living now at oregon zoo. as you can see, she has mastered the art of the slam dunk. staff at the zoo trained juno to play basketball several years ago, in order to exercise her elbowjoints and ease her arthritis. she has her own, custom—made basketball hoop — made of rock — and has become and as you can see, is making the most of her training facilities. i will spare you some of the pond is my director and producer were saying in my ear. we have headlines coming up in my ear. we have headlines coming up in a moment or two, don't go away. live from london. this is bbc news. a former university student is charged in the uk — with the murders of three people on the streets of nottingham on tuesda

face some criticism fulfilling to protect civilians from to how does the types of adjust resolution, jonah by funds will see the gradual withdrawal of 13000 troops on the mission. within 6 months, about january over many personnel would be evacuated and basis, dismantled, with more details, a local journalist sense of this report. and i started in use in the middle of the year in the district been give me so so far is unclear. and it's a set to, to be examined, the base value in the secluded cost money is calling affordably, you may get 2 weeks ago or a few minutes a month. however, frances insist on withdrawing the from is in the soon after 6 the most the end of this 3 of them are cool. money on, so i already, you're on the most me this month is little number needed in my mom is the one on, on the really the deployment of the news. and that has served no purpose when you have a problem and you need help. but the person who's supposed to help you isn't acting in good faith, you have to do without that help. when asked, we melons. i convinced that our problem dismentos smart because is the