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so this is the scene live in annecy.also expect that president macron will meet with a man who has been hailed a hero locally. he chased the attacker from the playground, and police were then later able to intercept him. he has also been meeting at the hospital in annecy with a man who was injured in the attack, an elderly man who was caught up in the attacks whilst trying to get away from the scene. he was stabbed by the attacker, and then later hit with a police bullet. we should stress all of them are now reported to be in a stable condition. so this is president macron their meeting with local officials in the town of annecy. you may know that that lies just on the border with switzerland and italy in the south—east of france. president macron yesterday describing the country in shock. local officials are saying the town is not prepared for these kinds of events. we know and we are starting to get more details of course about the attacker who as we said is in police custody. he was named as a syrian man, but one who

chantale, how is annecy going to come back from this?is going to be so difficult for people to process over the coming days. what is being done to help people? well, we've put in place some psychological help with a free phone number that people can phone. we also took into account the witnesses and the victims also, with the hospitals and with some doctors, so they could speak out. and we've done it also in a school, because there was a class that was doing their sport on that field during the attack, and so we've put the psychological help also in that school to help people to express and to try to find a way to help them, as we can. so, the phone number is on their website for the people. let's bring you some breaking news. in the last few minutes, we have been hearing from the mayor, you are watching their with the deputy mayor. the mayor told the french broadcaster bfm that the children are out of the operating room following this mornings attack, and for the moment their condition seems stable. so, that is at least some reassuring

it happened at a park on lake annecy in annecy, a little south of geneva, in annecy, a little south ofa, in eastern france. it happened this morning. one can imagine the scene, a sunny day out there. the children from a local school would have been taken out, presumably to play in the park. at around 9:45am, this man in his mid—40s wielding a knife started attacking them. and the detail of the attack, i don't really know other than the result of it was these injured children and may be a couple of adults as well. the man tried to escape but was stopped. i believe there was a shot fired by the police at his legs. he was overpowered and is in custody. the latest we understand is that he is a syrian man in his mid—40s and an asylum seeker. that is pretty much it at the moment. as you can imagine, the country is reeling with this news. there have been terrible attacks in the past, but for an attacks in the past, but for an attack to happen on children of such attack to happen on children of such a young age is of course something unprecedented and truly takes it to a new dimension. that un

let's cross live to annecy — where prosecutors are giving a news conference. to be talking about the man that carried out that attack. a syrian person with refugee status in france. at the moment the reports that we are getting is that police do not believe it was terror motivated, and that they were investigating that line. in terms of the victims, the victims of the knife attack, as you were saying, for children, for toddlers were attacked —— for mac children also, two pensioners were attacked. we don't know their current status at the moment, but we know that the toddlers are recovering. the british toddlers are recovering. the british toddler has done well from that surgery that they had to have, following that dreadful, devastating attack that happened in annecy last week. president macron visited the hospital, and spoke to families. we can across to that conference. translation:— can across to that conference. translation: ,., . ., translation: the police were alerted at 9:45am that — translation: the police were alerted at 9:45am that an _ translation:

there _ and in the police station in annecy. there does— and in the police station in annecy.otivation, at least apparently. we have no evidence as to terrorist — apparently. we have no evidence as to terrorist motivation. and what we are talking _ to terrorist motivation. and what we are talking about are for children and two — are talking about are for children and two adults and the children are in a severe — and two adults and the children are in a severe state and they are in intensive — in a severe state and they are in intensive care —— four children. one of the _ intensive care —— four children. one of the victims — intensive care —— four children. one of the victims has been lightly injured — of the victims has been lightly injured. the assailant... had a knife. — injured. the assailant... had a knife. so — injured. the assailant... had a knife, so the inquest is proceeding to determine the circumstances in which _ to determine the circumstances in which the — to determine the circumstances in which the police were using firearms _ which the police were using firearms

that is in annecy. the suspect is in custody. man who was seeking refugee status. young children and one elderly man attacked in this appalling incident in the french alps. we are awaiting a press conference from police and local authorities. we will bring that to you just as soon as we have it. now let's take you to ukraine. president zelensky has visited region of kherson, that's been devastated by flood waters after the collapse of a major dam. an official at kherson city's military administration says water is no longer rising in the city however a mass evacuation is still under way to get people areas already flooded, or at risk from rising waters. around 600 square kilometres of the southern region is now underwater after the kakhovka dam was destroyed. alongside the humanitarian, environmental and agricultural disaster, aid agencies are now warning that there is a growing risk from landmines that have been dislodged by the waters, and are now floating downstream. water continues to flood out of the dam's reservoir. in some

the distance between grenoble and annecy is just over one hour. distance between grenoble and annecynuel macron and his wife are visiting those who were injured in the stabbing. our correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. local officials have confirmed to us that all four children are now in a stable condition, although some are more seriously injured than others, and the elderly man who was also wounded in the attack yesterday is still believed to be critical. the focus really is now on trying to understand why this attack happened. prosecutors have, so far, not come up with a clear motive. they say they are not treating it as terrorism. they say the suspect was not known to intelligence services and doesn't have a history of psychiatric illness, although i think it is fair to say that questions are being raised about his mental state. he's thought to have been homeless. the interior minister has confirmed that an asylum application he made here in france was rejected just a few days ago. later today he is due to have a psychiatric assessment. in the meantime, the shock and an

this all happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps.ll aged three and under, were on an outing to a park, some in pushchairs. the attacker also stabbed an elderly man walking nearby, before he was overpowered by police. the french president, emmanuel macron, said the nation was in shock, calling it an act of absolute cowardice. phone images taken by witnesses show a bearded man in black knee—length shorts and top, wearing a bandana and sunglasses. france's president has tweeted. emmanuel macron said... the french prime minister, elisabeth borne, says the country is shaken by the attack and has given more detail about the suspect. we are talking about a syrian national who has refugee status in sweden. and who applied for asylum in france but this was overridden by the swedish one which dates from ten years back. this person in question has no criminal record. neither does he have any kind of psychiatric record. i have to say that we are talking here about infants, very young infants, who have been very seriously injured, and i think tha

i am being told these pictures are live from the scene in annecy.ast of the capital, paris, where we know that around half a dozen young children were in their pushchairs with a kindergarten group, when they were approached by a man, which we are being told by local police sources, was a syrian national who was claiming asylum. he approached them and then started stabbing and them and then started stabbing and the details are distressing, but started stabbing these young children in their pushchairs when they were with their childminders. two of

as you can see on the screen that is the scene right now in annecy.w it if you have visited, normally a picturesque lakeside town near the border with italy and switzerland. lilly on the front side of that border. we are expecting a press conference by the local mayor to take place. we want to get to believe it would be around 1230 uk time. we will keep a close eye on that and take you straight back their life as soon as we see that press conference get under way. the vatican says pope francis has spent a �*peaceful�* night in hospital in rome after abdominal surgery. 0fficials says the three hour operation went well, but they've cancelled all of the pope's commitments for the next ten days as a "precautionary measure". the bbc�*s sofia bettiza has this update from rome. we had an update from the vatican a short while ago. pope francis had a good night. he spent the night here at gemelli hospital where he has a whole apartment on the tenth floor. the vatican said it was a good operation. it lasted about three hours and there were no complications. yes

translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened _ translation: the prosecution service of annecyf annecy opened a judicial _ translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case - translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case for - of annecy opened a judicial case for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will be presented, he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital, and out of the four children, we have two french nationals, and the two others are a young boy who is in intensive care, because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. let's go live to france and get the latest from our correspondent hugh schofield. a lot of that was to be suspected, that the suspect was being preliminarily charged by a judge. yes. the question mark is completely over his state of mind. experts didn't recommend that he be given psychiatric care before criminal proceedings were begun. that hasn

she is in the town of annecy and witness the aftermath.e town of annecy and witness the aftermath.— the aftermath. i was approaching that end of _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i _ the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i saw - the aftermath. i was approaching that end of the lake. i saw and i that end of the lake. i saw and heard multiple police sirens and a helicopter about to land. i knew immediately that there was some very dire emergency situation happening. i stopped where i was at the corner of the park, near the lake, and started photographing. i observed channel 26 french tv person with their cameramen. the police were trying to keep bicyclists and people from approaching the scene. the scene was fairly far away from where i was standing. you could see it, but it was closer to the lake where the stabbing occurred in one of the public park areas. we the stabbing occurred in one of the

this is annecy. near the french alps.he french president, emmanuel macron, tweeted shortly after the attack. the french prime minister also spoke about the attack. translation: we are deeply shaken by this odious - and indescribable act, when children are involved people are touched with horror. and today, our whole nation is in shock. one of the children who was attacked was dutch. another british. uk foreign secretary james cleverly. we stand ready to support the french authorities in whichever way we can. also aware that one of the children injured was a british national. we have already deployed british consular officials who are travelling to the area to make themselves available to support the family. the deputy mayor of annecy, chantale farmer, has been updating us on the situation on the ground. they are devastated. they are really sad. they feel also some anger. so we share this with them. we try to answer to some questions that we can and we try to protect the children because we had schools around. so we locked

meeting with the interior minister and also the mayor of annecy.ritish child was one of the four children injured and also a dutch national. the attacker is in custody and an investigation has begun. some weather changes are now starting to take place. today really has been one of the same. today really has been more of the same, more of the weather we've become used to. early low cloud burning back towards the east coast and then some warm sunshine. but, down to the south west of us, you can see this lumpy cloud, some showers and some thunderstorms looming. and just ahead of that over the next few days, a feed of much warmer and much more humid air. i think you really will notice the difference. now, this weather is not going to be extreme or certainly unprecedented for the time of year, but it will feel very different, much warmer, much more humid by day and by night, with the chance of some thunderstorms. but it's back to the here and now. apart from the low cloud along the east coast, most of us will continue to see some sunshine, just one or t

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lucy williamson, bbc news, annecy.hi sunak has been at the white house for the first time as prime minister. he and joe biden have both emphasised the strength of the relationship between the uk and us. they announced an agreement called the "atlantic declaration", which they said would mean more cooperation on clean energy, supply chains for rare minerals, and artificial intelligence. our political editor chris mason is travelling with the prime minister, and sent this report. rishi sunak arriving at the white house this afternoon. here he is, always quite a moment, this, a british prime minister visiting the white house — especially a first visit. he's here to talk about ukraine and economic cooperation in a dangerous world, and a new deal to deepen economic ties. we're releasing a new plan to equip our economic partnership for the 21st—century. today, we have agreed the atlantic declaration — a new economic partnership for a new age, of a kind that has never been agreed before. prime minister, your aim as the conser

lucy williamson reports from annecy. today in annecy, toddlers were the targets.ives a glimpse of the horror. the suspect roaming among the slides and climbing frames. a knife clearly visible in his hand. we can't show you what happened next. four children, one of them british, were stabbed here in quick succession. some attacked in their pushchairs. local authorities have told us that all four children are now in a stable condition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was chased through the lakeside tourist spot by witnesses. before police intervened and arrested him. translation: all of a sudden, a lady says, run! _ run! there is a guy who is stabbing everybody all along the lake. he starts on children. run, run! i tell the cops, just shoot him, kill him. he is stabbing everybody. i see a mother with her children on the floor. her children are full of blood and the mother is crying. the suspect had refugee status in sweden and entered france legally last autumn. the french news agency afp is reporting he was recently divorced with a young child of his ow

lucy williamson, bbc news, annecy.ou the scene there live in annecy where you can see flowers led for those who are attacked. as we have said, very young children were the focus of the attacker yesterday was not reports suggesting he passed by a number of adults in the area just to reach those children. more details are emerging about the man who is now in police custody. we expect president macron to make a visit to that site a little later today. we will take you there live if there are further developments. to the us now where donald trump has been charged over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. his lawyer confirmed seven counts, including obstruction, making false statements and conspiracy, although they haven't yet been made public. it is the first time in us history that a former president has faced federal charges. mr trump says he's due in court in miami on tuesday and has defiantly protested his innocence. so trump has been indicted — but some of this is quite complicated. so l

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the attack is not being linked to terrorism. >> today in annecy, toddlers were the targets.ty of a summer playground shattered by a knife attack. this video gives a glimpse of the horror. the suspect roaming among the slides and climbing frames, a knife clearly visible in his hand. we cannot show you what happened next. four children, one of them british were stabbed in quick succession. some attacked in their push chairs. local authorities have told us all four children are now in a stable condition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was chased by witnesses. before police intervened and arrested him. >> all of the sudden, a lady says run, run, there is a guy stabbing everyone along the lake. he stabbed children. run! run! >> they tell the cops, shoot him, kill him, they are stabbing everyone. >> [speaking non-english language] >> the suspect had refugee status in sweden and entered france legally. a french news agency is reporting he was recently divorced with a young child of his own and had been living in a church. >> we are deeply shaken by this indescribable a

lucy williams him at the scene on that horrific story in annecy. i on the white house where british prime minister rishi sunak is going to be holding a news conference with us presidentjoe biden. nobody on the electrons just presidentjoe biden. nobody on the electronsjust yet. that presidentjoe biden. nobody on the electrons just yet. that news conference, though, is likely to cover a range of topics, including artificial intelligence, economic partnerships between the us and the uk, and of course, the situation in ukraine and western aid to the ukrainian government. and staying with ukraine, let's cross to ukraine and talk about the continuing fallout from tfallout from he breach of the karkhovka dam. water continues to surge down the dnipro river which divides russian and ukrainian—controlled territory. president volodymyr zelensky earlier visited kherson and appealed for international help with the rescue effort. thousands of people have already been evacuated from parts of the kherson region. efforts are still underway to move people from areas

lucy williamson, bbc news, annecy.by a thread" and that substantial reform is needed. in his annual report, the chief inspector of constabulary for england and wales says police forces are experiencing what he called "one of their biggest crises in living memory". i think we've seen a significant loss of trust and confidence in policing over the last few years. one reason being obviously the very high profile and scandalous issues that have happened involving serving police officers, but there's also an element of the public feeling that the police are ineffective at dealing with issues that really matter to them. more on this now from our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. and strong words there from the chief inspector of constabulary? yes, he is being very bold and i think he feels he needs to be because this really is a crunch time for the police. the scandal he was referring to there, we had the kidnap, rape and murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, wayne couzens, we had another met officer david carr

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two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday. lets hearfrom the regional prosecutor. translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case - for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital. and out of the four children, we have two french nationals and the two others is a young boy who is in intensive care because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. the regional prosecutor speaking earlier. our regional correspondent spoke to us earlier. what often happens in these cases is that this is all coming out through off—the—record briefings to journalists, and it requires then and it requires then a formal press conference like this to put it on record as established fact. you know, various details about the suspect, and also about the children. the children — obviously it is good news that they are all out of danger.

number of children and a man among the victims of a knife attack in the playground in the town of annecyave had news in the last few minutes from the mayor of annecy in the main news is that children who were taken in the hospital to be operated on who were thought to be in serious condition have now left the operating room and are in a stable condition. but also the playground has actually incredibly reopen. we had some pictures from the reuters news agency a little earlier showing the playground has reopened and parents have already taken their children there to play. as always more on that story on our website. an enduring myth has occupied a unique place in scottish folklore and is now 90 years since the first recorded sighting of the so—called loch ness monster. while the existence has not been verified, nessie has also become a symbol of the highlands as lorna gordon explains. the tranquil water of loch ness, home to a mythical monster said to be hiding in its depths. when things are flat calm on loch ness, you know, we can see for miles around. those who go out on boats here alway

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the lakeside gardens at annecy this morning, tranquillity shattered by horror.lers were watched by minders when a man with a knife appeared and began stabbing the toddlers, some in their push chairs. a witness caught this footage of the man running from the attack with a knife classed in his right hand. shortly after he was overpowered by police. i right hand. shortly after he was overpowered by police.- overpowered by police. i was approaching _ overpowered by police. i was approaching that _ overpowered by police. i was approaching that end - overpowered by police. i was approaching that end of- overpowered by police. i was approaching that end of the i overpowered by police. i m3 approaching that end of the lake. overpowered by police. i —.w3 approaching that end of the lake. i saw and heard multiple police sirens and a helicopter about to land. for these young children, innocent children, to be murdered, gravely injured on a beautiful summer day is just... it injured on a beautiful summer day is 'ust. .. . injured on a beautiful summer day is 'ust... . , inj

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.rosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case - for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital. and out of the four children, we have two french nationals and the two others is a young boy who is in intensive care because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. that was the regional prosecutor. i spoke to our paris corresponding hugh schofield with the latest. what often happens in these cases is that this is all coming out through off—the—record briefings to journalists, and it requires then a formal press conference like this to put it on record as established fact. you know, various details about the suspect, and also about the children. the children — obviously it is good news that they are all out of danger. the british girl, we are told, can probably leave hospital in the c

yesterday in annecy, playing the toddlers were turned into targets.of a study park shattered by a knife attack. this video gives a glimpse of the horror. the suspect running around the slides and climbing frames, a knife barely visible in his hand. we can't show you what happens next. four children, one of them british, was stabbed in quick succession. some attacked in their prams. local authorities have told the bbc that all four children are now in a stable addition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was traced through the lakeside tourist spot by witnesses before police detained and arrested him. i saw isaw him i saw him with a student on the floor, and they were crying. the suspect had refugee status in sweden and entered france legally last autumn. the french news agency afp is reporting he was recently divorced with a young child of his own and had been living in a church. translation: we are deeply shaken by this indescribable act. ~ . ., act. when children are involved, _ act. when children are involved, people - act. when children a

today in annecy, toddlers were the targets.of a summer playground shattered by a knife attack. this video gives a glimpse of the horror. the suspect roaming among the slides and climbing frames, a knife clearly visible in his hand. we can't show you what happened next. four children, one of them british, were stabbed here in quick succession, some attacked in their pushchairs, now in a life—threatening condition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was chased through the lakeside tourist spot. before police intervened to arrest him. translation: all of a sudden, a lady says, run, run! there is a guy stabbing everybody all along the lake. he stabbed some children, run, run! i tell the cops, just shoot him, kill him, he is stabbing everybody. him, kill him, he is stabbing everybody-— him, kill him, he is stabbing eve bod. ., everybody. the suspect had refugee status in sweden, _ everybody. the suspect had refugee status in sweden, meaning - everybody. the suspect had refugee status in sweden, meaning he - everybody. the s

today in annecy, toddlers were the targets.f the horror. the suspect roaming among the slides and climbing frames — a knife clearly visible in his hand. we can't show you what happened next. four children, one of them british, were stabbed here in quick succession. some attacked in their pushchairs. local authorities have told us that all four children are now in a stable condition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was chased through the lakeside tourist spot by witnesses. before police intervened and arrested him. translation: all of a sudden, a lady says, "run, run! - "there is a guy who is stabbing everybody all along the lake. "he stabbed some children — run, run!" i tell the cops, "just shoot him, kill him, he is stabbing everybody!" i see a mother with her children on the floor. her children are full of blood and the mother is crying. the suspect had refugee status in sweden and entered france legally last autumn. the french news agency afp is reporting he was recently divorced with a young child of his own, an

i want to take you to annecy very briefly.now by the mayor of annecy. we don't actually have translation for this press conference but i did speak to the deputy mayor bid earlier and she told me that the town is absolutely shocked with what has happened. what we know so far is that a 22—month—old child is amongst victims of this attack. a man with a knife attacked a group of children and a number of adults in a pack in the village of annecy. the attacker is according to police a 31—year—old syrian man who has refugee status in sweden but is currently residing in france. french authorities also say there is no evidence at all of any terrorist motivation to this attack. police also say they're currently investigating this man but apparently the information they have is that he has one child who is the same age as the children who had attacked. his child currently lives in sweden. sojust attacked. his child currently lives in sweden. so just to attacked. his child currently lives in sweden. sojust to bring attacked. his child cur

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.a judicial case i for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital. and out of the four children, we have two french nationals and the two others is a young boy who is in intensive care because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. doctors treating the pope say he's recovering well from surgery but they've advised him not to deliver his sunday blessing from the hospital balcony in rome to avoid putting strain on his abdomen. doctors say pope francis — who's 86 — has agreed to remain in hospital for at least all of next week. he underwent a three—hour operation to repairan abdominal hernia on wednesday. let's show you some light pictures coming in from colombia. an incredible story, you might have seen this and our bulletin, for my children were found alive after surviving a plane crash

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.eatening condition. let's hearfrom the regional prosecutor line bonnet—mathis. translation: the prosecution service of annecy opened a judicial case - for attempted murder. the prosecution service put the assailant in provisional custody, and this afternoon he was going to be taken to court and he will appear before the judge. the four children are still in hospital. and out of the four children, we have two french nationals and the two others, one is a young boy who is in intensive care because of two stabbings and abdominal injuries, and they had to operate on him. that was the statement from the regional prosecutor earlier. let's go live to france and get the latest from our correspondent hugh schofield. we heard from the prosecutor they're confirming, among many things that had already been reported. yes. confirming, among many things that had already been reported. yes, and what often happens _ had already been reported. yes, and what often happens in _ had already been reported.

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.ottest day of the year so far in the uk, at least three soldiers fainted in the scorching heat, during a royal military parade rehearsal. it happened as the prince of wales led rehearsals for the trooping the colour parade. the men who fainted were stretchered away, while two others had to be helped off the parade ground. here in washington, dc, us presidentjoe biden hosted the largest pride celebration in white house history, where he called for new measures to protect the lgbtq+ community. thousands of guests picnicked on the south lawn, listening to biden urge congress to pass the equality act, which would amend the 1964 civil rights act, and protect sexual orientation and gender identity in a similar manner to race, religion, sex and national origin. the entire community, especially to transgender children. you are loved. you are heard. you are understood. and you belong. attendees at the celebration included transportation secretary pete buttigieg, the first openly lgbtq person to

and the the emergency hospital and the emergency services that were at the scene very quickly in annecy in south—east france last week. well, let's head to the uk knife, where an amber heat health alert has been issued. as temperatures are predicted to hit 30 degrees celsius this weekend — that's 5 to 10 degrees celsius above normaljune temperatures. a yellow warning for thunderstorms is also in place which could cause disruption to travel, power cuts and some localised flooding from the heaviest showers. the temperature here is currently 23 degrees and it feels hot are standing underneath this sun but elsewhere, across the uk, we are expecting temperatures of up to 28, possibly 30 degrees. that is hotter than e peter and madrid at the moment and that is why an amber heat health alert is in place and what that means is that people of all ages are at first but particularly those over the age of 65 and some concern it could put pressure on the nhs. let's speak to a general manager at a care home. how are you coping there?— coping there? good afternoon, how are ou? coping there? good after

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.dition. on the hottest day of the year so far in the uk — at least three soldiers fainted in the scorching heat, during a royal military parade. it happened as the prince of wales led the colonel's review at horse guards parade. the men who fainted were stretchered away, while two others had to be helped off the parade ground. ukraine's president zelensky has confirmed that his country's counter—offensive against occupying russian forces, is under way. this week's escalation in fighting across the south and east of the country followed months of speculation as to when the counter attack might begin. the president was speaking after holding talks in kyiv with the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. from the capital, our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, reports. anotherforeign leader, canada's justin trudeau, pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. in town, and bearing gifts — £400 million of military assistance. and finally from president zelensky, an admission that ukraine is now on the att

macron is due to visit annecy later toda . ., ., macron is due to visit annecy later toda . ., ,, i.past few days about what is happening in ukraine. take us through it. good morning. you remember _ through it. good morning. you remember on _ through it. good morning. gm, remember on monday we saw video suggesting that ukrainians were on the move with images of armoured vehicles moving across open ground, some of them being attacked and destroyed. then attention was gripped by the situation down in kherson after the dam was blown up on tuesday morning. now we see attention once again on the situation along the front lines because it is clear now that ukraine's counteroffensive, long—awaited, and equipped with a lot of western equipment including tanks and armoured vehicles, is beginning to ramp up. we are seeing operations around bakhmut in the east. and in particular south of zaporizhzhia, we are seeing multiple efforts by the ukrainians to move forward, test russian defences and see where the weaknesses are and attempt to break through. the ultimate goal would be to break through h

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.e bonnet—mathis. i spoke to our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, who had the latest. what often happens in these cases is that this is all coming out through off the record briefings to journalists, and it requires then a formal press conference debated on record with established fact. you know, various details about the suspect, and also about the children. the children — obviously it is good news that they are all out of danger. the british girl, we are told, can probably leave hospital in the coming days. and about the suspect himself. it is confirming again what we knew about his background. some detail also about how he is behaving in custody. clearly, he is not cooperating, he is remaining silent and not talking to his questioners. and in some moments, curled up in the corner of his cell, not willingly coming to the hearing with the judge and having to be bundled by officers into the car, and so on. he is clearly a man in a troubled psychological state. and the other extra de

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least six people, including four children , were injured in a knife attack in the french city of annecy. three neighbor one-year-old syrian refugees attacked the group pupils of the kindergarten, who had a rest, accompanied by an adult in a park near the lake, among the victims there are children who were in wheelchairs, two aged 2-3 years, as well as one adult are dying for their lives. doctors here, for which earlier the man was denied asylum before police arrived on the scene and opened fire and wounded the perpetrator. he managed to hit an elderly man with a knife, the attackers were detained. wang xi has already held a rally of right-wing forces accusing the authorities of insufficient control over the safety of citizens, which, however, is not surprising, because the huge force of the police gendarmes is spent on suppressing rallies against pension reform. more than 30 organizations will take part in the exhibition today . the day of electric transport will be held for the fourth time and will bring together an industrial enterprise of a scientific organization and large car deale

two adults were also injured in a park in annecy on thursday.there are around 25 minutes to play in the champions league final between manchester city and inter milan in istanbul. manchester city were the firm favourites going into the game, but the italians have stuck to their game plan and chances have been few and far between. city are bidding to become only the second english side to complete the treble, having won the premier league and fa cup in the last few weeks. at the moment, the score is still 0-0 but at the moment, the score is still 0—0 but those are the fans watching and waiting as the game continues. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, it has been the hottest day of the year so far by a considerable margin. temperatures in parts of surrey up to 32 celsius, plenty of others not far behind, but with the heat we have seen showers and thunderstorms popping up. a band of cloud and showery rain pushing in from the west and some intense thunderstorms across parts of the midlands, drifting up to north—east wales and north—west england.

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alaphilippe, but said afterwards that "cycling doesn't really matter", following the knife attack in annecy minute from australia's ben o'connor, with three stages to go. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. love it or loathe it, a spell of very warm weather's upon us — but what will be less desirable, i think, is the level of humidity, which will become particularly noticeable over the weekend. one thing that we do need is rainfall, and we haven't had much of it recently, and we are expecting some showers and thunderstorms through the course of the weekend. through the course let's have a look at the satellite picture — and you'll soon see the sun setting over the storm clouds here out towards the south. initially, these storms will be very well—scattered, so not many of us will actually get them. but it's that humid air to the south that'll start arriving, i think, friday night into saturday, and then through sunday. that'll also keep the nights really balmy, so some pleasant

barkova was born over the mountain in the gour channel one, sochi the police of the french city of annecy detained a syrian who attacked parents with children in the park it all happened on the playground, according to eyewitnesses, the refugee grabbed a knife and rushed at the children screaming, according to the latest data, eight kids were injured , half of them were seriously injured. two critically injured elderly man about the attacker is also known that he received refugee status in sweden shell, left the french prime minister minister of the interior. already up to 4,000 hectares, more than five times the area of ​​natural fire in in the egoryevsky district of the altai territory in the morning, the ministry of emergency situations was introduced there to extinguish ; they were attracted by a phoebe 200 plane; for fish up to 20 m / s and hot weather in the thermometer rose to thirty-eight degrees. vladivostok is recovering after the rampant elements on the primorsky capital the downpour that the street instantly flooded along the roads flowed stormy. threads. here are the shots th

to france now where a man with a knife has attacked nursery school children in the french town of annecy; two are in a critical condition. the police have described the alleged attacker as a syrian man with refugee status in sweden. it's not currently being linked to terrorism. the french parliament held a minute's silence when news of the stabbings emerged. the country's prime minister, elisabeth borne is on her way to the scene. prosecutors in the us have reportedly told lawyers for donald trump, that he is the target of an investigation into his handling of classified documents at his florida residence. analysts say it is the clearest sign yet that prosecutors are moving closer to charging the former president. the bbc�*sjessica parker has more from washington. federal prosecutors have sent donald trump's legal team what's known as a target letter. that's according to us media. what's a target letter? well, it essentially informs someone they are the target of an investigation. in this case, the investigation into the handling of classified documents, the transfer of files to donald t