meanwhile, the russian newspaper which had given arkady babchenko his first reporter'sjob given arkadyirst reporter's job concluded that the dissident journalist could reporter's job concluded that the dissidentjournalist could not have given the kremlin a bigger presence if he wanted to. what does that mean? ukraine and the west readily accuse russia, and not without reason, of spreading disinformation and fake news. now russia can claim it is the victim of a fake news story and use that to try to question the credibility of a whole string of accusations that have been levelled at moscow. in fact that has already started. tonight russian tv likens the resurrection of arkady babchenko to the recovery of sergei skripal and his daughter. it is a clear message, it is all fake news. steve rosenberg with the latest reaction in moscow. the final commemoration hearings for the victims of the grenfell tower fire have been taking place at the public inquiry into the disaster. one family paid tribute to a grandfather who sheltered several people from the blaze in his top—floorflat, describing hi

good news arkady babchenko is alive. but it shows the disdain disregard of truth and reality that we've seen in russia's actions and it's now more infectious. it's penetrating ukraine as well. this is absurd dy becoming reality maybe. this is not out of a plot of a thriller. this is out of plot of george orwell. you know, staging an operation, declaring somebody is dead who is not, this is fake news. and there's no two ways about it. i'm unconvinced about how a potential assassin would declose something after the authorities declared that he was dead that he wouldn't disclose before. to do this also in a few days after the investigation report from the dutch authorities into the death of 298 people who died for real, totally innocent victims of mi-17. they wrote an open letter saying we are real. russian is trying to engage in this truth, if you like. and this is an insult to all of those, an insult to journalists trying to see through the fog of war and information. it's an insult to those who are dead and an insult to

an investigation is now under way into arkady babchenko's death.to a tar getted murder related to his work as a journalist. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking about the shooting and called the ukrainian reaction ‘very sad'. translation: another tragedy happened yesterday in kiev. arkady babchenko was murdered. shot at the entrance of his own home. the ukrainian prime minister is already talking about how it was done by russian secret services. an investigation has not yet begun. but now it probably will. this fashion of conducting international affairs is very sad. we have had further condemnation from the kremlin, condemning the killing of arkady babchenko in the ukraine and calling for a real probe into his murder. let's talk to our correspondent. i know you actually knew arkady babchenko. tell us what your links were. we were both reporters, war reporters and conflict reporters, we met in one of places in ukraine during the uprising and we met on several times. we have many friends in common. we were not close friends. but

it seems arkady babchenko had not even informed his wife about this plan. is it clear why?because the first thing he did when he appeared at that press conference was apologised to her for putting her through all this. his colleagues did not know either. and even some top ukrainian officials have yet to be informed about its operations. the a nswer informed about its operations. the answer is they wanted to keep it secret, because they felt like they need to catch the murder and they needed the mastermind of this crime to be absolutely sure that babchenko was killed. are there likely to be lasting implications for human? he could be under threat and presumably other projection now for some considerable time. gas. the president promised a round—the—clock security for yana president promised a round—the—clock security for ya na lyushnevskayia president promised a round—the—clock security for yana lyushnevskayia —— yes. considering he is not the first high profile target of an assassination, it appears that there is still a danger for other russians living in ukraine, just two

this was the scene last night outside arkady babchenko's apartment. n assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr babchenko's death seemed another chilling example of the way the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it's calculated, deliberate, international terrorist crime. this morning, we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who were quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between russia and ukraine. a steady stream of anti—kremlin figures had been assassinated on kiev‘s streets, but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared dead, he was brought forward very much alive to gasps at a press conference. colleagues at his tv channel responded — as you might expect — in amazement

jonah: this was the scene last night outside arkady babchenko's apartment. ukraine police had announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr. babchenko 's death seemed another chilling example of how the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. >> date is calculated. deliberate international terrorist crime. atah: this morning we were the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had a no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who are quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between the russia and ukraine, a steady stream of anti-kremlin figures have been assassinated on kiev's streets. but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared forward was brought very much alive to gasps at a press conference. channeles at his tv respond

one of russia's best—known investigative journalists, arkady babchenko, has been shot dead at his homerainian capital, kiev. mr babchenko was a vocal critic of the kremlin, and ukraine hasn't ruled out russian involvement in his murder. russia's foreign ministry says journalists are being killed with impunity in kiev — and has demanded a prompt investigation. arkady babchenko was one of russia's best—known investigative journalists. an outspoken critic of the kremlin, as well as russia's actions in syria and eastern ukraine, the 41—year—old claimed he'd suffered a campaign of harassment and feared for his life in his home country. that, he said, led him to move to ukraine last year. and it was at his apartment block in the capital, kiev, where the 41—year—old was shot and fatally wounded. his wife told the police she was in the bathroom when she heard gunfire. she found her husband lying in a pool of his own blood. he's been shot in the back and died in an ambulance a short time later. of course, it's about finding out who was behind it and, as i have said, it's too early to say. we se

arkady babchenko, seen here in a news conference today, was said to have been shot dead. now the ukrainians say it was staged to expose russian agents. translation: as far as i know, this operation was prepared over two months. i was made aware one month ago. it was made aware how the guys worked, how they dug things up like buffaloes. we'll have the latest from kiev and moscow on this remarkable turn of events. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the grenfell tower inquiry hears of a grandfather who sacrificed his own life to shelter six people in his top—floor flat. the transport secretary severely criticises the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables. belgian police say the gunman who killed three people in liege yesterday killed someone else the night before the attack. a court hears allegations that a former youth football coach in southampton and peterborough was a "serial abuser of teenage boys" for many years. and the american comedian roseanne barr apologises for a racist tweet which abruptly ended her television show. it's five o'clock. our m

arkady babchenko is back on facebook and has been reacting to press.said, you want good, give me a uk passport and protection and then you can lecture me on how to save my family. 0ur correspondent from bbc ukrainian service, anastasiya gribanova is in kiev. has there been any explanation as to why the crainey and set up this sting operation to try to draw out the assassins? that is the question which many in ukraine have been asking. the only explanation which the ukrainian security services give, is that they had no other option other than keep it a big secret to make this operation successful. the primary goal was allegedly to expose hit men from russia who were trying to pay a contract killer in ukraine to commit the murder of arkady babchenko. the ukrainian security services said they knew there was a plot, an attempt of murder against arkady babchenko being planned, allegedly all the evidence was it was coming from russia. in order to make it happen, to make the operation successful, they had to contact arkady babchenko to keep it a big secret fr

i was structuring that interview just how raw and emotional arkady babchenko is.think on a personal note most people would understand why he took the decision that he did to participate in this fa ke that he did to participate in this fake plot. there are broader questions, though, for the ukrainian authorities, having devised this plot, their credibility is very much in doubt. for at least 2a hours they had this fake news story going around without it being correct it. soi around without it being correct it. so i think there will be broader ramifications here. the next time something very serious happens here, perhaps someone is killed, perhaps the ukrainian authorities want to explain something to the wider world, the first question people will be asking is they sure this is for real, are they sure this isn't another babchenko? the time is just coming up to 6:15pm. our top story this evening. a crack—down on high cost lending on domestic appliances, the financial watchdog wants to cap the amounts charged. and still to come. another day of disruption for rail pas

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this was the scene last night outside arkady babchenko's apartment. e's police had just announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr babchenko's death seemed another chilling example of the way the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it's calculated, deliberate, international terrorist crime. this morning, we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who were quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between russia and ukraine. a steady stream of anti—kremlin figures had been assassinated on kiev‘s streets, but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared dead, he was brought forward very much alive to gasps at a press conference. colleagues at h

authorities blamed russia because the dead man, arkady babchenko, was a strong critic of the kremlin.ut today he showed up alive and well at a press conference. ukrainian security services explained that babchenko's was staged to foil a real plot to murder him. reporter: back from the dead. the allegeged attack that hass supposedly left him dead was all staged. >> i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she has gone through. reporter: on tuesday evening, ukrainian police said arkady babchenko had been shot deadd outside his home in kiev. the russian born journalist hahs been working as a presenter in ukraine since last year. prior to that, he worked at a newspaper critical of the kremlin. he left russia after receiving threats. the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agents said his -- staging his death was necessary to capturing those behind the plot. this man is said to have received $40,000 from russia to plan babchenko's murder in ukraine. >> they presented documents with the photo from my passport. this photo is only available in my passport and at th

arkady babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian channel atr tv.. and the ukrainian prime minister described the journalist as a true friend of ukraine, he told the truth about russian aggression. an investigation is now under way in the mr babchenko's death. police in kiev say the evidence points to a targeted murder related to his work a journalist. caroline rigg e, targeted murder related to his work ajournalist. caroline rigg e, bbc news. —— rigby. political upheaval in italy has prompted a slump in global stock markets. investors are worried that another election could strengthen the mandate of eurosceptic parties — threatening the future of the eurozone. a vote within months seems likely if anti—establishment parties — as promised — block the appointment of an interim government. the man appointed to lead it has suspended talks about an interim cabinet until tuesday morning, as our correspondent james reynolds reports now from rome. if you'tr heading to the president's palace this week in italy, it's probably not good news. carlo cottarelli,

arkady babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian channel, atr tv.ews of his death. and the ukrainian prime minister volodymyr groysman described the journalist as... "a true friend of ukraine, who told the truth about russian aggression." an investigation is now under way into mr babchenko's death. police in kiev say the evidence points to a targeted murder, related to his work as a journalist. caroline rigby, bbc news. a gunman has killed three people, including two female police officers, in a suspected terror attack in the belgian city of liege. he was later shot dead by police. it's believed the man had been released from prison on monday and some reports suggest he was on a police watchlist. this report by our europe correspondent damian grammaticas does contain some flash photography. gunfire, mid—morning and suddenly confusion. on boulevard d'avroy, people scrambled to get away. within minutes, police armed response teams were on the scene. a man with a knife had attacked two policewomen, grabbed their guns, and shot them dead in the street,

arkady babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian channel, atr tv.e ukrainian prime minister described the journalist as: "a true friend of ukraine, who told the truth about russian aggression." an investigation is now under way into mr babchenko's death. police in kiev say the evidence points to a targeted murder, related to his work as a journalist. caroline rigby, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news now. it's now thought more than 4000 people died when hurricane maria hit puerto rico last september, dwarfing the original estimate of just 64. a study by harvard university found mortality rates in the us territory went up by 60% in the months after the disaster. many of the deaths were due to interruptions in medical care, power shortages and blocked roads. starbucks closed all of its 8,000 stores in the us for an afternoon on thursday in an effort to tackle racial bias. it hoped to train staff to avoid discriminating against customers after an incident last month, where a branch manager in philadelphia called th

at some point there was a press conference in kiev for arkady babchenko as he showed up very much alive. he confirmed this was all part of the operation by the ukraine intelligence service. they got wind of what they say was a russian controlled plot to kill babchenko. they say the only way they could have prevented that plot and try to find the people behind it was to stage this man's death. >> i would like to apologize for what you had to go through. i buried friends many times. it is a sickening feeling when you bury colleagues and forced them to experience this. >> reporter: even babchenko's wife did not know about the fact he was part of the operation. he came forward and apologized to her for what he called the hell she had been going through in the time she thought he was dead. ukrainians are calling this a brilliant operation. they are very, very happy. the russians, for their part, absolutely fuming. they ripped into the ukrainian. >> fred, what a story. >> wow is right. to reiterate. sorry, honey, i faked my own death and didn't tell you. please let me know if you ever apologi

two days after he was supposedly assassinated, arkady babchenko has got a lot of explaining to do.assassination? translation: they put make—up on me, the blood used was real. everything was done for real. my wife called the police so the special police came and emergency services as well. they took me to the morgue and until i was through the gate i had to pretend to be dead. arkady hid at the morgue and then a safe house while outside his apartment his friends mourned. and the ukraine's security service arrested a man who they say is a russian agent with plans to assassinate russians in kiev. did you have some misgivings about taking part in a huge fake like this? translation: my dear friend, let me put it like this, when the security service come to you and say there is an order out for your murder, are you going to stay proud and say, no, i will not take part because it is going to hurt the media's reputation. come on. but as a journalist can you see how this episode can erode trust in basic information and the work ofjournalists? translation: ok, what choice did i have? what wo

[laughter] jonah: two days after he was supposedly assassinated, arkady babchenko has a lot of explaining to do. can you talk us through what happened on the night of the fake assassination? arkady: they put makeup on me. the blood used was real. everything was done for real. my wife called police. andspecial police came, emergency services, too. they took me to the morbid, and that took me to the -- they took me to the morgue, and until i was through the gates, i had to pretend to be dead. jonah: arkady hid at the morgue and then a safe house while outside the apartment his friends mourned and ukraine security service arrested a man who they say is a russian agent with plans to assassinate russians in kiev. did you have misgivings about taking part in a huge fake like this? arkady: my dear friend, let me put it like this -- when the security service comes to you and says that there is an order out for your murder, are you going to say, "no, i won't take part because it will hurt the media's reputation"? come on. jonah: but as a journalist, can you see how this episode will erode trust in

19 hours previously, arkady babchenko was announced dead, most likely assassinated by russians. as back, with a lot of explaining to do. mr babchenko of course had not been assassinated, but had in fact been a willing participant in a security service operation. translation: i would like to express big thanks to the security service of ukraine for saving my life. as far as i know, preparations for this operation had been carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. outspoken and a fierce critic of vladimir putin, it seems yet another example of the long arm of the kremlin taking out its opponents wherever they live. this was the scene outside mr babchenko's home in kiev last night as the police announced that the famous russian journalist had been shot in the back and killed. friends queued up to pay their tributes, glowing obituaries were written, and politicians lined up to appoint and politicians lined up to point an angry finger at russia. we were told a man with russian links had wanted to arrange the killing of mr babchenko, but had now been arrested. quite where

it is absolute jubilation from his colleagues when they realised arkady babchenko was alive.et service also say they have in custody a ukrainian man who was allegedly paid $40,000 to kill arkady babchenko. so why was he a target? well, the 41—year—old is a prominent investigative journalist who has worked for many news organisations, including the bbc. he's also an outspoken critic of the kremlin and vladimir putin, and has received death threats in the past. he fled to live in ukraine, when he decided he was no longer safe in russia. the tensions between russia and ukraine are already extremely high because of russia's annexing of the crimean peninsula. so it was no surprise that within hours of the news of his supposed death, the ukrainian prime minister blamed the so called "russian totalitarian machine" for it. russia hit back, saying "bloody crimes" had become routine in the kiev regime. well, now russia has said the news that babchenko is alive is "the best news", but added ukraine has used his story as propaganda. with hindsight, there were some clues. this tweet by th

they are of course referring to russian journalist arkady babchenko, who was reported murdered in kievell at a press conference about his own killing. the tabloids are having a field—day with this story, the sun's tongue—in—cheek headline reads "you only live twice". the new york times front page features a story on italy. "eu quivers as tumult in italy rocks markets". the article goes into detail about the impact italy's political instability is having on markets around the world. the daily telegraph leads with a story about sexism in the workplace. it says a government—backed review claims some bosses of ftse companies are deliberately keeping women out of the boardroom. the business insider features a story about the latest yougov poll on brexit. it says the majority of people in the uk now believe the decision to leave the european union was wrong. they say the british public have "bregret". and finally, the guardian has the latest from the roseanne scandal the american comedian sparked widespread anger after she sent a racist tweet on tuesday. she's since partly blamed her behavio

so most papers tonight leading with images of the journalist arkady babchenko at a press conference thatcted to be a very sombre briefing dia, we'll start with the eye. fascinating picture there. really fascinating, the whole story is fascinating, the whole story is fascinating and it let everybody involved completely gob smacked. we can't seem to get our hats around it at all. on tuesday we had the vetera n war at all. on tuesday we had the veteran war journalist at all. on tuesday we had the veteran warjournalist had been killed, and lots of detail release as well saying that his body was found by his wife at their door in —— on the stairwell i think, three shots to his back etc. and on wednesday, there was this, we had condolences from his relations and collea g u es condolences from his relations and colleagues even boris johnson, condolences from his relations and colleagues even borisjohnson, our foreign secretary was tweeting how horrible it was an yet another russian journalist today press conference was called, and he was presented there, and it was all claimed to have been a ho

i'm sorry, but there were no other options. >> reporter: this was the reaction from arkady babchenko's colleagues after he turned up alive on tv. babchenko was critical of russian actions in ukraine and syria and left russia in 2017 because of threats to his life. he wrote about his experience suffering what he called political harassment and putin's russia in an essay published by britain's guardian newspaper in 2017. russian officials fuming after the ukrainians revealed the staged assassination. kiev in the situation with the alleged attempts to kill babchenko committed a stupid provocation against russia and is now disgraced in the eyes of the world, a russian lawmaker said. kiev is celebrating what they believe was a successful intelligence operation and that journalist arkady babchenko is still alive. and wolf, it's not totally clear who exactly two people are who were arrested by the ukrainian authorities. one of them might be the potential hitman. another might be the people who ordered all this. the ukrainians say they're still investigating but also say they believe despite t

two days after he was supposedly assassinated, arkady babchenko has got a lot of explaining to do.ke—up on me, the blood used was real. everything was done for real. my wife called the police said the special police came my wife called the police so the special police came and emergency services as well. they took me to the morgue and until i was through the gate i had to pretend to be dead. arkady hid at the morgue and then a safe house while outside his apartment his friends mourned. and the ukraine's security service arrested a man who they say is a russian agent with plans to assassinate russians in kiev. did you have some misgivings about taking part in a huge fake like this? translation: my dear friend, let me put it like this, when the security service come to you and say there is an order out for your murder, are you going to stay proud and say, no, i will not take part because it is going to hurt the media's reputation. come on. but as a journalist can you see how this episode can erode trust in basic information and the work ofjournalists? translation: 0k, what choice did

at some point during the day, a press conference where arkady babchenko allegedly been killed, showedp. he was very much alive. he confirmed this was part of the operation by the ukrainian intelligence services. they got wind of the russian plot to kill babchenko. they say the only way they could have prevented that plot and tried to find the people behind it was to stage the man's death. >> firstly, i would like to apologize for what you had to go through because i have buried friends and colleagues many times. it is a sickening feeling when you bury your colleagues. you are sorry they forced you to experience. >> reporter: interestingly, even babchenko's wife did not know he was part of the operation. he came forward and apologized to her for what he called the hell she had been going through in the time that she thought he was dead. ukrainians are calling this a brilliant operation. they are very happy. russians absolutely fuming. they ripped into the ukrainians. calling it russo-phobic attacks. dave and christine. >> sorry, honey, for faking my death. >>> ahead, the stanley cup fi

arkady babchenko. this time yesterday morning, we were announcing his death.tly announced that he wasn't dead and apparently this was a plot by the ukrainian secret service to save his life form what they say was a threat. yeah, back from the dead. looking very much alive on most of the front pages. the front page of the daily mail. they focus on the energy users. millions face paying £100 a month heating and lighting after the last of the big six energy firms hike tariffs. a revisit constantly. a totally different story leading the front page of the daily mirror. they claim they have uncovered papers that show british pilots were deliberately exposed to radiation in cold war nuclear experiments. they say they have documents to prove that. i know that one of the money stories is our lead story this morning. yes, we're looking at the financial conduct authority looking into lending. this one jumped conduct authority looking into lending. this onejumped out at me. do you want to do the front and i will do the inside? these are the excuses some of the biggest com

alive and well, the russian journalist and prominent kremlin critic, arkady babchenko, appearing at awn death nearly 20 hours after he had been reported to have been shot and killed. these were his colleagues at the ukrainian tv channel where he worked. translation: first, i would like to apologise for what all of you had to experience, and what you had to get through. i have buried friends and colleagues many times and i know this sickening feeling. i'm sorry you had to experience it, but there was no other way. in an astonishing turn of events, it soon emerged mr babchenko had been a willing participant in the security service sting, that we are told aimed to foil a russian plot to kill him and up to 30 other people. one person has now been arrested. but as mr babchenko met ukraine's president, relief that he was alive had already turned to debate about the ethics of the operation. i think that our security services have worked very specifically under their mandate and they have carried out their responsibilities professionally. also, we have to understand that when we are trying to

arkady babchenko has got a lot of explaining to do. put make-up on me, the blood used was real. everything was done for real. my wife called the police, so the special police came, and emergency services, too. they took me to the morgue, and until i was through the gates, i had to pretend to be dead. arkady hid at the morgue and then a safe house, while outside his apartment his friends mourned, and ukraine's secret service arrested a man, who they say is a russian agent with plans to assassinate russians in kiev. did you have some misgivings about taking part in a huge fake like this? my dearfriend, let me put it like this, when the security service come to you and say there is an order out for your murder, are you going to stay proud and say no, i won't take part, because it will hurt the media's reputation? come on. but as a journalist, can you see how this episode can erode trust in basic information and the work ofjournalists? ok, what choice did i have? what would you choose in my place? and what of arkady‘s wife? at the press co

arkady babchenko was an outspoken critic of president putin and left russia last year, saying he feared his life. kiev‘s police chief said evidence pointed to a targeted murder. it's emerged that the man who killed two women police officers and a civilian in belgium was on day release from prison. benjamin herman reportedly converted to islam while injail and was on a security list. police also suspect him of the murder of a former associate — who was found dead at his home. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. my guest believes the gulf between islam and the west is widening and that westerners see the religion as something to be feared, rather than understood. he's the british writer and commentator, ed husain, who spent several years as a member of the radical islamist group, hizb ut—tahrir. he then turned his back on jihadism and has written about his own personaljourney, as well as trying to explain why people join extremist groups. well, now he's calling on moderate muslims to reclaim their religion from the extremists, but is he oversimplifying a

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arkady babchenko, had lived.me back into the office, we started processing it. targets here in kiev. that was jonah fisher there. posed by putin's russia. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. news. what did you make of today's events? hello, good evening. journalist, is not dead and that is absolutely fantastic news. absolutely fantastic news. successfully, at least in the short—term. short—term. because i think there's a whole of questions that arise out of this. questions that arise out of this. killing this way in order to catch the perpetrators? the perpetrators? it's not clear yet what that was necessary. what that was necessary. about mr babchenko, it went through a hours... a hours... they think this is another stunned by the ukrainian authorities? by the ukrainian authorities? will they really believe this is another murder. another murder. will basically take these in the future? these in the future? -- will they basically scream "fake news". basically scream "fake news". screen does not really true

no one could accuse arkady babchenko of lacking courage.became a war correspondent. with russian forces in ukraine and syria, his coverage was fearless and outspoken in its criticism of vladimir putin. it made him powerful enemies and early last year he fled russia to ukraine, fearing for his life. sadly, kiev proved no safer. on tuesday night, mr babchenko was shot several times in the back as he returned to his apartment from the local grocery store. it has all the hallmarks of a clinical assassination, and his friends have no doubt who's behind it. translation: he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing, and if it wasn't dangerous for them, if they didn't care about it, well, they wouldn't have killed him. it's calculated — deliberate international terrorist crime, committed on direct instructions from the russian authorities. the ukrainian authorities have echoed that view in more circumspect terms. russia has called for a full investigation. translation: the ukrainian prime minister is a

arkady babchenko says the deception involved pigs blood and a makeup artist to make it look real.d was real, everything was done for real. my wife called the police but the special police came and also emergency services and they took me to the morgue and i had to pretend to be dead until i was through the gates. did you have misgivings about taking part in a huge fight like this? —— fake. misgivings about taking part in a huge fight like this? -- fake. my dear friend, huge fight like this? -- fake. my dearfriend, let me put it like this, when the security service come to you and said there is an order out for your murder, you going to stay proud and say no, i would take part? come on. —— i won't take part? on tuesday, the ukrainian authorities said arkady babchenko had been gunned down at his apartment block, and suggested russia was responsible. on wednesday, this was the moment he was back from the dead. they concocted the plan after receiving intelligence that there was a real plot to assassinate him, deciding to fake his death in order to expose russian agents. ukraine's secu

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but the craziness reached a new level today, with the exiled russian journalist arkady babchenko apparently dead for 19 hours and a0 minutes, only for him then to pop up alive and well at a press conference. the assassination was just a cunning plan from the ukrainian security forces, designed to flush out real plotters. the ukrainians seemed pretty happy with it — babchenko's alive, a man has been apprehended and, they say, a plot to kill up to 29 other people has been thwarted. but at a cost. the sting ended up proving the russians don't always lie — they were speaking the truth when they said they hadn't done it. so it's a propaganda victory for them and indeed, for anyone with a batty theory about anything. but as i say, babchenko is alive, and it remains true that a suspiciously large number of russian journalists have been killed. mark urban has been looking at the curious developments of the last 27 hours. when his death was announced yesterday there was an outpouring of emotion. people live tributes near the home of babchenko in kiev, as became clear when the victim turned up this a

arkady babchenko was one of russia's best—known investigative journalist. best—known investigative journalist life in his own country. country. the 41—year—old was shot and fatally wounded. wounded. gunfire and found her husband lying in a pool of his own blood. in a pool of his own blood. been shot in his back and died in an ambulance a short time later. ambulance a short time later. course, it's about finding out who was behind it. was behind it. and, as i've said, it's too early to say. it's too early to say. babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian channel, 80 are tv. the ukrainian channel, 80 are tv. this is how the station broke the news of his death. news of his death. ukraine who told the world the truth about russian aggression. about russian aggression. investigation is now under way into mr babchenko's death. mr babchenko's death. say it points to a targeted murder relating to his work as journalist. in a suspected terror attack in the city of liege. he was later shot dead by police. and some reports suggest he was on a police watchlist. and a warning, it does contain some

essentially it seems to be that arkady babchenko was moved to keep after threats towards his life. ukraine security says they found out that there was an assassination plot and a gave them months warning and stage this elaborate hoax and including does, even his wife and family did not know. imagine him going on tonight to explain to his wife how he faked his own death and why as well, but i think it's actually really bad thing for journalists or trust in journalism, because they are below bin collectors and estate agents in terms of how people trust in what we do in our professions, and the idea that a very prominent journalist has been critical of the kremlin and latimer boudin was —— blogger boudin was about, looks like a stage prop ina was about, looks like a stage prop in a russia can save big news no matter what it is now, and we have seen people from their russian state comparing this to the attack in salisbury. different matter, so although the whole thing is amazingly pulled off, i do wonder if it's a bad thing for our profession generally. the art playing with pr and it c

>> well, well, arkady babchenko turning up alive on ukrainian television. let's go straight to frederick pleitgen. it turns out this guy faked his death to take down a team of russian assassins. can you connect the dots for me? >> reporter: that's what he says. i can tell you, brooke, it was one of the crazier days i've witnessed here. in moscow and generally here in this region, it seems as this was all staged by the ukrainian intelligence service together with the journalists, arkady babchenko, now, he and -- they say they uncovered a plot to directed by the russians. was the ukrainians are saying that money had already beenpaid. they say that the only way that they found to stop this plot and apprehend those behind us was to stage this man's death. and brooke, this really seemed to involve not just the intelligence service but pretty much everybody in the ukrainian government. even the prime minister of ukraine went to facebook after it was falsely announced that this man was dead and blamed the russians for it. he lashed out at the russians for it. the

a russian journalist, arkady babchenko, turned up alive on ukrainian tv.abchenko, a critic of vladamir putin, was shot and killed in his home in kiev on tuesday. as it turns out, his fake death was a special operation to take down a team of russian asansa n assassins. fred pleitgen is covering the story for us. tell us the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, certainly felt like a spy movie that seemed to involve all echelons of the ukrainian government and security services. they not only said that he was dead, but you had ukrainian politicians, including the prime minister, lashing out at russia, blaming russia for allegedly killing arkady babchenko. then it turned out today -- by staging his death. as you noted before, wolf, even his wife apparently wasn't informed that he was actually still alive. he came out earlier today and he apologized to his wife and others for putting them through the pain of thinking he was dead. let's listen in. >> translator: i would like to apologize for what you all had to go through, because i buried friends and colleagues many

working, just like it should ♪ >>> it was an absolutely incredible scene in kiev when journalist arkady babchenkosedly murdered yesterday showed up at a press conference today. >> wait a second. so what the heck actually happened here? the details are a little sketchy. still, babchenko explained his murder had been staged as part of a month's long operation by ukraine security services to thwart a plot to kill babchenko they say came from russia. it's unclear why they had to go to such lengths to do that but they did apparently catch one suspect releasing this video of a ukrainian citizen who was recruited by russia to carry out the murder. it was unclear why his own family had to be convinced he was dead. but he apologized profusely to his wife yesterday who found him pretend shot and pretend dead. he said he had no choice. he said he plans to live till the age of 96. i have a feeling he'll continue apologizing to his wife every day until then. >>> roseanne barr insisted today she has been unfairly maligned. "i'm a fighter for fairness in all aspects of life. but in recent years what she calls a

look at claims by the ukrainian security services that they staged the assasination to protect arkady babchenkossian attack. as the ancient remains of man killed by a rock are uncovered in pompeii, we'll be asking an archaeologist how his death is contributing to the famous story of the eruption of mount vesuvius. and at10.1i0, all of tomorrow's top stories in the papers — with tonight's guests dia chakravarty from the telegraph and sebastian payne from the financial times. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. ‘i'm not satisfied' — former winner novak djokovic isn't overly pleased despite reaching the third round at the french open. england's ashley young says the players have discussed how they will deal with any incidents of racism at the world cup in russia. and paralympic champion ellie simmonds says she's refreshed and ready to get back in the pool — after falling out of love with swimming. ijust i just hated swimming, ijust hated swimming, hated everything about it. but in my year offi everything about it. but in my year of

russian journalist appeared in the flesh during a news conference about his own death. 41-year-old arkady babchenko apologized to his family and those who thought he was dead, the dissident journalist said the real story is he was part of a police action to foil an actual attempt on his life. he's a vocal critic of the kremlin said ukrainian security services coordinator the special operation. the fake story played out with his wife discovering her husband bleeding from gunshot wounds outside their apartment building and key of. he supposedly died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. authorities say they detained a citizen who was allegedly paid $40,000 by the russians to get rid of him. his colleagues cheered and danced when they learned he was a life. the group journalists without borders released a statement, while the reappearance of the reporter may be a great relief it's deeply regrettable that ukraine's authorities have played with the truth no matter the motive. russia's foreign ministry said it was pleased he's alive and called his fake murder anti- russian provocation. tina krause

let's turn to russia and the murder yesterday of a very famous journalist, arkadi babchenko. solange: the journalist was shotd in tm, -- in kiev, in the back as he was going home. the journalist was a famed journalist who was critical of vladimir putin. because of his coverage of the kremlin and death threats, he ukraine last year. "medusa" pays homage to him in "a man made by war." he was a former soldier who became disgusted by conflict in chechnya, but turned to journalism. the russian opposition paper, which has had six of its journalists killed since 2000, called babchenko "an absolutely honest man, for whom the words of everyday people was the most important." sad news for journalism. genie: we focus on the environment and recycling. you found articles about waste and how it is being treated in different countries. solange: a couple articles show how waste is interconnected and the world. but start with africa. nationsnd other african no longer want the cast off, used clothing that americans, europeans, and other western nations throw away, that are then shipped to afri

and applause as russian journalist arkady babchenko, who police said yesterday was murdered, shot three times in his apartment dying in an ambulance and even putting out a sketch of a suspect, today was back from the dead walking into a press conference with police announcing it was all staged. "i apologize to my wife for all the hell she had to go through," babchenko said. news of his murder yesterday sparked an outcry. supporters laying flowers at memorials and blaming russia for ordering the hit. babchenko is a critic of vladimir putin. while russia denied involvement, many of putin's critics have been shot or poisoned over the years, including boris nemsov, shot right next to the kremlin. he was shot in the back at least five times right in front of his girlfriend. this time ukraine security forces says it was a sting operation, which they said led to the arrest of a man allegedly paid $40,000 by moscow to organize babchenko's murder. "there was no other wa way," babchenko said. but tonight, many are asking will the hoax create doubts about other reporters actually murdered for doin