that was our europe regional editor for the bbc world service, danny aeberhard. about that on the bbc website. comedian and actor russell brand has made his first public statement since sexual assault allegations were made against him a week ago. in a video posted on his youtube channel, he did not directly address the claims but thanked supporters for "questioning" the media reports. he also criticised the government and technology companies. 0ur reporter simonjones has more. hello there, you awakening wonders. back on social media for the first time in a week. obviously, it's been an extraordinary and distressing week, and i thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information that you've been presented with. july 1st, 2012, was when my rape happened. this week, russell brand faced allegations of rape and sexual assault following claims by four women made in an investigation by channel four�*s dispatches and the sunday times, claims he had previously denied. he insisted his relationships had always been consensual. the bbc also heard from on

bbc�*s europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, has been following the reaction fom both — ukraine and budanov, he's the head of ukraine's military intelligence. he was speaking to us media and said that basically nine people were killed and 16 people were injured.

listening to this is our correspondent danny aeberhard give us a bit more of the background.ants arriving on the numbers of migrants arriving on the island. well, the reason why people land on lampedusa is it's the closest point of italy to the north african mainland, about hundred and 30 kilometres from the tunisian coast and that's where most of the migrants are coming from all though they come up from places like libya, they come up from places like libya, they are north african migrants but also lots of people from sub—saharan africa countries like guinea and the ivory coast for example, huge numbers have been arriving in recent days partly because of good weather. it's very hard to keep track of the numbers. 8000 people arrived in the first days of the week but another thousand people arrived yesterday. the situation is in a constant state of flux partly because large numbers of flux partly because large numbers of migrants arriving in lampedusa, once they are met by the italian red cross are transferred onwards largely to sicily which is to the north but also other dest

with me is the bbc�*s europe regional editor, danny aeberhard. who can tell us more.has each side been saying about this attack? we've had a new interview the head of the ukrainian military intelligence. he said that basically nine people were killed and 16 injured. we are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasn't been verified yet. one of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. one is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia which lies to the north—east of crimea and the other person is linked to russia's north sea fleet. both those people apparently, according to ukrainian military intelligence, badly injured. he did not comment on reports that the admiral of russia's black sea fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasn't stood up in any way. ukraine special forces have also commented. they have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russia's naval forces but with a meeting of the leadership of ru

our europe regional editor danny aeberhard explained the background of this case.hundreds of thousands of people who had crossed over to europe. they launched an asylum claim on one of the greek islands in the aegean, but 11 days later they were then put on a plane. they say they were tricked until they were going to be flown to athens, in fact, they were flown to a town in eastern turkey. there, they were left to their own devices, essentially. they say they were returned, you know they had applied for asylum, 11 days afterwards, later, a report said that their original application for asylum was not registered by a police database until the day after they were deported. until the day after they were deported-— until the day after they were deorted. ., ., , . , deported. what sort of consequences cut this case — deported. what sort of consequences cut this case have _ deported. what sort of consequences cut this case have for _ deported. what sort of consequences cut this case have for the _ deported. what sort of consequences cut this case have for the european .

listening to this is our correspondent danny aeberhard.ining, this isn't a new issue, of course the severity, the scale of its perhaps it's a bit different, theissue its perhaps it's a bit different, the issue of immigration has been raised before. how much of what she saysis raised before. how much of what she says is new before? fix, raised before. how much of what she says is new before? a, lot raised before. how much of what she says is new before?— says is new before? a lot of what she was saying — says is new before? a lot of what she was saying was _ says is new before? a lot of what she was saying was establish - she was saying was establish positions by the european commission. the european union has been struggling with migration for a number of years. if a member back in 2015, more than a million migrants came to the european union. the number we are seeing this year are way down from that, but nevertheless, the sheer number of people that have arrived on lampedusa this week is startling. 0ne international organisation official h

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with me is the bbc�*s europe regional editor, danny aeberhard.he key takeaway is from mr lavrov�*s speech? what were the key takeaway is from mr lavrov's speech?— mr lavrov's speech? basically, he called for a _ mr lavrov's speech? basically, he called for a form _ mr lavrov's speech? basically, he called for a form of _ mr lavrov's speech? basically, he called for a form of global- called for a form of global governance. this has been a wider discussion then russia has been voluble about. it is similar to the statements that were made at the times of the brick summit in johannesburg recently. that's brazil, russia, india and south africa, china. that was one of his main themes. he basically lacerated what he called the neocolonial west, led of course by the united states, similar things we have had for a number of years. he said humanity was at a crossroads on this point and that, he said that the west has constituted an empire of lies that he painted as having betrayed russia on a number of occasions, not least for example on the expansion of n