the bbc's jonah fisher reports. 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

jonah fisher, bbc news, ukraine. russia has condemned the move as propaganda. has more on the reaction from moscow. well, in a statement, russia's foreign ministry said they were very pleased a citizen of russia was alive but called the state's murder and anti—russian provocation. ukraine, it said, relieved the entire international community. the newspaper that gave him his first job reported the dissident journalist could not have given the kremlin a bigger present if he wa nted kremlin a bigger present if he wanted to, what does that mean? ukraine and the west regularly accuse russia and not without reason for spreading disinformation and fa ke for spreading disinformation and fake news but now russia can claim it's the victim of a fake news story and use that to try and question the credibility of a whole string of accusations which had been levelled at moscow. in fact, that's already started. tonight, russian tv rate might recall likened the reporter's resurrection to the skripal‘s after the salisbury poisoning. the message, it's all fake news. in the past

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev.rawing to a close, we've had a lot of cup finals. and in germany, eintracht frankfurt upset the odds to beat the mighty bayern munich to lift the german cup and this is how their fans celebrated when the team returned home. it was theirfirst cup win in 30 years, so they definitely deserved the celebrations! britain's simon yates has won his third stage of the giro d'italia to extend his overall race lead. yates made his move with 17 kilometres to go on stage 15, crossing the line 41 seconds ahead of the pack. he now leads tom dumoulin by two minutes and 11 seconds, after the defending champion finished third behind miguel angel lopez. yates is looking to become the first brit to win the giro. i'm a bit emotional after today. i really gave everything. it's a good gap, but he could take two minutes out of me and one stage, so i've been fighting since israel to have a good gap and i have one now and i'm happy with that gap. but it could vanish. in 35 k, so we will see. marc marquez has ex

jonah fisher has been speaking to him in kiev. >> arkady, welcome back from the dead. [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 m

jonah fisher has been talking to him in the ukrainian capital, kiev. arkady.sassinated, arkady babchenko has got a lot of explaining to do. can you talk us through what happened on the night of the fake 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

jonah fisher reports from kiev. there is flash photography in his report. applause.ince lazarus? 19 hours previously, arkady babchenko was announced dead, most likely assassinated by russians. now, to gasps of disbelief, he was 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 fin

jonah fisher reports now from kiev. a warning, there is flash photography in his report. applause.is the greatest comeback since lazarus? most likely assassinated by russians. of explaining to do. service operation. of ukraine for saving my life. carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. taking out its opponents wherever they live. journalist had been shot in the back and killed. an angry finger at russia. the killing of mr babchenko, but had now been arrested. quite where mr babchenko goes from here is anyone's guess. reading those obituaries. arkady babchenko is alive and well. an unbelievable turn of events, i have to say. we were sitting in the office here in kiev. of our... best friends, a sad conversation, obviously. arkady babchenko, had lived. we came 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

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev.ot parkway in oxfordshire. fire crews, including here in haywards heath in west sussex, were called out to tackle floods, and some flights in and out of stansted airport have been cancelled. a met office amber warning — meaning a potential risk to life — is in force across wales and the south—west of england until early tomorrow morning. the billionaire russian owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, has put plans for a new stadium on hold after delays to the renewal of his uk visa. our sports correspondent richard conway reports. it is a big part of roman‘s empire for plans to redevelop but plans to redevelop stamford bridge have now been put on hold, perhaps forever. described by its architect as a cathedral of football, construction of a new 60,000 seater stadium which would have required six million bricks to build, was slowly progressing. but roman abramovich has now made the personal decision to stop the process. the billionaire and ally of russian president vladimir pu

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev.stabbed to death in wolverhampton last night. police were called to the merry hill area of the city after reports of disorder involving young people. our correspondent sima kotecha is at the scene. — what do we know about what happened ? well, police were called here just after 11pm last night after receiving reports of some sort of disorder taking place behind me involving youths. when they got here they found a 15—year—old boy who had serious stab wounds. he was rushed to hospital but unfortunately they we re to hospital but unfortunately they were unable to save him. today forensic examiners say they are looking at the scene behind me trying to ascertain exactly what happened and why. police are carrying out house to house inquiries and sifting through cctv footage to try and ascertain what happened and why. this comes as figures showed the west midlands has seen the biggest increase in knife crime outside of london over the last three years. in recent weeks we have heard of fatal s

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. at tomorrows papers is coming up this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: before the late last year and a hugely admired work with charities and so was interested to meet her. i felt she had an idea of what she wa nted felt she had an idea of what she wanted and in the moment like this when you are designing address, there are a lot of ideas that go around. i believe we worked closely together to bring ideas to the table. she had definitely a vision of what she thought and i tried to bring even more to that and so part of the process of that brings you these incredible moments of working together. i think with her she is so modern and fresh and that was part of what she wanted to be. i really wa nted of what she wanted to be. i really wanted to represent her, i wanted her to feel absolutely incredible in the dress and i wanted her to feel like it was absolutely right for the occasion as well. this is more or less the final

jonah fisher reporting there. fourth and final series will be broadcast later this year. the muslim council of britain has repeated its demand for the conservatives to hold an independent inquiry into alleged islamophobia within the party. the group, an umbrella organisation for 500 mosques and schools, says there are "more than weekly incidents" involving tory candidates and representatives. a conservative spokesman said it took all incidents of islamophobia seriously. our political correspondent jonathan blake says the row could damage the party's image. well, what i would like, first and foremost, is a very clear inshore calling on them to do more and tackle what they say is a problem of islamophobia within the conservative party. the letter singled out the mp for a post he made on social media and meeting a hindu nationalist figure in parliament. he has responded to that saying that he did not that meeting and also that the social media post we re and also that the social media post were made in errorand he an

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel.een taking centre stage at the cannes film festival where stars like cate blanchett and kristen stewart have been agitating for better treatment of women in the film industry. the rising hollywood star, aja naomi king added her voice to the protests while making her first appearance at the festival. she told our reporter, attika choudhary that women are standing up and saying no more. swearing the media movement has been such a big thing and such a global thing now. good. i feel like big thing and such a global thing now. good. ifeel like the big thing and such a global thing now. good. i feel like the one thing to me to movement taught me is that there's so many situations in everyday situations go through that we've become accustomed to that and we've become accustomed to that and we don't even realise, oh that is inappropriate. i'm so happy that we as women are standing up across all industries and are saying no more. you've been working on a show, how to get away with murder, it ha

but, as our correspondent jonah fisher has been finding out, finding a place to stay can be expensiveinal will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the liberty stadium. i'm the mayor of kiev, former heavyweight champion of the world, for all sports fans welcome to kiev. this will be amazing. there are certainly amazing sights, but the twist of kiev has also proved a somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final hotel prices really went through the roof. most places are full, others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1500 for the night. it's 12 km from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place cost a whopping £2600 for the big night. that's more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hike spread a revolt stirred. in the tower blocks of kiev. for me, liverpool is notjust simply a football club but a way of life. not all the participants are crazy about liverpool like yuri and his son, but they're all upset that visitors are being ripped off. this

and — as our correspondent jonah fisher reports — finding accommodation in the ukranian capital is proving league final will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the olympic stadium. i'm the mayor of key have, former champion of the world. for all sports fans, welcome to key have. it's going to be amazing. they're certainly amazing sites the choice of key have also proved somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool we re the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final hotel prices nearly went through the roof. most places are full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1500 for the night. it's 12 km from here to the stadium. the standard room at this place costs a whopping £2600 for the big night. that's more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hike spread, a revolt stirred up. mid—tower blocks of key have that. for me it's not a simple football clu b for me it's not a simple football club but a way of life. not all its participants are as about liverpool like yuri

jonah fisher, bbc news, ukraine.ode as a provocation. 0ur correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, assesses the reaction from there. in a statement, russia's foreign ministry said it was very pleased a citizen of russia was alive, but it called the staged murder and anti—russian provocation. ukraine, it said, had deceived the entire international community. meanwhile, the russian newspaper which had given arkady babchenko his first reporter'sjob, it concluded the dissidentjournalist couldn't have given the kremlin a bigger present if he'd wanted to. now, what does that mean? well, ukraine and the west regularly accuse russia, and not without reason, of spreading disinformation and fake news. well now, russia can claim it's the victim of a fake news story and use that to try and question the credibility of a whole string of accusations which have been levelled at moscow. in fact, that's already started. tonight's russian tv likened the resurrection of arkady babchenko to the recovery of the skripals after the salisbu

jonah fisher, bbc news, ukraine.er 0sce spokesperson for the special monitoring mission to ukraine. he joins us now from sidney in canada. good to talk to you again. just first of all, this is a fake plot as we understand it. are you absolutely certain, is it clear to you whether there was a real plot? well, i think a lot of us are asking has reality finally become stranger than fiction? most of us woke up this morning seeing this news in thinking that it was actually fake news but it wasn't, and then it was. so i think coming from everything i have seen, is that this was a very, very dangerous line that has been crossed by the ukraine state security service, that they collaborated in a way with this journalist. now, service, that they collaborated in a way with thisjournalist. now, if the suspect did in fact planned to kill the journalist, then this the suspect did in fact planned to kill thejournalist, then this is the suspect did in fact planned to kill the journalist, then this is a good thing that ijust spoke to

he's dismissed criticism of his actions — saying his aim was to ensure the safety of his family. jonah fisher the dead. thank you very much. arkady babchenko has a lot of explaining to do first two days after he was announced dead, and 2a hours since his resurrection, he sat for an interview with the bbc. can you talk us through what happened on the night of the fake assassination? translation: they put make—up on me, the blood used was real. everything was done for real. my real. everything was done for real. my wife called the police, said the special police came, and emergency services, too. they took me to the morgue, and until i was through the gates, i had obtained to be dead. arkady babchenko head 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 dear friend, let me put it like this, when the security service come to you and say there is an order out for you

jonah fisher has been talking to him in the ukrainian capital, kiev.ch. arkady babchenko has got a lot of explaining to do. interview with the bbc. of the fake assassination? translation: they put make-up on me, the blood used was real. everything was done for real. and emergency services, too. i had to pretend to be dead. with plans to assassinate russians in kiev. a huge fake like this? i won't take part, because it will hurt the media's reputation? come on. 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? of apologising to her. talk about it further. heightened security. one of the world's biggest fakers is still very much a marked man. interview, welcome back from the dead. this is beyond one hundred days. for gender equality in the united states. but say they should go further. by credit and loan firms. shortage of stories about the high cost of credit. cost of credit. i have got one a finance company. got me into a mess. and i have never looked a

jonah fisher will be joining jonah fisher will bejoining us live to discuss that in a minute. to continue to shoot forjune 12. optimistic words, and friendly images from the dinner with the secretary of state, mike pompeo, at a private residence in manhattan. but officials here say for the summit to be successful, the north koreans have to make clear what steps to denuclearisation they are willing to take. last week, president trump decided to pull out of the historic event in response to what he called anger and hostility from pyongyang. but a conciliatory response from north korea changed the mood music. and it's clear now both leaders want the summit to take place. so, many believe these two men will find a way to make it happen. barbara plett—usher, bbc news, new york. nhs trusts in england have reported a combined financial deficit of £960 million, nearly twice what was expected. the regulator, nhs improvement, blamed increased patient demand and rising staff costs. ministers have promised a new long—term financial plan for the nhs, which is expected within weeks. however

despite knowing all the chants had until last night never been to a game. 0ur ukraine correspondent, jonah fishers sponsors.” the final of the champions league. by one of its sponsors. i saw you when you were on the tv. a week ago we told how in the face of soaring hotel prices he and his young family had opened his doors to liverpool fans. but would not themselves be going to the game. tickets in hand, anything seemed possible. going to the game. tickets in hand, anything seemed possiblem going to the game. tickets in hand, anything seemed possible. it is one of the best days of my life. determined to make the most of his luck, and with just hours to go, he met up with the four irish lads that now call his apartment home. what are your names? peter, stephen, alex, shame. shane. and he's looking after yea r? alex, shame. shane. and he's looking after year? he's honorary irish man now. having sung himself hoarse, he met up with five—year—old leo and his wife. it was time for them to all go to theirfirst his wife. it was time for them to all go to their first ever liverpool game. what is your predi

this tweet by the bbc‘s jonah fisher...als, i asked irena taranyuk from the bbc‘s ukraine service first of all what the reaction was in her department when the news emerged. it was a degree of incredulity, shock, delight canal ——, outraged. whole spectrum of human reaction was playing out in my office. and also to see the video showed of his colleagues. fists shaking the air. it was really marvellous to see so many emotions but really, people said imagine, he apologised to his wife for her being not completely aware. she believed the murder was for real. yeah, so she... his mother in moscow, his children, adopted children in moscow and it must have been devastating for the close family or people who knew him. you could feel the devastation even if you did not know him. how much do we know about the ukrainian authorities managed to uncover in the two months of investigations? why they needed to go so far as to actually staged his death and go through with it. maybe more will be known about motivations of security services be

here's jonah fisher from kiev. is this the greatest comeback since lazarus?ost likely assassinated by russians. of explaining to do. service operation. of ukraine for saving my life. carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. taking out its opponents wherever they live. journalist had been shot in the back and killed. an angry finger at russia. the killing of mr babchenko, but had now been arrested. quite where mr babchenko goes from here is anyone's guess. reading those obituaries. when it was revealed mr babchenko was actually alive. oh, gosh, an unbelievable turn of events, i have to say. we were sitting in the office here in kiev. of arkady babchenko's best friends. mulling over the life that arkady babchenko had lived. we came back into the office. we started processing it. targets here in kiev. a former cia officer who was stationed in russia. where do we start with this? of this ruse in order to file a plot by the russians. by the russians. as a cia officer who worked in russia how does this pan out? russia how does this pan out? london sh