and coming up — our analysis editor ros atkins looks at how yevgeny prigozhin rose from hot dog salesmancome the boss of russia's wagner mercenary group.

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i'll be speaking to our analysis editor — ros atkins. secretary — amid claims she breached the ministerial code — after she was caught speeding. last summer, i was speeding. i regret that. i paid the fine and i took the points. and — the chelsea flower show starts in london — its 110th year. with in london — its 110th year. king charles including c1 paying with king charles including camilla paying a visit in the next hour. welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start in portugal, where officers investigating the disappearance of a young british girl 16 years ago are to begin searching a remote portuguese reservoir visited by the suspect christian brueckner. madeleine mccann was three years old when she vanished from her parents�* holiday apartment in praia da luz on the algarve in may 2007. kate and gerry mccann, from leicestershire, continue to hope that she is still a

and coming up — our analysis editor ros atkins looks at how yevgeny prigozhin rose from hot dog salesmancome the boss of russia's wagner mercenary group. hello. we begin right here in washington d.c. where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend — president biden hints a deal might be not be too far away. with regard to the debt limit, things are looking good. we are very optimistic and i hope we will have some clear evidence tonight. before the clock strikes i2 tonight. before the clock strikes 12 that we have a deal. but we are very close and i am not optimistic. ——iam —— i am optimistic. meanwhile, republican negotiators have signaled a deal is within reach but not yet agreed upon. adding to the optimism, it appears congress has been given a bit more breathing room. in just the last few hours, us treasury secretary janet yellen sending this letter to congressional leaders, she now says the us has until june 5th to avoid a default. she had previously sai

for the third year in a row, our analysis editor ros atkins takes a look at the problems the club faces off the pitch. hello. i'm helena lee. great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15—month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american—made f16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter—offensive against russia. it's been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic

ros atkins there.e bbc verify service, what it's going to do and how it's going to do it, on the bbc news website. the home secretary says she regrets speeding last summer, but insists "nothing untoward" happened. suella braverman was repeatedly questioned in the house of commons about allegations that she asked civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course instead of a group one, potentially in breach of the professional code that ministers are expected to follow. 0pposition parties want an investigation into whether she broke the rules. the prime minister has spoken to his ethics adviser, and to ms braverman herself. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart has the latest from westminster. any regrets, home secretary? this is a controversy that all started when suella braverman was in the driving seat. she was caught speeding last year, but the political row began when she approached civil servants about a speed awareness course. thank you very much for letting me join you toda

here's our analysis editor ros atkins.been looking at how russia is building up its defences. here is a front line with russian—controlled territory marked in red. we have highlighted bakhmut, because the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of this war. we know that around it, both sides have used trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. trenches are part of how russia is fortifying the front line. it is a process that has been mapped by the open source analyst and every one of these black marks is a new russian fortification. we can focus on a couple of locations, first of all, a small but strategically important city, topmak. look what the russians have done. they have put in a first defensive line, a second defensive line, and then a third defensive line around the city itself. also in ukrainian media, there are reports that russia is removing civilians from topmak in order to further fortify it. we can understand that if we look here. furthest from the front line we have artillery positions, then a trench netwo

the bbc�*s anaylsis editor ros atkins has been looking at the story.'s because city stand accused of over 100 breaches of the premier league's financial rules. some of those charges are extremely serious. i mean, there are... you know, the claim is that they've been basically been falsifying their accounts. city denied doing this and the questions they face stretch back years because this is a club transformed — from one that went decades without a trophy to one that's won the league five years out of the last six. that is a long way from where it was in 2008. financially, we were almost out of business. but it was about to become the richest club in the world. sheikh mansour is a billionaire member of the abu dhabi royal family. his investment company bought manchester city and the spending began. three years on, uefa, the governing body of football in europe, introduced something called financial fair play. it was designed to stop clubs spending more than they earn. and to some observers, it was clear why. i think ffp was brought in principally to re

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sport, as manchester city win the premier league for the third year in a row, our analysis editor ros atkinsclub faces off the pitch. hello, i'm helena humphrey, glad you could join us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine.

but as our analysis editor, ros atkins. —— but as our analysis editor, ros atkins- "— but as our analysisur analysis ednon let's speak to retired colonel brendan kearney. he spent more than 30 years in the us marines and is now a military affairs analyst. he joins us live from santa rosa in california. let's talk about some of those preparations by russia and i'm interested in what that perhaps tells us about what might be happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is happening next in this war. thanks, then. it is good _ happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is good to _ happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is good to be _ happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is good to be with - happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is good to be with you. - happening next in this war. thanks, then, it is good to be with you. the | then, it is good to be with you. the russian defensive positions are prudent. they are trying to anticipate where the ukrainians are going to attack and your analysts have certainly highlighted for possible areas that could be targets of a ukra

our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it's in moscow. we see an object fly in from the left and explode. now let's pause here. we know this is moscow because this is red square. this is a recent picture of the same place with the kremlin wall in the background and stands for next year's victory parade. you can see those stands in the video too, meaning it is also recent, and if we play the video on and pause again, there is the object flying towards the dome of the senate palace, moments before it explodes we can see people on the dome. we don't know who they are or what they are doing. now russia says it was attacked by two unmanned aerial vehicles, in other words, drones. we can't confirm that, and if that is one video, here are three more. this is a map of russia, with moscow in the west, and all of these videos show this part of the city. here is the second. the bbc�*s verification team has confirmed it w

our analysis editor ros atkins has more.nd here at bbc verify we've been looking at how russia is bolstering its defences. here's the front line with territory controlled by russia marked in red. we've highlighted bakhmut, the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the war. and we know that around bakhmut both sides have been using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that trenches are a crucial part of russia's effort to fortify the entire front line. that process has been documented by the open source analyst brady africk. all these black dots here mark new russian fortifications. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, tokmak. it's a small city, but it's strategically important. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. further north would be where the ukrainian positions are. and look what the russians have done. they've built one new defensive line, a second one behind it, and then a third one around the city. we also know that in ukrainian media there are reports that ci

our analysis editor ros atkins has more. launch a counteroffensive soon and here at bbc verify we've been looking at how russia is bolstering its defences. here's the front line with territory controlled by russia marked in red. we've also highlighted bakhmut, the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of the war. and we know that around the city both sides have been using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that trenches are a crucial part of russia's effort to fortify the entire front line. that process has been documented by the open source analyst brady africk. all of these black dots here mark new russian fortifications. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, tokmak. it's a small city, but it's strategically important. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. further north would be where the ukrainian positions are. and look what the russians have done. they've built one new defensive line, a second one behind it, and then a third one around the city. we also know that in

our analysis editor ros atkins takes a looks at how he rose from hot dog salesman — to become the bosso the 80s in prison. the 90s running restaurants, the early 2000 is catering for world leaders. and is now central to putin's were in ukraine. a wealthy russian businessman who is been accused of the fbi have interfering with the 2016 us election and the man with a private army called the waggoner group which operates in ukraine because months after the war started, putin returned to prigozhin. ——. started, putin returned to prigozhin. --._ started, putin returned to priaozhin. --. . , , ., prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step _ prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step in. - prigozhin. --. that is why prigozhin has been asked to step in. the - has been asked to step in. the wanner has been asked to step in. the wagner groun _ has been asked to step in. the wagner group has been fighting in the fiercest battles, including the one in bak

let's speak to our analysis editor, ros atkins, who joins us from the newsroom. and as we have been discussing on bbc news for a number of weeks, ukraine is expected to launch a counter offensive in the war, and we have been assessing how russia has been bolstering its defences. here is the front line, the territory marked in red is controlled by russia. we have highlighted bakhmut, because they city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict, and we know that trenches around the city have been used by both sides. this is a ukrainian soldier. now, looking more broadly along the front line, we also know that russia is using trenches as part of its fortification of the front line. this has been mapped by the open source analyst brady africa, and each of these black marks marks a new russian fortification. let's focus on a couple of locations, tokmak is a small but crucial city, you can see it at the bottom of the image, the ukrainian positions are much higher up, and this is what the russians have done. a first line of defence, a second line of defenc

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our analysis editor ros atkins has more from the newsroom.ing at how russia is bolstering its defences. here at the front line, territory controlled tiy the front line, territory controlled by russia marked in red. bakhmut has been highlighted because it has hosted some of the fiercest fighting in the world. we know that around bakhmut, both sides are using trenches. trenches are a crucial part of how russia has gone about fortifying all of the front line. that process has been mapped by the open source analyst. each one of these black dots marks a new russian fortification. let's focus on a couple of locations. first of all, this is a small but strategically important city. you can see it on the south of this satellite image, with ukrainian positions being further north. look what the russians have done. the ability first defensive line, a second one behind it, then a third one around city itself. we also know in ukrainian media, there are reports that the russians are removing civilians in order to further fortify the city. we can understan

here�*s our analysis editor ros atkins.unch an offensive soon and beeps e—verify has been looking at its defences. here is the front line with rush —controlled territory marked in red. we have highlighted bakhmut because the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of this work and we know that around it both sides have used trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. trenches are a part of how russia is fortifying the front line. as a process that has been mapped by the open source analysts. everyone of these black marks is a new russian fortification. and we will focus on a couple of locations. all this city a couple of locations. all this city a small but strategic one. here it is on the south of the satellite image. with ukraine�*s positions further north. look with the russians have done. they put in a first offensive line, a second and then a third defensive line around then a third defensive line around the city itself. also in ukrainian media there are reports that rush is removing civilians from the city in order t

our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. victory parade. you can see those stands in the video too, meaning it is also recent. and if we play the video on and pause again, there is the object flying towards the dome of the senate palace. moments before it explodes, we can see people on the dome. we don't know who they are or what they are doing. russia says it was attacked by two unmanned aerial vehicles. in other words, drones. we cannot confirm that. and if that is one video, here are three more. this is a map of russia with moscow in the west and all of these videos show this part of the city. here's the second. the bbc�*s verification team has confirmed is was posted at 3.16 moscow time on wednesday morning. we see the same dome with smoke rising from it. the words are the name of a local telegram channel that posted the video. this next video shows the senate palace dome with fire clearly visible and this shows an object flying in from the right. again we see an explosion. russia says all of this was a planned terrorist