but, as you say, sources in ukraine are confirming locally that the dead man scott sibley.of the british armed forces, thought to have been a member of the commando logistics support squadron. it was thought to be in his mid—30s. he had a family. a couple of years ago he had his head shaved to raise money for his daughter when she was suffering from cancer and tonight, tributes have been paid on a web page, a memorial to raise money in his memory, and one friend said he was a friend like no other, the bravest person i've had the pleasure to have known. his life may have been cut short but he lived life to the full. now, we don't know where or how scott sibley died but diplomats that he is likely to be one of the many foreigners who are fighting alongside ukrainian forces in the donbas. the authorities there estimate about 20,000 foreigners are now fighting with them in ukraine at the moment, so it's likely to involve hundreds of britons. there have been reports before of some britons dying but they have never been confirmed, so it would appear tonight that scott sibley is t

the telegraph is reporting that scott sibley leaves behind _ reporting that scott sibley leaves behind behind a young daughter who had been suffering from a rare form of cancer and to _ suffering from a rare form of cancer and to be _ suffering from a rare form of cancer and to be spending a lot of time raising _ and to be spending a lot of time raising funds for charity and helped his family — raising funds for charity and helped his family. all the details of this is so _ his family. all the details of this is so devastating. of course brits going _ is so devastating. of course brits going out— is so devastating. of course brits going out to fight for causes beyond british— going out to fight for causes beyond british causes, there's a long history of— british causes, there's a long history of that even though it's often _ history of that even though it's often been advised against by british— often been advised against by british governments. there are many brits who _ british governments. there are many brits who went to fight the fascists in spain _ brits who went to fight the fas

on the front pages of british newspapers today is a photograph of a mercenary scott sibley he died in ukraine true western journalists. they call him a fighter. london officially denies its mercenaries in ukraine has the position of the foreign office changed and how many british wild geese are actually fighting in the square varvara nevskaya understood only yesterday his name was known only to a limited circle of relatives of friends and colleagues. today , great britain is sculpting from the mercenary scott sibley, liquidated in ukraine, without a small national hero, when people choose to fight heroically for important deeds. they are truly risking their lives. and this is quite. not only will we inevitably see many more such actions, but the heroism of a 36-year-old british citizen who served in the royal logistic corps in the past is unknown, absolutely nothing like how he ended up in ukraine, how long he stayed there and under what circumstances he died , which, however, did not prevent the largest british media from placing his photo with tragic headlines right on the front pag

the man who's died has been named as scott sibley. to the foreign office in central london, and speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. what do we know, james? well, ben, this is the first time since the russian invasion that it has been confirmed that a briton has died in ukraine. the foreign office said one british national had died and was supporting the family. officials would not confirm the identity of the individual, but sources in ukraine have named him as a scott sibley, understood to be a former member of the british armed forces, possibly the army logistics support squadron. certainly, there have been tributes paid to him online, and a fundraising page has been set up in his memory. the foreign office also said that a second british national was missing and they were urgently seeking information about that individual. diplomats said that it was likely that these two individuals were part of the large group of foreigners who have come to ukraine to support ukrainian armed forces, and likely to have been fighting

the office confirmed the death of former marine scott sibley, former colleagues with cats of the veteransghan war and a 36-year-old father of two expressed their condolences in the south of the country. we think that he fought in the south of the non -jashy country. under what circumstances he was killed, we know that in recent days russia has significantly increased its missile strikes, targeting what the kremlin calls foreign mercenaries. he is not a british serviceman. this needs to be emphasized. we have not crossed that line, if any understanding. how many independent british citizens. there are russians published a list of 100 what they called the mercenaries when russia invaded the president of ukraine urged the foreign military to come and stand shoulder to shoulder with the ukrainians, despite the advice of the british government not to go to ukraine, many responded to this call. rest assured that every foreign fighter here understands the risk they are taking, which means paying the most valuable with their lives in the end. london pushed zelensky away from peace with russia wit

the foreign office says that a british national, scott sibley, has been killed in ukraine.president biden promises to keep helping ukraine defend itself from russia's invasion and promises moscow will not be allowed to intimidate europe with cuts to energy supplies. allegations of sexism in westminster — a welsh mp alleges that inappropriate comments were made to her by a member of the shadow cabinet. it comes after two female conservative mps claimed they saw a male colleague watching pornography on his phone in the commons. the death of four members of one family in south london — a man has appeared in court charged with murder. we will talk a bit more about ukraine this half—hour and particularly of the visit by the head of the un. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. hello, we will talk about the task at a secret cricket in a minute but first some big football news. only last month, jurgen klopp repeated his intention to quit liverpool and take a break from the game at the end of his contract in 2024, but he has agreed an extension

to attack russia across the border on the front pages of today's british newspapers, mercenary scott sibley killed in ukraine by a militant. the english press called the british hero next to his photo the news that london another 8,000 british military will go to eastern europe, while the british foreign office officially announced that it supports the family of the deceased, this glorification of mercenaries by the british foreign office looks very strange, inconsistent, until recently. london renounced its mercenaries in ukraine threatened with criminal prosecution. apparently, now the uk no longer hides that it is at war with russia look at the caricature of today's times on it and british foreign minister lisa trass. says the war can last for years boris johnson, in the hope that this will be the case, is crossing his fingers, in addition to the stem of chi, and the death has already been confirmed, the uk foreign office reports the loss of another briton, who was not named. well, literally just became aware of the death of the us mercenaries ex-morkeha joe hensor , whose mother and wif

the metro leads with the story of scott sibley — believed to be the first british person killed in thear in ukraine so far. a second briton is missing. while the financial times reports joe biden is asking congress for an extra $36—billion — which they say is a sign he expects a long and intensifying conflict. the guardian also leads on the extra aid for ukraine and reports the missile strikes that took place in kyiv during a visit by the head of the un. the telegraph reports that the uk is to send 8—thousand troops and equipment to eastern europe — to bolster nato forces in the region. the i covers the sexual harrassment claims in parliament — saying a growing number of female mps are now calling for an end to it. the independent has a new angle on claims a tory mp watched pornography on his phone in the commons. it says there are now doubts over whether an inquiry into the case will ever take place. while the times leads with a report that people with arthritis will be told to stop taking painkillers — and lose weight instead. so let's begin... thank you both forjoining us. will star

the first briton killed during the conflict in ukraine was the mercenary scott sibley, and his photograph is now adorned with all english newspapers . duda compared the fictional crimes of the russian military in ukraine with the holocaust responsible for the holocaust for the destruction of tens of thousands of jews in years. world war ii modestly kept silent there. thank you mr chairman. thank you, madam chairperson, for the march of the living. thank you for mentioning in your speeches, both at the beginning of today's events, and now a couple of minutes ago, you mentioned russian aggression against ukraine, you mentioned the suffering of the ukrainian nation, guests from ukraine are here with us today. today they are refugees who fled from war, who fled from death, who are carried by russian soldiers, we came here today, to recall that during the second world war. hitler's germany came here to wipe out my country, wipe out poland and kill the poles of polish jews, and we will not allow anything like this to happen here again. that is why we honor and care for this memorial complex. we

subjects of the kingdom, killed in ukraine, in any case, of those whose death is officially confirmed scott sibley is called a hero by friends colleagues with a coro. british army logistics corps, this is the last official seat one friend described him as the bravest man he knew, another said that the sibley had a wicked sense of humor. another englishman is listed as missing, but the british media do not name him at all on the attitude of the government towards these soldiers. good luck can be described as an informally approving head of the mead and passion at the very beginning of hostilities declared that she supports every subject of the kingdom who decides to take up arms and go to ukraine then. the truth has given up their words. the official position was adjusted not to go too dangerously, but also to punish anyone by hearing, apparently, there will not be aiden aislin, who fought in the middle east suspected. in my own homeland. in connection with the terrorists, he came to the east of ukraine before the start of the special operation. a sniper tattoo on the forearm is a characteristic ca

scott sibley was in his mid 30s. he had a family.years ago, he had his hair shaved to raise money for his daughter when she had cancer. the foreign office would not confirm mr sibley�*s identity, saying only that a british national had died in ukraine and they were supporting the family. the foreign office also said a second british national was missing, and they were urgently seeking more information about their whereabouts. diplomatic sources said it was most likely the two individuals were foreign volunteers, serving with ukrainian forces in the donbas. the authorities in ukraine estimate about 20,000 foreigners have come to fight for them, likely to include hundreds of britons. there have been reports before that british fighters have died in ukraine. some were thought to have been killed during a missile attack on this military training centre near poland but the deaths were never confirmed. so it would seem that mr sibley is the first briton confirmed to have died fighting in a war in which many thousands have already perished.

today, great britain is sculpting from the mercenary scott sibley, liquidated in ukraine, without a smalll hero, when people choose to fight heroically for important things. they are truly risking their lives. and this is quite. not only will we inevitably see many more such actions, but the heroism of a 36-year-old british citizen who previously served in the royal logistics corps is unknown, absolutely nothing like how he ended up in ukraine, how long he stayed there and under what circumstances he died, which, however, did not prevent the largest british media from posting his photo with tragic headlines right on the front page, a stingy line in the daily starley express, and an extended story in the times about sending eight thousand crown troops to eastern europe to containing russia in connection with the death of the scooter in the daily telegraph, the faroine office declined to comment loudly, dryly acknowledging the death of a bad luck sibley soldier and the missing of another unnamed briton. we can confirm that a british citizen was killed in ukraine and we support their familie

there scott sibley's such bugai healthy. remembered, do you remember boris johnson, uh, when he blessed the ukrainians to fight to the last drop of blood , he said, uh, you won’t like russian, when the body bags go, then to you. but now the body bags have begun to go to britain. something boris johnson does not say anything about it, but the two refused. well, there was one missing, without her. i think there is much more, again, few know where and we do not know how many of them stood back. and where is it, as they say, now as a whole comrade colonel basurin is whole there. uh, canadian general, well, retired. yes, we have already heard that there are no french canadians from basurin. we heard for the first time. why, well, do you remember how many of these britons were sent in the early days? yes, remember the scottish fans will kill as many russians as i can, but notice somewhere. here they are dispersed. there are not so many of them now who do not brow their own on their pages. so what am i saying and boris johnson uh w

mercenaries who came to ukraine to kill russians passionately, loved by his family and former soldier scott sibleye the first british to die in this war in the office confirmed that the british was killed in ukraine another briton is missing cnn writes from a 22-year-old giantess recruited by an american pmc marine sent to fight back to back with neo-nazis in mid-march. he wanted to go there even because he believed in the cause for which he was fighting. ukraine wanted to be a part of all this in order to contain this aggression there, so that it would not come here, and so that our american soldiers would not have to officially intervene in the conflict, said the mother of the marine, shinen, the ministry of defense publishes footage of our tank gunners destroying strongholds apu and warehouses with ammunition transferred to kiev yes , of course, such news. here, look, what is most interesting, these guys from america, they recognized azov and there aidar well, nazi nazi battalions , they go there to fight in order to there, as it were, we did not come to them, what kind of nonsense. this is the

mercenaries who came to ukraine to kill russians passionately, loved by his family and former soldier scott sibleyecame the first british to die in this war the office confirmed that the briton had been killed in ukraine by another briton. sinen went missing. writes from a 22-year-old giantess recruited by an american pmc sent to fight back to back with neo-nazis in mid-march. he wanted to go there at least because he believed in the cause that ukraine is fighting for and wanted to be a part of it all in order to contain this aggression there, so that it would not come here, and so that our american soldiers would not have to officially intervene in the conflict, said the mother of the marine . hay, the ministry of defense publishes footage. how our tank gunners destroy strongholds of the armed forces and ammunition depots transferred to kiev how do you like the lend-lease nomenclature from f-16 to abramtsy , to begin with, let's say that 20 billion dollars is a lot or a little for ukraine for ukraine, these are its four annual military budget, and all this will be implemented in a fairly short ti

dearly loved by his family, former soldier scott sibley became the first briton to die in this war confirmedt a briton was killed in ukraine another briton is missing. brutality with civilization killed he personally. he personally like him killed five people in the market killed a child in makiivka, but it does not matter. yes, that is, it is a collateral loss, as the americans called it, please. well, in principle, i am pleased that when the secretary general arrived there. and so, and you remember yesterday that you wanted something to happen when petkov was driving. and by the way, that's when autumn was there with this blinken. it was then that it was necessary, well, the truth is, it is not known whether they were in general kyiv does not know where they met there. maybe there zelensky went to them, by the way, saying that everything was there, even walking around kiev. clearly, my father did not go. they met somewhere in the bunker there. okay, that's fine, of course. so i’ll start with this great man, the prime minister of poland, who talked there about how terrible we are. he should

dearly loved by his family, former soldier scott sibley became the first briton to die in this war confirmedhat a briton was killed in ukraine another briton is missing. not the first nor the second and probably not even the tenth, this one victim they admitted, please know, it's like simonov had so much he wanted his wine to pity these uh british danish americans, confirmed the mercenaries who came to ukraine there is no point for one simple reason, if you simplify everything thoroughly and look at what is happening, then all the weapons are all mercenaries, they are ultimately aimed at the destruction of the russian people of the russian people in the donbass of the russian people in kharkov of the russian people in kherson russian people in kiev after all, because the main victim is the main victim. this is what is happening is the civilian population, which is coming with these very weapons. and you're on a help country for kiev is being killed, you understand, because if we remember, what happened all these attacks on civilian targets by ukrainians, as you know, our military has repeate

the man has been named locally as scott sibley, who is understood to have been fighting for ukrainians about the other person who has disappeared. turning to china now, where the megacity of guangzhou has cancelled hundreds of flights and launched mass testing afterjust one suspected covid—i9 case. it mirrors the approach in shanghai which has been under lockdown for the past five weeks. but there are signs of a small shift in government policy, as robin brant reports. we are approaching the end of our fifth week of a lockdown that has confined almost everyone in this city — this vast city of almost 25 million people — to their homes, or in some cases their places of work. now, the good news is that the statistics appear to show the cases are consistently coming down. so that is good news. but this thing has not bottomed out yet. the government is shifting the goalposts slightly. it's not aiming for absolute zero covid now. what it's aiming for is something it calls "societal zero covid", so no cases are springing up outside of quarantine centres, outside of places where people alread

there's scott sibley in such a bugai healthy.o, i immediately remembered, do you remember boris johnson, when he blessed the ukrainians to fight to the last drop of blood , he said, here, uh, you won’t like russian, when bags with bodies go, then to you. but now the body bags have begun to go to britain. boris johnson doesn't say anything about it. about two were refused captivity. say, these are corpses and not only is this work there, they say, another one already, yes, well there one disappeared, without i think, there are much more, again, few know where and we do not know how many of them stood back. and where is it, as they say now, how comrade colonel basurin is there whole. uh, canadian general, well, retired. yes, we have already heard that there are no french canadians from basurin. we hear for the first time, bro. come on, you know, yes, well, well, do you remember how many of these britons were sent in the early days? yes , remember the scottish fans will kill as many russians as i can, but notice somewhere. here they

scott sibley was believed to be fighting with ukrainian forces.sh virgin islands premier has been arrested in miami. the criminal complaint issued by the florida court alleges he was trying to help a presumed drug trafficking organization smuggle thousands of kilos of colombian cocaine into the united states. the mayor of kyiv says authorities still cannot guarantee safety to residents hoping to return after russian forces pulled back from the outskirts of the ukrainian capital. bloomberg television has been told that the exodus has already forced a hit of at least a billion dollars to the city's budget. >> it is at the genocide of the ukrainian population because our city is destroyed. and other cities have been destroyed. >> global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: laura wright in london. coming up, we talk about crypto and we also talk about deepfakes. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back to the open. we are 52 min

military veteran, scott sibley, was serving with ukrainian forces.financial assets when he was declared bankrupt. families with disabled children say rising energy bills

it's thought the man, who's not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at last one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was shocked by the attacks, and admitted that the un's security council had failed in its role to prevent or end the war. he added that the un won't give up on its goal of peace in the country, saying, "ukraine needs and deserves our full commitment and full support". mr zelensky has said the strikes on kyiv yesterday illustrate russia's contempt for global institutions, and showed that civilians in ukrainian cities could not relax. our correspondent joe inwood is in kyiv. first of all, this news that these two british aid workers have been captured by russian forces, what do we know about this? we understand the were we know about this? we understand the

it's thought the man, scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. by that russian attack. it left one young mum and dad, a journalist from radio liberty, ukrainianjournalist dad, a journalist from radio liberty, ukrainian journalist who was living in a block of flats that was living in a block of flats that was partially destroyed by that attack. several people were injured as well. ukraine has called the attack on a heinous act of barbarism. they called it a postcard from moscow. gareth barlow reports. missile strikes in the centre of kyiv, the first for two weeks. two russian rockets strike a 25—storey building, close to where the head of the un was staying during a visit to the country. several people were left injured by the attack. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am. so this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war, and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. the missile struckjust hours after the un secretary general criticised the organisation's security council for f

a british man has been killed in the war here — scott sibley is believed to have been fighting alongside