we can go to our russian editor steve rosenberg.— we can go to our russian editor steve rosenberg.. earlier today the british interim minister— steve rosenberg. earlier today the british interim minister was - british interim minister was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow and he was inside the building about 90 minutes and he came out and made no comment and drove away in his car. the russian foreign ministry issued a statement about that meeting, announcing these restrictions on the movements of british diplomats. so from now on uk diplomats in russia will have to give at least five days notice of any trips they plan to take outside of the hundred and 20 kilometres, what has been described as a three movement zone, so that is a bit unclear, but we have got to give notice of where they are going and who they will be meeting and the roots they will take. means of transport and where they will be staying. things like that. there are some exceptions for the british ambassador and three other senior uk diplomats in russia. all of this according to the russian foreign ministry

and steve rosenberg _ term. so it is tricky. and steve rosenberg in _ term. so it is tricky. moscow, how - term. so it is tricky. and steve - rosenberg in moscow, how closely has the kremlin been watching all of this? , . , this? 0h, very closely. the kremlin has made that _ this? 0h, very closely. the kremlin has made that clear. _ this? oh, very closely. the kremlin has made that clear. i _ this? 0h, very closely. the kremlin has made that clear. i think - this? 0h, very closely. the kremlin has made that clear. i think the - has made that clear. i think the russians— has made that clear. i think the russians are very pleased, actually, that ukraine hasn't got from the summit— that ukraine hasn't got from the summit what it really wanted, in other— summit what it really wanted, in other words a firm timetable for nato _ other words a firm timetable for nato membership. 0n russian state tv today. _ nato membership. 0n russian state tv today. there _ nato membership. 0n russian state tv today, there has been a lot of gloating — today, there has been a lot of gloating about th

steve rosenberg there. our colleaaues can't i? steve rosenberg there.rg there. our colleagues have been tracking - colleagues have been tracking yevgeny prigozhin movements in recent days. it was taken in the city during the failed military rebellion he left. he hasn't been seen in public for almost two weeks, so where is he? so, we at bbc verified have been tracking this plane, which has been linked to mr prigozhin. since the rebellion, it flew towards belarus, where mr prigozhin was offered refuge, but since then it has refuge, but since then, it has returned to russia and has been bouncing between moscow and st petersburg. but this weekend, on the first ofjuly, it was seen heading towards belarus again. it left st petersburg and flew south towards the belarusian capital of minsk. and this isn't the only flight the plane has taken this week. we can see in tracking data that on the third ofjuly it appeared in st petersburg again, despite its gps tracker going dark for the previous 2a hours. from st petersburg, it flew towards moscow, and just this morn

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one was our own steve rosenberg.has this port. >> there are still some me questions about the russian rebellion. what he have the answers? the leader of belarus alekzdandr lukashenko brokered the agreement that ended the mutant team -- mutiny, so we are told. under a deal with the kremlin the wagner mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin was the most -- supposed to move here to belarus with some of his fighters, but no sign of him yet. >> as of this morning the wagner fighters, very serious ones, after fighting in a bad mood. as for yevgeny prigozhin, he is in st. petersburg. or maybe he flew to moscow this morning or somewhere else. but he is not in belarus. >> yevgeny prigozhin has not been seen in public for days. though, we have seen inside what is reported to be his st. petersburg mansion. these images leaked online were reportedly taken during a rai by russian security services. they show weapons, gold bars, and lots of wigs. >> i asked mr. lukashenko if the wagner group leader and his group move here would he let t

let's talk about how steve rosenberg -- let's hear what steve rosenberg said about that. >> the kremlinaid they are moving tactical nuclear weapons from russia to belarus and lukashenko said some had arrived and more would by the end of the year. a short while ago, he said that god forbid he should actually take the decision to use those weapons. i said to him, those are not your weapons to take the decision to use. they are russian weapons. he said, well, if ukraine can fight with other people's weapons, them like and i? >> how concerned will washington and nato b with a response like that from lukashenko? >> lukashenko is clearly a leader who is keen to prove his worth or value, so if solesky -- if zelenskyy can do that, he's saying i am as good as him. there's a dangerous part to this. if lukashenko claims he has some sort of right to take possession of other countries' nuclear weapons and should we expect a meltdown in the relations between russia and belarus over nuclear weapons when they are already on belarusian soil or should we expect some sort of action, joint action, between

from moscow, here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. >> russia's foreign ministry said that from nowitish diplomats will be required to give at least five days, five working days, notice of any trips they are going to take in russia beyond a free movement zone of 120 kilometers or 75 miles with th exception of the british ambassador and three other senior british diplomats here. they will have to notify the authorities of where they are going, what the route is going to be, what transport they will use, who they are going to speak to, and where they will be staying, and this concerns british diplomats working in the embassy in moscow and u.k. diplomats in the consulate in you katerina berg -- in ekaterinburg. the russians say this is in response to london's hostile actions. earlier, the interim british charged -- charge d'affair -- the foreign commonwealth and development office in london says this was a planned meeting held at britain's request. what does this tell us? well, it shows that tension continues to grow between britain and russia. the u.k.-russian relationship has gone fr

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. to extend the grain deal which has now expired. ukrainian president zelensky said kyiv was prepared to continue exporting grain via the black sea despite moscow pulling out. translation: everyone has a right to stability. _ africa has the right to stability. asia has the right to stability. europe has every right to stability. and therefore we must all care about security, about protection from russian madness. and the black sea grain initiative can and should continue to work. if without russia then without russia. the agreement on the exports of grain, this is an agreement with turkey and the un, remains in force. the only thing that is needed now is its careful implementation. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the chief executive of the post office has apologised for delays in getting compensation to the victims of the horizon it scandal. nick read said what had become clear was the sheer scale of the miscarriage ofjustice — which saw hundreds of sub—postmasters

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ing by the court of appeal. it means the national park in devon will return as the only place in england where people are allowed to pitch their tents overnight without prior agreement. the move reverses a court decision made injanuary. to the women's world cup, and co—hosts australia have kept their dream of winning the tournament alive by trouncing canada 4—0. england will be playing in their final group game tomorrow, knowing they'll qualify for the knock—out stage, provided they avoid defeat by china tomorrow. our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. adelaide is a city of surprises. every corner reveals something new. england are hoping to steer clear of danger here. in their last match they found some much—needed creativity. now it's time to build something perhaps even more important — momentum. it's lauren james! 0h! against denmark, laurenjames gave england lift off — the finish a little slicker than the celebration. just one more point will guarantee them a place in the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, in the village of tsel, belarus.ristmas eve has been sentenced to a minimum of 48 years in prison. the 26—year—old beautician was an innocent bystander caught up in a gangland shooting carried out by connor chapman. jayne mccubbin, who has spent time with elle's family over recent months, sent this report. she was young and beautiful, with her whole life ahead. her 23—year—old killer, connor chapman, will be 71 before being considered for parole. thanks a lot, thank you. there were hugs outside court for elle's father tim as chapman was jailed. he crept up to the door of a busy pub on christmas eve and opened fire. shots fire. elle was hit twice in the head. she was not his intended target. in this trial we have all watched the cctv and sound recording of that shooting. it's utterly shocking. you carefully planned a revenge attack in gang rivalry. you had no thought at all for anyone else. when me and the girls came here, i took a photograph of the two of them... just a year ago, elle had been here in greece with her

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.land, who are out of the competition. they could only manage a draw against group winners switzerland, who are joined in the knockout stages by norway, who thrashed philippines 6—0. and a major shock as colombia have beaten two—time champions germany 2—1. live now to sports writer and broadcaster nicky bandini. nicky, it's been yet another busy day, one of the biggest in the tournament. what's your thoughts on the results today? let's start with colombia beating germany, impressive that they have put together so many young players making a huge difference to their team. they did reach the final of the clip america last year but seeing caicedo, 18 years old, two years removed from an ovarian cancer diagnosis, scoring a brilliant goal, even against germany this joker not have not lost a world cup group game since 1995, they get this penalty at end and you think this is reverting to a story of the unexpected, and they come up with that 96th minute winning header in injury time, probably t

this steve rosenberg, bbc news, in the village of tsel, belarus. in other news.olving three trains that resulted in more than 290 deaths last month. a train packed with passengers was mistakenly diverted onto a loop line and slammed into a stationary goods train in the eastern state of 0disha. the derailed compartments then struck the carriages of a third train coming from the opposite direction. thousands of thrill seekers took part friday in the first of many running of the bulls races held at the san ferm n festival in the northern spanish city of pamplona. animal rights protesters briefly stopped the festivities before being arrested. so far six people have been injured, but not seriously. four runners were gored in the festival last year. sixteen people have died in bull runs since 1910, most recently in 2009. malmo has been announced as the host of the eurovision song contest in sweden next year in may 202a. sweden won the event this year. it's the end of the road for the humble ford fiesta. after nearly half a century, the final car rolls off the manufactu

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.ogramme — we'll take a look at meta's newly—launched rival to twitter — �*threads'. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... the united nations has issued stark warnings about the situation in myanmar saying that, the country is in a deadly freefall into even greater violence. the un human rights chief — volker turk — said civilians were living at the whims of an army, trying to enforce — its diminishing control — by razing whole villages and depriving people of food, water and aid with rebel groups now controlling half of the country. every day the military�*s ruthless so—called four cuts strategy continues to reek construction. entire villages are raized and burned to the ground, collectively punishing civilians by depriving them of shelter, food and life—saving aid. one of donald trump's personal aides has appeared in court in miami — to face federal charges of mishandling classified government documents. walt nauta has pleaded not guilty. he's been named as a co

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.ellen is due to meet the chinese premier in the next few hours as washington and beijing continue their efforts to ease diplomatic tension. new zealand landed in china on thursday. on her agenda, american worries about chinese restrictions on us corporations. she will also likely face some questions about why washington is barring chinese firms from some of its markets. all this comes as china looks to revitalise an economy that has been hit hard by covid. our north america correspondent jessica parker has more. it's interesting, both ahead of the recent blinken visit and now ahead of janet yellen�*s visit as well. expectations of any kind of breakthrough in relations very much being played down. what the biden administration seemed to be trying to do, as you were saying, is to kind of cool down tensions after relations really hit a bit of a rough patch. of course, people will remember the downing of what the americans said was a chinese spy balloon over us skies. the chinese said it w

there is a growing sense of insecurity in russia as steve rosenberg reports. this happened. explosion russia says it downed three ukrainian drones that were targeting the capital. two of them smashed into skyscrapers. though no—one was killed, it added to the sense of insecurity here. but the president was upbeat, marking navy day in st petersburg. russia's war in ukraine has not gone at all to plan, but there's nothing like a parade of warships and submarines to project an image of russian power. translation: in the name of russia. _ our sailors are devoting all their energy. they are displaying true heroism. they are fighting valiantly, just like our ancestors did. �*ancestors�* — it's the key word. for it is by referencing past heroes and history that those in power here today try to nurture love for the motherland. we saw just that this weekend near moscow. they were re—enacting a 16th—century battle when the army of ivan the terrible crushed invaders from the south. russians are being told more and more that they have a glorious, victorious past. the orga

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.different stories from across the uk. safe and sound asleep. these puppies are lucky to be here. their mum was a stray, rescued from the streets, heavily pregnant, clearly traumatised. when she arrived with us, she was so nervous to the point where she did not walk for the first week. she wouldn't stand. she was so nervous, she wouldn't go anywhere, particularly with men but with everyone, basically. staff at the rescue centre named the nervous collie roo and the next stage will be keep feeding and growing the puppies and when they are old enough we will find them all homes. and roo as well. but for now, she is really happy here, she has settled well. with tens of thousands of dogs in uk rescue centres, the national animal welfare trust says roo's story is an important reminder to think before getting a pet. voice-over: for more - stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. a third firefighter has died in canada while battling the country's wors

accused putin of not pursuing the war in ukraine harshly or effectively enough. 0ur russia editor steve rosenbergin. he is a pro—war nationalist, a former officer of the fsb, russia's domestic security service, who has become a prominent blogger. he has been vocal in his criticism of how the russian authorities have been waging the war in ukraine. and, more recently, vocal in his criticism of the russian president. he recently described vladimir putin as a non—entity and a cowardly waste of space. so, earliertoday, knock on the door, law enforcement officers arrive, "come with us please", mr igor girkin was arrested on extremism charges. he was brought to court, he told thejudge he has heart problems and requested house arrest but in the end the judge remanded him in custody of police until the 18th of september. he faces up to five years in prison. a bit more about him. in 2014, igor girkin was also known as igor strelkov, was a key figure in the fighting that erupted in ukraine's donbas region. that conflict was basically orchestrated and engineered by russia. his role there was to organise and

steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. the social media platform twitter has a new rival. it's called threads, and when you open the app, it doesn't look much different. it was launched overnight by meta, which owns facebook and instagram. twitter has been having its fair share of problems since it was bought by elon musk, so how worried should he be? our technology correspondent marc cieslak has been finding out. meta's twitter style app that lets users share text, photos and videos arrived in app stores several hours earlier than expected at midnight last night. in that time, it has racked up a significant number of users, 10 million injust seven hours. we have had a chance to get to grips with it, and so far it feels quite a bit like twitter. but there are some differences. threads allows posts of up to 500 characters compared to twitter�*s 280. threads will also allow five minutes of video uploads compared to two minutes and 20 seconds for twitter. threads is part of instagram which means it could potentially connect to instagram's hundreds of millions of existing acco

our russia editor steve rosenberg with that report.inister has said he's reviewing what he called "anti—car schemes", such as low traffic neighbourhoods across england. mr sunak has faced pressure to water down some of his environmental commitments, after a conservative by—election victory was linked to the party's opposition to plans to extend london's ultra low emission zone. earlier this month, it was announced funding would end for any new projects in england. from newcastle, alison freeman has more. all quiet on this street in newcastle today. it's part of one of several hundred low traffic neighbourhoods known as ltns that have been introduced in cities across the country. the aim — to reduce traffic in residential areas and stop side roads being used as rat runs. it's sort of adding 10 minutes onto yourjourney and you sort of think to yourself, is this actually doing any good for the environment? my road might be quieter, but the main roads are chock a block. it's definitely quieter down the roads and so the traffic down the mai

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.oined byjane harman, president emerita at the wilson center. good evening to you, thank you very much forjoining us on our programme tonight. us on our programme tonight. sources in the ukrainian security services have confirmed to the bbc that it was responsible for this bridge attack. white house spokesperson john kirby was asked about this earlier. here's what he said. crimea is ukraine. we don't tell them what is or isn't legally a legitimate target. they determine their targets for themselves. do you think it's fair to call this a legitimate military target? yes, i do. supplies for the illegal war effort started by russia against ukraine come over that bridge. it's been attacked twice now by ukraine. they've acknowledged this attack, and i think they may have acknowledged the last attack, and my understanding is russia is blaming the russian military for not being able to protect this bridge into what they call their territory. i think it's fair game. ukraine is trying to end this

music by the rather remarkable steve rosenberg there. has already brought us some rain during saturday. much of that rain came in the form of some sharp showers. some sunny spells in between. for sunday, we will see more general rain spreading from the south—west as we go through the day. on the earlier satellite picture, you can see the swirl of cloud. that's the area of low pressure that brought the showers on saturday. then behind me, this shield of cloud rolling in from the atlantic — already bringing some rain into the south—west of england through the first part of sunday morning. further north and east, sunny spells, scattered heavy showers. through the day, our band of rain pushes northwards and eastwards, getting into parts of northern ireland, wales, the midlands, down into the south—east of england by sunday afternoon. and with that, quite afternoon. and with that, quite a strong wind at times as well. it will also turn really quite misty and murky for some coasts and hills in the west. temperature—wise, i think the highest va

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.tsenyuk i asked for his reactions to the attack on the bridge in crimea. crimea is an integral part of the state of ukraine. this is within the internationally recognised borders of ukraine. and the time will come when ukraine is to liberate an entire ukrainian territory, including crimea. in terms of this so—called bridge, this is this has nothing to do with the humanitarian infrastructure. this is the supply route for the russian military. we neither to confirm nor deny that ukrainian security service or ukrainian military actually committed these kind of attack on the ukrainian soil. i want to be very clear, on the ukrainian soil. but once again, the best way is to liberate an entire ukrainian territory and to fend off the russian military. here is the thing having the chance to address the british audience, i want to thank to the defense secretary wallace, because there was some kind of misunderstanding between ukraine and your government. i want to be very clear — we are very grat

steve rosenberg in moscow.owing two women being paraded through a village naked before allegedly being gang—raped. it happened more than two months ago in the northeastern state of manipur, but the footage only surfaced online this week. there have been deadly ethnic clashes in the region between two tribal communities since may. in nitin srivastava's report, the bbc is not showing the identities of the women. we want! justice! thousands came out to protest. what kind of act is this? let the whole world know what they have done. and it's because of this. the video of a mob dragging and dropping two naked women before pushing them into a field. the women belong to the minority kuki ethnic group. it was filmed in may, but only now have two men been arrested by police on allegations of gang rape. violence between two ethnic groups, the kuki, most of whom are christian, and the majority meitei, most of whom are hindu, erupted in the region of manipur two months ago. 130 are dead, with hundreds injured and more than

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.de in hull event. it's just nice being able to celebrate and be able to be open and dress up and really be proud. what does pride mean to you? to notjust accept him, but celebrating the differences in the world. you can tell the it is. a great place for pride. what does pride mean to you? about being yourself and being really open with everybody? as far as the lgbt aspects or sexual orientation aspects of of the pride movement, a lot a lot of movement has happened. there is an awful lot more work to be done and sort of identifying what can we done for our trans community. organisers say they hope that by working with transgender groups, it will mean even more people listen to their message. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. to west africa now. niger's ousted president, mohamed bazoum, has been seen for the first time since the military detained him in a coup last week. following which gen abdourahmane tchiani. the head of the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.vin spacey, who's accused of sexual offences involving four men. appearing via video link at southwark crown court, sir elton was asked about a charity event he hosted which the actor attended. kevin spacey denies all the charges against him. our special correspondent lucy manning is at southwark crown court. ona on a video link from monaco, sir eltonjohn and his husband david furnish gave evidence. the singer told the court his name was elton herculesjohn and he was asked about this charity event held at his home in windsor over a number of years. the white tie and tiara ball. the significance is one of kevin spacey�*s accusers said the actor grabbed him hard in the crotch on the way to that event causing him almost to swerve off the road. and there has been some question about how many times kevin spacey appeared at that event. sir eltonjohn said he had been there once in white tails coming off a privatejet he had been there once in white tails coming off a private jet to the event.

steve rosenberg reporting there.rs. there used to be 3,000 people crossing the border each year. that number has fallen dramatically over the last decade or so, to fewer than 100. but south korea thinks more people will try, now that pyonyang has eased covid restrictions. michael bristow reports. she started her own business, these north korean women fled hunger and oppression. now they are learning the art of the manicure. filing, painting and shaping. it isjust one of nearly two dozen courses on offer at the south korean reception centre for those who have escaped north korea and need new skills for their new lives. in another room, defectors are introduced to high—tech devices commonplace in south korea. less so in the north. they learn about the software that powers these gadgets. the hana one resettlement centre for north korean refugees is also a medical facility. korean refugees is also a medicalfacility. south korean medical facility. south korean doctors medicalfacility. south korean doctors try to fix healt

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.has been killed and five people have been injured after a rocket hit a building in the northeastern ukraine city of sumy. these pictures from ukrainian emergency services purport to show the damage caused to what has been described as an educational institution. here in the uk, the prime minister, rishi sunak says he is on the side of car drivers and says he wants "anti—motorist" measures to be reviewed. mr sunak told the sunday telegraph that he has ordered a review into low—traffic neighbourhood schemes — which seek to reduce car use in streets in some residential areas. it comes after the conservatives won a recent by—election in uxbridge in west london — with the victory widely credited his party's opposition to plans to extend the capital's ultra—low emission zone to apply to more road users in the capital. here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. the bollards, the planters, the number plate recognition cameras. if you live in or near a low traffic neighbourhood which u

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.g it harder to identify children at risk of sexual abuse. we'll hear from the head of the national crime agency in a moment, but first, our technology editor, zoe kleinman, looks at some of the key issues being brought to light in the new age of ai. the world is waking up to the potential and the dangers of the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence. across the globe, countries are racing to try to both harness and regulate this technology. if we keep feeding these systems more and more computing resource, more and more data, and we keep having stronger and stronger incentives, you know, for the private sector to accelerate this stuff, when do we cross a line when these systems become dangerous in a new way? there is another threat, isn't there, which isjobs? there will be winners and losers on a kind of global basis in terms of where the jobs are as a result of ai. artificial intelligence is developed in a computing system called neural networks, inspired by the complex connec

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.ing in the northeastern ukraine city of sumy. these pictures from ukrainian emergency services purport to show the damage caused to what has been described as an educational institution. kenya says it's ready to lead a multinationalforce in haiti — where clashes between security forces and criminal gangs have displaced tens of thousands of people. kenya's foreign minister says nairobi would deploy 1,000 police officers to the caribbean nation. earlier this month, the un secretary, general, antonio guterres, called for the creation of a multinational force for haiti. let's return to our top story. at least 35 people have been killed in an explosion at a political rally in north—west pakistan. we've just received some footage that's been verified by police in pakistan as the build up to that blast which killed 35 people. we've paused the video before the moment of the explosion. a warning — some viewers may find this distressing. you can see the atmosphere in that tent and how many peopl

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.ct of low traffic neighbourhood schemes, which restrict cars in certain areas, to cut pollution. earlier this month, it was announced funding would end any new projects in england. from newcastle, alison freeman has more. all quiet on this street in newcastle today. it's part of one of several hundred low traffic neighbourhoods known as ltns that have been introduced in cities across the country. the aim — to reduce traffic in residential areas and stop side roads being used as rat runs. it's sort of adding 10 minutes onto yourjourney and you sort of think to yourself, is this actually doing any good for the environment? my road might be quieter, but the main roads are chock a block. it's definitely quieter down the roads and so the traffic down the main road's not even that bad. so i don't really see what the problem is. tell me about the cleaner sitting in those queues, l those incessant queues. queues. queues, queues of cars pumping out fumes and using up extra fuel. - this ltn, whi

our russia editor steve rosenberg joins us from moscow. ? it is very strange indeed. on the day of the mutiny vladimir putin had called the organisers traitors who had stamped rusher in the back. he promised they would be punished. five days later, goodness me, he was sitting down with them in the kremlin, with yevgeny prigozhin, the commanders of wagner, chatting about what had happened. what does this tell us about the relationship between wagner and the kremlin? we knew they were very close. putin had admitted the state has been financing wagner. so was this three—hour meeting in the kremlin a sort of post—mutiny postmortem, an attempt to reboot or rebuild what had been a pretty effective fighting force for the kremlin? we don't know. we don't know how the meeting ended. what we do know is that state media here continues to try to discredit yevgeny prigozhin. last night state tv said he is not the robin hood he tries to pass himself off as. he is a businessman with a criminal past who was involved in dodgy dealings. but for now mr prigoz

steve rosenberg in moscow. response from the foreign office in london who have said this was a planned meeting in moscow held at our request as part of standard diplomatic practice and it went on to say that reports the charged affair was summoned was disinformation. that's the latest from the british foreign office. let's turn to india — with a horrifying story that's prompted outrage across the country after video emerged of two women being paraded naked through the streets in the state of manipur. the prime minister, narendra modi, said the incident �*shamed india'. clashes between ethnic groups have been going on in manipur — a state in northeast india — for months. police say the assault happened on may the 4th. local leaders say the women were also gang raped. video of the incident circulated for the first time on social media yesterday. mps have disrupted a session in parliament demanding that the issue is debated. india's chiefjustice said the supreme court was �*deeply disturbed' by the video, warning

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.d and five people have been injured after a rocket hit a building in the north eastern ukraine city of sumy. these pictures from ukrainian emergency services purport to show the damage caused to what has been described as an educational institution. pope francis has called on russia to return to the black sea deal that had allowed ukraine to safely export grain from its seaports despite the war. addressing crowds in st peter's square, the pope urged moscow to re—establish the initiative, saying the cry of millions suffering from hunger was rising to the sky. president putin withdrew from the un brokered agreement earlier this month after claiming russian demands to ease sanctions on its own grain and fertilizer exports had not been met. thousands of protesters have gathered outside the french embassy in niamey, the capital of niger, in support of the military coup. some tore down an embassy plaque, replacing it with flags from niger and russia, while others shouted anti—french and pro—

the bbc�*s steve rosenberg, reporting from moscow.officer to have been sacked since the wagner group's munity. on thursday, the wall streetjournal reported than at least 13 senior russian officers have been detained for questioning and 15 have been suspended from duty or fired. japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific ocean could start any day now. the un's nuclear watchdog backed the plans last week — but there's still been concern and anger in the country and region. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil has sent us this report. a triple disaster that crippled the country and shocked the world. japan's most powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people. and causing this — a nuclear meltdown. this is the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant now, surrounded by tanks filled with radioactive waste water. this is what more than a million tonnes of water looks like. think 500 0lympic sized pools and that's what you get

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steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. fascinating.will go through some of those comments and speak to colonel brendan kearney, former chief of staff for us marine corps forces in europe. thank you forjoining me, we appreciated. let's start with the whereabouts of yevgeny. steve, my correspondence there, said what on earth is going on? everyone wants to know the answer. how likely is that there is no intelligence of the whereabouts of this leader? glad to be with you and answer the question i think it's extremely likely that nobody has a clue as to where prigozhin is. i think we can all safely say confidently that he is somewhere, but were somewhat yes, we don't know. 0k, somewhat yes, we don't know. ok, how successful are our putin's enemies at staying hidden? ., , ., , ., hidden? not very. he has an extraordinarily _ hidden? not very. he has an extraordinarily successful. extraordinarily successful tracking down years and they die of heart attacks or develop an urge to fly off high—rise buildings. they don't do well. so prigozhin kno

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.he last few weeks. more unsettled weather on the way. if you look at the satellite picture, you can see a daisy chain of weather systems sweeping off north america and across the atlantic and heading in our direction, propelled by quite a strong jet stream, which will also be rippling across the atlantic and at times it will even be south of us as we see these troughs developing, and that will also allow cooler air to sweep in from the north. let�*s have a look at the forecast then for the evening and overnight. plenty of cloud, here is the weather front with the rain sweeping northwards. it should reach the lowlands later in the evening or through the early hours. the north of scotland may stay dry through the night but for many of us it is cloudy, with rain at times, mist and murk and low cloud. breezy, if not windy, conditions, but mild — 17 celsius in cardiff with this maritime air mass. and tomorrow it is a cloudy picture, at times bursts of rain, some of them heavy. both in the m

steve rosenberg, bbc news, near moscow.illed and five people have been injured after a rocket hit a building in the northeastern ukraine city of sumy. these pictures from ukrainian emergency services purport to show the damage caused to what has been described as an educational institution. in niger, thousands of people have gathered in the streets of the capital niamey to protest outside the french embassy. protesters have responded to a call from the leaders of this week's military coup, who also denounced the upcoming meeting between leaders from across west africa on the situation. the french presidency has condemned the violence, and urged authorities to protect their citizens. it added that any attacks on french nationals will trigger an immediate reaction. the foreign ministry also said it supports all regional intitiatives to restore law and order in niger. outside the french embassy on sunday, protesters burned french flags and chanted anti—french slogans. translation: during 12 years nothing has changed, - so this

our russia editor steve rosenberg was at that news conference.than two weeks ago, we were told that alexander lukashenko, the leader of belarus, had brokered a deal under which the wagner mutiny would end and yevgeny progozhin would move from russia to belarus, and any wagner fighters who wanted tojoin him in belarus could. today, mr lukashenko told us that actually, yevgeny progozhin is not in belarus, he was in st petersburg and he may be in moscow today. and, the wagnerfighters are not in belarus. he indicated that they went back to their camps in russian—occupied eastern ukraine. mr lukashenko also said that he is going to be discussing the situation with wagner with vladimir putin in the nearest future. although the kremlin hasn't given any date for that discussion, so what is happening, what is actually going on... who knows? vitaly the rush editor from bbc monitoring is not entirely convinced that prigozhin was ever in belarus. well, all we have in terms of pointers to him being there are the statements made by alexander lukashenko about t

writer editor steve rosenberg there. —— russian.my in a state of collapse and a population struggling to make ends meet. some people have resorted to robbing banks just to get access to their own money. anna foster reports now from beirut. a bottle of acid. omar is holding up his bank to get his own money back. since the financial crisis began here, people's money has been hugely devalued and hard to access. he lives with his cash to pay for the next surgery doctors say he urgently needs. without it he could be left paralysed. what about the people who work in the bank, did you think about them? because this isn't their fault and that must�*ve been really frightening moment for them. translation: , ., ~ , translation: they are like my sisters and _ translation: they are like my sisters and brothers. _ translation: they are like my sisters and brothers. and - translation: they are like my sisters and brothers. and they l sisters and brothers. and they apologised to them now. they never intended to harm any of them, but i also was for

here is steve rosenberg. so what does moscow think, then, of the vilnius summit?en gloating about this today, claiming that the summit has been a total failure for kyiv. however, the idea of the g7�*s long term security guarantees for ukraine, that hasn't gone down well in moscow. we've heard from dmitry peskov, vladimir putin's spokesman. he said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous for any country to offer security guarantees to ukraine because those, he claimed, would infringe on russia's security. he called nato an offensive alliance that brings instability and aggression. well, nato would point out that it is in fact a defensive alliance, and in terms of aggression, well, it wasn't nato that launched a full scale invasion of ukraine in february last year. that was russia. but if you read the ultra pro—kremlin newspapers today, they push the official line that the threat to world peace emanates not from russia, but from nato. this is the front page of the rossiyskaya gazeta, the government paper, and it says that nato is anti—russian, nato is o

more from katya in a moment, but first let�*s hear from our russia editor, steve rosenberg, who�*s inin vilnius. very closely, the russian said _ s. -- in vilnius. very closely, the russian said so, _ s. -- in vilnius. very closely, the russian said so, and _ s. -- in vilnius. very closely, the russian said so, and they - s. -- in vilnius. very closely, the russian said so, and they were i russian said so, and they were pleased that ukraine did not get what it wanted, a firm timetable for nato membership. on russian state tv there was a lot of gloating all day. having said that, about these g7 security assurances, they did not go down well in moscow. president putin�*s spokesman dmitry petrov said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous because he said it would infringe on russian security. he called nato and offensive alliance that brought with it instability and aggression. nato would say it is a defensive alliance and as far as aggression is concerned it was not nato that launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine last year, it was russia. but the message from moscow is

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.n speak now to mikey kay, former uk military strategic planner, who spent 20 years as an raf assault helicopter pilot. good to have you back on the programme. what kind of thing do you think the ukrainians might�*ve used to blow bridge up? think the ukrainians might've used to blow bridge up?— think the ukrainians might've used to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is really _ to blow bridge up? well, i think the first thing that is really important i first thing that is really important to talk about is there are rules in war, but when someone is backed in a corner or you have a strategic asset like crimea, that very much is a strategic asset to putin, which is home to the black sea fleet, it is also home to the airpower fleet that protects the black sea fleet from the air, when it comes to trying to get an advantage, when it comes to the rules of war so t

our russia editor steve rosenberg says, russian officials have not called this an attack. unconfirmed reports on russian telegram channels suggest explosions were heard in the area of the bridge after 3am local time this morning. also unconfirmed: that one section of the road bridge has collapsed and that two people were killed. the russia—installed authorities in crimea are calling on people not to use the bridge and instead use alternative routes to and from crimea through the �*new regions�* — which is how russia refers to the ukrainian territories it occupied last year and claims to have annexed. the kerch bridge was hit last october by a suspected truck bomb which destroyed part of the roadway and also damaged the train line. ukraine eventually claimed responsibility for that attack — which was seen as blow to the authority of vladimir putin who had personally opened the bridge when it was constructed in 2018. just to repeat, the senior official russian official in crimea says an emergency in the kerch bridge which links mainland russian to crimea. there has been repo

out at the nato summit, and to bring us more on what the reaction has been from the kremlin, steve rosenbergow been making of the summit? no timeframe for ukraine tojoin nato, that suits the summit? no timeframe for ukraine to join nato, that suits the the summit? no timeframe for ukraine tojoin nato, that suits the kremlin just fine. russian state television has been gloating about this today, claiming the summit has been a total failure for kyiv. however, the idea of the g7�*s long—term security guarantees for ukraine, that has not gone down well in moscow. we have heard from vladimir putin's spokesman, who said it would be a mistake and potentially very dangerous for any country to offer security guarantees to ukraine because there was, he claimed, would infringe on russia's security. he called nato and offensive alliance which brings instability and aggression. nato will point out it is in fact a defensive alliance, and in terms of aggression, it was not nato that launched a full—scale invasion of ukraine in february last year, that was russia. but if you read the ultra pro claiming news

where his mercenaries are said to have declared their loyalty to the president. 0ur russia editor steve rosenbergdate. strange, indeed. i mean, on the day of the mutiny, vladimir putin had called the organisers "traitors" who'd stabbed russia in the back, and he promised that they would be punished. five days later, goodness me, he was sitting down with them in the kremlin, with yevgeny prigozhin, with the commanders of wagner, chatting about what had happened. so what does this tell us about the relationship between wagner and the kremlin? well, we knew they were close, very close. putin had admitted that the state has been financing wagner. so was this three hour meeting in the kremlin a sort of a post mutiny, postmortem? an attempt to reboot or rebuild what had been a pretty effective fighting force for the kremlin? we don't know. we don't know how that meeting ended. what we do know is that the state media here continues to try to discredit yevgeny prigozhin. last night, state tv said "he is not the robin hood he tries to pass himself off as he is a businessman with a criminal past who was in

steve rosenberg, bbc news. >> the dutch prime minister said he would tender the resignation of his governmenter failing to reach an agreement on immigration policies. he said the situation was regrettable and the coalition government would carry on in the caretaker role until new elections could be held. tensions came to a head when he demanded support for a proposal to limit the scope for families reuniting. the children of war refugees who were already in the netherlands. a court sentence a gunman who since -- shot 23 people at a walmart supermarket in texas in 2019 ot 90 consecutive life sentences -- to 90 consecutive life sentences. he targeted people of hispanic descent after putting a message referring to the immigration of the united states. he's been covering the case and joins us. what happened in this mass shooting in 2019? >> this was a hate crime in el paso. a border town in texas 80% hispanic. people were going about their shopping getting back-to-school supplies when the shooter entered with an ak-47 style rifle, black t-shirt, and started gunning down shoppers down. prosecutors