where officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they d begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area, most people had already fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here s part of the recording made by the head of that russian mercenary group, wagner. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it s 5am on the 25th of may. by the 1st ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the rear camps. we re handing over our positions to the military. ammunition, positions, everything, including food rations. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our verify
to the lord for peace. turkey s president recep erdogan has addressed supporters on the last day of campaigning before sunday s election. he accused his opponent of planning to sanction russia on the orders of america. mr erdogan s party has been in power for more than 20 years. final preparations are taking place in the english city of liverpool for the eurovision song contest s grand final. the event is being held in britain on behalf of ukraine last year s winners. the pop band tvorchi is presenting this year s ukrainian entry entitled heart of steel . now on bbc news playing for ukraine following a group of ukrainian refugee actors living in the uk, as they prepare to premier a brand new play as part of liverpool s eurovision festival . for over a month, we ve been following a group of ukrainian refugees all seven of them prominent actors and directors in their home country. my life back in ukraine was tightly connected with theatre. they faced unprecedent
the bay of bengal in recent years. in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of people were forced to take shelter. now on bbc news playing for ukraine. for over a month, we have been following a group of ukrainian refugees, all of them prominent actors and directors in their home country. actors and directors in their home count . a . ~ actors and directors in their home count . 1, . ~ ~ ., country. back in ukraine, iwas connected country. back in ukraine, iwas connected with country. back in ukraine, iwas connected with the country. back in ukraine, iwas connected with the theatre. . country. back in ukraine, i was. connected with the theatre. they faced unprecedented challenges fleeing their country to seek sanctuary overseas. i fleeing their country to seek sanctuary overseas.- fleeing their country to seek sanctuary overseas. i do find it hard because sanctuary overseas. i do find it hard because i sanctuary overseas. i do find it hard because i am sanctuary over
when the may sunshine comes out from the word go in the west will feel pleasantly warm with temperatures widely in the high teens, low 20s, could be make it 22 in northern ireland, the warmest day of the year so far. second half of the week in, a cold front moving in across the north west of the uk dropping rain and temperatures. the rain milking into wales and north west england but ahead of that we are into the warm air across central and eastern england with temperatures reaching the low 20s but much cooler for scotland and northern ireland across the second half of the weekend. before i go i wanted to show you this, a dangerous looking cyclone set make landfall around myanmar, bangladesh border region, and this is home to hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees and the weather looks pretty atrocious over the next few days with some very serious weather impacts potentially. thanks, chris. could the us government really run out of money in less than three weeks? if congr
newsroom. dangerous winter storms, pummeling the united states coast-to-coast. how the storms are disrupting travel. and bracing for possible escalation, ahead of the anniversary of the invasion, as russia and china reaffirm their ties in moscow. plus rying tensions in the northeast after a raid by the palestinians leave 11 dead. we re live with the latest. millions of americans are feeling the chill from the maive winter storm system coast-to-coast. snow, winds and ice have knocked out power to 850,000 customers. parts of california are reporting snow with los angeles county issuing a blizzard warning for the first time since the 1980s. flight tracking website flight aware shows 700 flights have been canceled on thursday so far b because of the weather. let s go to atlanta. this is serious disruption. any idea how long the conditions are going to last? unfortunately for days. some of the areas have picked up two feet of snow. 60 million people under some sort of wint