for allegedly taking multi million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever anti corru ption case. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as a requirement forjoining the european union. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have praised their anti missile defence system. overnight, it blocked an intense barrage of russian rockets over the capital kyiv. they say the system shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, which president putin has claimed are unstoppable . kyiv s mayor, vitali klitschko, described the night. actually, last night, our citizens didn t sleep because three hours long, beginning at 2:30, we have an alarm, a bombing alarm. and the whole night we listened to huge explosions and it actually was one of the massive missile attacks to our hometown. different kinds of rockets the russians sent to our hometown. our hugo bachega has more from kyiv on ukraine s air defence and what comes next. it was the eighth time th
coming months. and what is getting no backdrop of itch s back up at the italian open? we start with the footballing news, inter milan have overcome ac milan to progress to the champions league final. martinez handed them a 3 0 aggregate victory over both legs. john bennettjoins me. how big psychologically was the 2-0 how big psychologically was the 2 0 victory in the first leg last week? take a monumental effort for milan to get back into it but they did have hope because there was rafael recovered from a thigh injury, they started the game really well. the first half hour, they put inter under pressure, diaz and hernandez as well and just over half time, rafael leao with an effort that went inches wide from the tight angle, second half different story. one shot on target and then martinez finished the job, he scored with a shot which the goalkeeper should have done better but beat them 1 0 on the night it was always going to be lautaro martinez because no player has scored m
battling it out to survive the premier league relegation, and we ll start with everton. they pulled off a remarkable 5 1victory at brighton, who themselves are chasing a european qualification place. the win moves sean dyche s side out of the relegation zone. it was a superb display of counterattacking football from everton who were 3 0 up after 35 minutes. dwight mcneil and abdoulaye doucoure each scored twice. it means everton are two points above the drop zone with three matches left to play. you get it right and everybody lauds you, and you get it wrong people might think you have got it wrong and it s the right tactic. it might still be the right tactic. but they have taken it on. they was very open minded to it. that s really pleasing, because that s the whole point of coaching, that s the whole point of managing. it is to have a format for them to work on and then go deliver it. so the players deserve a lot of credit tonight. they have taken that on. and not only taken
Supporting the people of Northern Ireland, protecting the peace, preserving the belfast good friday agreement is a priority. Its regarded as the day that helped and decades of violence here during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Reactions to it being signed were largely positive. For the generation to come, it will be fantastic, one of the greatest things in our history, anyway. Some were not convinced. I dont think we will ever see peace. Itll take something different. I have come to dromore, a town in county down, roughly 20 minutes outside of belfast, and is home to around 6000 people. Its also where i grew up and went to school. I was born in 1998, the year the good friday agreement was signed here in Northern Ireland. It means i grew up after the troubles ended and didnt have to worry as much as maybe my parents did, for example, about getting caught up in the conflict happening here. Me and others like me born after it was signed are known as peace babies and im keen to find out where
grip of a severe heat wave with several countries experiencing sweltering conditions. hello. we begin in ukriane, where russia s launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months, which saw the capital kyiv go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia s wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut. russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months, despite the city s questionable strategic value. british foreign ministerjames cleverly wi