hello, i m vishala sri pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukra
group after the group s founder was given the steepest penalty yet among those charged in the insurrection. and stunning revelations from newly unearthed fbi documents revealing a plot to kill queen elizabeth back in the 80s while she was here in the u.s. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. two more sentences are being handed down today for members of the oath keepers, a far right extremist group for their role in the january 6th capitol attack. one of them is army veteran jessica watkins. she was just sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. sentencing for the other member, kenneth hairalson, is happening this very hour. it all comes one day after the group s founder stewart rhodes was hit with the most severe sentence yet tied to the capitol insurrection, with the judge describing him as an ongoing threat to democracy, the unrepentant rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison. evan, starting with you h
off. just ahead our countries stand together and we stand stronger. and i believe the whole world is s safer when we do. we haven t degreed to anything yet, but i see the path. they should have held them accountable for the war crimes that they committed and most importantly for the war crimes he is still committing. probably my last year on the professional tour. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 19th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 a.m. in japan where the g7 superintendent summit will soon be welcoming volodymyr zelenskyy. he is expected to attend according to cnn sources. the war in ukraine is already making headlines in japan. a source tells cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies who want to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv and uk and european union is taking aim at moscow s funding for the war with new restrictions on russia diamond sales. salma abdelaziz is in london and kevin liptak also. kevi
jen psaki said they would approach without labeling, so psaki and other others rushed to say there was no crisis, but some journalists kept pressing the point. 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. that sounds to most folks like a crisis. well, look, it s way down now. we ve now gotten control. howard: and now with the president sending another 1500 troops to the border and pan pandemic era restrictions being lifted this thursday, the expected surge of illegal migrants is suddenly drawing far mored media attention, and there are still arguments about basic numbers. when it comes to illegal migration, you ve seen it come down by more than 90%, and that s because of the actions that this president has taken. howard: after the pundits pounced, karine jean-pierre clarified that that she was talking about one parole program. at this point, i don t care what you call the border situation, but it sure looks like a crisis to me. i m howard kur
start with an arrest of historic proportions. it s the first time an american journalist has been detained by russia since the cold war in 1986 the year after i was born wall street journal reporter evan gersh co ceviche. was arrested and is now in custody in moscow on accusations of espionage. he covers russia, ukraine and the former soviet union for the paper. in a statement, the wall street journal said it vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb and seeks the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. espionage charges in russia can carry prison sentences of up to 20 years. court has ordered 31 year old gorshkov itch to be initially detained until may. 29th the white house says the state department has been in direct touch with the russian government at any moment. now we expect his attainment to be addressed at the white house press briefing. of course, we will take you there when it begins. evan gives