britain s postal service, the royal mail, is being held to ransom in a hacking attack by a gang with likely russian links. hello and welcome. lisa marie presley, the only daughter of rock and roll legend elvis has died. she was 5a. the news was confirmed by her mother priscilla who said in a statement: it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter lisa marie has left us. we can now speak to entertainmentjournalist perez hilton who was a friend of lisa marie presley. he joins us from los angeles. thanks forjoining us on such short notice with this sad news. lisa marie was a successful musician in her own right but also a friend of yours. i right but also a friend of ours. ., ., ., yours. i got to meet her at her request. yours. i got to meet her at her request. i yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t know - yours. i got to meet her at her request, i don t know if -
social media star. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s bumper weekend of football with one of the highlights being the manchester derby in the premier league with plenty at stake for both united and city. good evening. the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, after a six month trial at chester crown court. jurors failed to reach verdicts on two other cases, meaning he will now face a re trial later this year. another man was also found not guilty of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports. and it came to mendy! oh, what a clearance. he was the millionaire footballer who had the world at his feet. but what now for benjamin mendy? it s a brilliant strike from mendy. cleared of the majority of charges against him, but facing a retrial on two others a jury couldn t decide upon. so, come to the darkness. mendy lived
and with western weapons continuing to arrive in ukraine the country s defence minister tells the bbc his country has become a de facto member of nato. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is there, explain more about what happened today is. explain more about what happened toda is. , , ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , , . ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , ., ., , ., today is. this is a trial that began today is. this is a trial that began to be heard t
also in the programme. how the world cup may have given a much needed boost to the uk s economy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significanc
hello welcome to the programme. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significance of capturing soledar to russia. after three days of contradictions, frankly, it seems russia has finally settled on the claim of having taken the regi