ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef
the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what is left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it and now their commanders are growing increasingly confident. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there is only one road that remains in and out of the city. the pincers are closing. before we were fighting a professional ukrainian army but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city street by street and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in. but these russian troops say the ukrainian army is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts ca
prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out i felt. ..i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc world news. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying to take the eastern city. if it falls, it would be the first russian victory of note in more than 6 months. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. munitions explode. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have h
the lights switched on. batteries, nuclear and hydrogen will form part of the solution, but the government has also committed to building a new type of power station, one that continues burning fossil fuels that got us into this mess. to take a closer look i climbed up one of keadby s two carbon dioxide emitting gas power plants. from here on top of the cooling tower you get a real sense of the energy transition here in keadby. over there on the horizon those mounds are the leftovers from when there was a coal fired power station here. you can see the wind turbines along the horizon. and just down there that could very well be the site for the uk s first ever gas fired power station where the carbon dioxide is captured. the idea behind a carbon capture power station is that instead of releasing carbon dioxide
prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service he says he hopes sharing details of his life will help others. once the book came out i felt. ..i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc world news. russian and ukrainian forces are still fighting in the streets of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture for several months. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there out of an original population of 75,000 have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of russian troops have died trying