good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital, causing some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russia s president, vladimir putin, said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, heard the explosions this morning, and sent this report. russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia s military had downed
the metropolitan police says the elderly woman had become distressed after a dispute with her carer and allegedly spat at an officer during the incident earlier this month. she was handcuffed and taken to hospital, but not arrested. asda has brought the petrol station group eg for £2.3 billion and is taking over the irish operations that will see the supermarket expand further into the convenience food sector. eg has around 350 patient stations and more than a thousand takeaway food locations. norway and sweden have been monitoring what they think is an unusual russian spy off their coast, a beluga whale. you first appeared in norway in 2019 wearing a harness with amount suitable for a camera and the words, equipment saint petersburg on it. he has recently appeared off the swedish coast. moscow has never addressed the claims that the wail was trained by the russian army but previously denied it trained sea
nick, thank you, nick eardley. the supermarket asda is expanding its growth into the convenience food sector. it s agreed to buy eg group, adding another 350 petrol stations to hundreds it has already. so what will this mean for customers? our business correspondent emma simpson is here. asda is the uk s third biggest supermarket, with over 640 stores. it s now buying the uk and irish operations of the petrol forecourt operator eg group. that means, in one fell swoop, it s going to add another 350 petrol stations and own 1,000 fast food locations. both of these businesses are co owned by the billionaire issa brothers from blackburn. under the deal, this new combined group will have revenues of around £30 billion a year and employ around 170,000 people. i asked the chairman of asda and eg group, stuart rose, what it would mean for shoppers.