i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as possib
into the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigor , concluding that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said: with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some old and some new because bill s report on 2019 by us watchdog but identified performance failures and what the fbi had done. but significantly, it didn t identify any political bias. this report differs a little b
hello. we start with a claim from ukraine to have shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as exceptional in its density . ukraine says all 18 missiles of various types were shot down, this footage showing kyiv s air defences in action. loud explosions were heard across the city. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine s defence minister says. ukraine last week displayed the remains of what it claimed was the first such advanced hypersonic kinzhal, or dagger missile intercepted by the patriot defence system earlier this month. the latest barrage came just hours after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars worth of military aid by western allies. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. it was the eighth time this month kyiv came under attack but this thing was different. we had a number of extremely loud explosi
main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
with a report released today that has sharply criticised the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigour and concluded that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an also accused the fbi of repeated instances of quote confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying fbi leadership already implemented dozens of corrective actions, which have now been in place for some time. had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented. former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said, quote, special counsel john durham concludes the fbi never s