we start with a denial from ukraine of any involvement in september s attacks on the nord stream pipelines, which were built to carry russian natural gas to germany. the denial follows this report from the new york times. it cites us intelligence officials, suggesting a pro ukrainian group was to blame. before we look at those claims, let s get more details about the nord stream pipelines. let s get more details this map shows where they run along the sea bed, from russia, across the baltic, to germany. the damage was discovered near the danish island of bornholm. it s also relatively close to the russian territory of kaliningrad. it was first noticed when huge amounts of gas were spotted bubbling up to the surface. when cameras were sent down, this is what they recorded. several experts said it appeared the pipes had been damaged by an explosion on the outside of the pipe. here s ukrainian defence minister oleksi reznikov on the new allegations. for me, it s a little bit o
uk port authorities apologise and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia s mercenary wagner group claims it s in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut. the head of the group unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut s city hall and declared this. translation: this is the private military company s translation: this is the private military company s flag, - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in the i military company s flag, in the legal sense, military company s flag, in the legalsense, it military company s flag, in the legal sense, it is ours. it remains. the commanders who captured the building in the district will carry on and put these flags up. that s a claim disputed by kyiv, which says its forces still hold the town. the wagner chief also paid tribute to the leading russian m
yet. russia has its own version of mcdonald s, it comes under a different name here. food and politics have nothing in common. like come on, man, keep things simple. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is monday, june 13th, just after 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where more bombshell testimony could be on tap today. the january 6 committee set to reconvene before the tv cameras. over the weekend, two members of the panel offered a preview of what the public could expect today. have a look. should have been an bundantl clear that there was no evidence that the election was stolen and he ignored that. so the hearing monday is focusing on a deep dive in that, getting into the information that what were all of those things that he knew this was a lie but he continued to abct on that. i think if anyone truly believed after what the attorney general says, for instance, after what every piece of information comes in, if you trul
it can t progress on future discussions. thank you, mark. and india is really caught in the middle of that, because you have russia and china trying to create this alternative axis, but india has good relations on all sides. reporter: absolutely. and you ve just had the indian prime minister narendra modi return from the u.s. and you say spoke of how successful the trip was between biden and modi and how it strengthened ties between the u.s. and new delhi. but of course moscow was watching closely, beijing was watching closely. and today modi is sitting at that table with the leaders of russia and china. but it is a tight rope walk because he will have to navigate very, very rough waters there in terms of rough diplomatic relations across the board. on one hand, there are deep ties
yesterday from the russian envoy to minsk, who said that nuclear weapons, nuclear missiles would be moved to belarus s western borders. so that is right on the border with nato countries. this was expected. president putin right back in december last year said that missiles, nuclear capable missiles, were already being moved to belarus, which is of course moscow s closest ally, a country with which there is formally a union state between the two nations in which, of course, allow its territory to be used as a staging post for russian s invasion of ukraine in february last year. so, not a huge surprise that this bill! these plans were unveiled, but something that i think will cause a lot of worries in the west, dominator, in the eu, and of course most immediately amongst belarus s