Of the moscow city business district, that is where the skyscrapers are in moscow. You will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. No casualties reported. Russian media showed damage to an Exhibition Centre in that area, west of the city centre. But it wasnt completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. Drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. In fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. But it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three miles away was where this incident took place. You will remember at the beginning of may, the kremlin itself was attacked by two drones. Will, what can you tell us about humanitarian aid, or the corridor that was set up by ukraine after the deal ended and any further dis
costs more easily, how much of a challenge is that for small venues like this? , , , ., like this? there is big venues that hold u- to like this? there is big venues that hold up to 5000 like this? there is big venues that hold up to 5000 people like this? there is big venues that hold up to 5000 people in - like this? there is big venues that hold up to 5000 people in our - like this? there is big venues that l hold up to 5000 people in our area. basically. hold up to 5000 people in our area. basically. if hold up to 5000 people in our area. basically, if they put a show on the same basically, if they put a show on the same night basically, if they put a show on the same night as a show we have, that really same night as a show we have, that really makes it hard to predict how marry really makes it hard to predict how many people will come to our show, because many people will come to our show, because it many people will come to our show, because it sucks up a massiv
after a night of dancing and enjoying themselves. as i said, we have the place to ourselves this morning. i am taking a look at the state of nightlife in the uk. they have had a really tough time, venues like this. they have been through the pandemic, we had the national lockdowns in the uk and just as they were recovering from that, the cost of living crisis, rising prices, people had less money to spend on energy bills for venues getting more expensive. they have had a tough time and money venues around the country have had to shut their doors for good. one in three nightclubs have closed permanently over the past three years and it is independent and smaller venues like this one but have had the toughest time. 35% of them have closed since 2020 and in the last year alone, 100 have gone out of business. the pressures are really on, it is a far cry from the 80s and 90s, the heyday of the super clubs. first, let s have chat to the venue manager here.
saudi arabian officials have confirmed that the british government has invited crown prince mohammed bin salman, to the uk in october. there s been sharp criticism from opposition parties and campaigners over the gulf leader s human rights record. this report from our political correspondent, helen catt. crown prince mohammed bin salman last came to the uk in march 2018. but later that same year, a journalist, jamal khashoggi, was brutally murdered inside a saudi embassy. american intelligence agencies concluded the killing had been authorised by mohammed bin salman, which he denied. some say inviting him back would send all the wrong signals. what we should be doing is thinking about how we influence these countries and, as i said, rolling out the red carpet, treating them as welcome guests, is not the way to do it. saudi arabia is currently spending very big money trying to shift its economy away from oil. it s also investing heavily in sport, including buying newcastle united. the
votes are cast in the republican primaries. a brazilian hacker has told a congressional inquiry that he was hired by brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, to try to prove that electronic ballots were vulnerable to fraud ahead of last year s election. walter delgatti told the inquiry he was paid $8,000 by someone close to mr bolsonaro. he claims he wasn t able to hack the ballots. after surviving the challenges of covid, nightclubs in the uk have recently been struggling with a new challenge rising running costs and the cost of living. many are being forced to close their doors. 0ur news corresponent ben boulos has been finding out more at the meraki night club in liverpool. this time in the morning, normally we would have club are streaming out