of russian cruise missiles, juice was part of an elite force fighting against extraordinary odds. he and two other senior pilots were killed on thursday not in combat, but on a training flight. theirjets colliding over a village. the pilots managing just to avoid the houses below. ukrainians revere their pilots. 1.5 years after russia s full scale invasion, their status as national heroes is well established. president zelenskyy said the death of andriy pilshchykov and two of his colleagues was a disaster. juice was due to start training on american made f i6s in a matter of weeks. when the first jets finally arrive early next year, he will not be around to fight them. the opposition leader in zimbabwe has accused the president emmerson mnangagwa, of carrying out a coup. zimbabwe held elections wednesday and the president
theirjets colliding over a village. the pilots managing just to avoid the houses below. ukrainians revere their pilots. 1.5 years after russia s full scale invasion, their status as national heroes is well established. president zelensky said the death of andriy pilshchykov and two of his colleagues was a disaster. juice was due to start training on american made f i6s in a matter of weeks. when the first jets finally arrive early next year, he will not be around to fight them. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the opposition leader in zimbabwe has accused the president, emmerson mnangagwa, of carrying out a coup. zimbabwe held elections wednesday and the president was declared the winner sunday with nearly 53% of the vote. but opposition leader nelson chamisa has called the official results a sham. independent observers share that scepticism. the southern african
he and two other senior pilots were killed on thursday not in combat, but on a training flight. theirjets colliding over a village. the pilots managing just to avoid the houses below. ukrainians revere their pilots. 1.5 years after russia s full scale invasion, their status as national heroes is well established. president zelensky said the death of andriy pilshchykov and two of his colleagues was a disaster. juice was due to start training on american made f i6s in a matter of weeks. when the first jets finally arrive early next year, he will not be around to fight them. a vigil has been held injacksonville after a white man shot and killed three black people saturday in what police are calling a racially motivated attack. the shooter has been identified as a 21 year old who had no previous criminal record
update from the netherlands and denmark but have they given enough considering that training will take some time? it will take some time but this was a bumper week for international support for ukraine because denmark and the netherlands did commit to sending the f 16 netherlands did commit to sending the f i6jets netherlands did commit to sending the f 16 jets to ukraine. the danes were saying they would donate them. they were discussing whether it would be a commercial donation oran would be a commercial donation or an arrangement but nevertheless the ukrainians will get the f i6s. the first time they will be able to buy western fighter jets time they will be able to buy western fighterjets in this war. so, it is really a remarkable week fought the ukrainians. and on top of that in sweden now the debate is shifting to the point where there is consensus for sweden to send fighterjets which are perfectly suited for ukraine. now, that can only be done when
bbc radio ulster programme this morning mr nolan said he had been talking to a friend outside of work and that he was deeply sorry. much more on all these stories on the bbc news website and the bbc news app, including our top story, the drone attack on moscow earlier on friday. stick with us here and bbc news. hello again. we ve got a north south split in the country today. in the north, it will be drier, variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells, whereas in the south we ve got two weather fronts coming our way. the first one already producing some heavy, thundery downpours. the second one coming in a bit later, introducing some heavy rain and strengthening winds. we have gusty winds today along the coast of wales, with exposure gusting