hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
It is hard to imagine the force behind Hurricane Irma, as it sweeps its path in the atlantic. Winds of nearly 300 kilometres an hour and gusts of up to 360 are threatening to leave a highly destructive trail through the islands of the caribbean, and on to puerto rico, haiti, cuba and ultimately florida in the us. Irma has strengthened to a category 5 storm the highest possible level. Heres sarah corker. This is the view of Hurricane Irma from space. Its expected to be one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Images released by nasa show its heading towards several caribbean islands, bringing with it 185 mph winds and torrential rain. Puerto rico will be one of the first to be hit. People there arent taking any chances, securing their homes and stocking up on essentials. Hurricane irma is on a collision course with popular holiday destinations like antigua and st martin. With storm surges up to 12 feet, flooding is a major concern. In the dominican republ
A criminal organisation that filtered hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes from the state owned oil firm petrobras. Brazils top prosecutor said Luis Inacio Lula da silva and Dilma Rousseff along with fellow Workers Party members had committed a series of crimes the latest accusations in brazils sprawling Corruption Scandal. The ex president s deny the accusations. The charges against them point to almost half a billion dollars in bribery from public bodies via the criminal front allegedly set up by the ex president s. The lead prosecutor earlier this year told cbs that the overall Corruption Scandal was bigger than watergate. He said that so far more than 200 people had already been charged with hundreds of crimes and the total amount of money paid in bribes, as far as they can tell so far, is up to two billion dollars. Camilla costa is in sao paulo. Tell us what dilma and lula barbecue stuff, exactly. The former president s have been accused with racketeering, plotting to scheme
and achieve their goals. for nehal and those who lost their loved ones, this place won t be the same. but clinging on to what is left, she is desperate to see little afghanistan rise again from the rubble. firuz rahimi, bbc news, 0verkent. are you a fan of the chelsea flower show? it is getting under way today and king charles will visit later for the first time since he became monarch. preparations have been months in the making, as garden designers vie for the show s top prizes but this year, the historically male dominated event will have more women competitors than men for the first time. daniela relph reports. a feminine touch there is more of it than ever before. 58% of exhibitors this year are women. a wider range of categories and celebrating different kinds of gardens has helped.