in ukraine it s confirmed a new offensive to push out putin s troops is under way. i m debora patta in kyiv where president zelenskyy says his military is optimistic about defensive actions under way. clearing the air. air quality improves for millions of americans, but canada s wildfire fight heats up. survival story. four children found alive in an amazon jungle 40 days after their plane crashed. and later, an uber driver steers his life in a new direction earning a college degree on a free ride. announcer: this is the weekend evening news from new york. donald trump made his first public remarks since this week s bombshell federal dime, 37 counts. he described his re-election campaign as a final battle with corrupt forces he maintains are destroying the country. tonight he speaks again in greensborough, greensboro, north carolina. that s where we find scott macfarlane who leads us off tonight. scott. reporter: mark, less than 72 hours until donald trump
especially what is happening on the battlefiled in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counter offensive. kyiv says it is quote shifting to offensive actions in some areas. hanna malyar ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities , and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the south. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. its defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc we ll hear from our verified team shortly. here s a map showin
against lesia tsurenko as she continues her bid for a third title in four years at roland garros. that match will be on court suzanne lenglen. first out on phillipe chatrier was seventh seed ons jabeur who breezed past american bernarda pera in straight sets. after finishing as runner up at both wimbledon and the us open last year, jabeur is looking to go one better in paris. casper ruud was beaten in the final by rafael nadal last year. he s up against chile s nicholas jarry for a place in the last 16. ruud took the first two sets and it s currently 6 5 to the norwegian in third, serving for the match. tottenham are moving closer to appointing ange postecoglou as their new manager. the australian admitted on saturday that his ability to enjoy celtic s treblesuccess would soon be disrupted by some decision making and it seems he s on the verge of taking over at spurs. he watched his celtic team lift the scottish cup on saturday but it seems he s now poised to fill the post
than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who d heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack. and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there had been a drone attack. he said that several buildings in the capital had received minor damage. he said there were no serious injuries. and then the governor of moscow region so the area just outside the city he also confirmed there had been a drone attack and said that russian air defences had shot down several drones. how many drones are we talking about here? well, the russian defence ministry a short while ago issued a statement, saying there had been what it called a terrorist drone attack , organised by the ukrainian authorities on moscow. it said that eight drones were used in this attac
a former top chinese scientist says it can t be ruled out. but with the question mired in politics and diplomacy will we ever find out what happened? and what do you value more at work? the pay or the perks? amazon offers to let staff work in term time only to help with childcare. critics say it s trying to fend off the threat from unions. more on those stories for you a little later. he moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. officials said eight drones had reached the russian capital causing some damage, but most had been shot down. ukraine has denied any involvement. russia s president vladimir putin said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions and sent this report. russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the