welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar, a small town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. moscow called it an important step in its offensive, which would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in nearby bakhmut. if russia s claims are true, it would be the first ukrainian town it has captured since july after six months of russian military setbacks. but ukraine s president zelensky says the battle in soledar is still under way. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse reports. a salt mining town under russian assault, soledar has become a story of carnage and contradiction. after months of bloody fighting, an attempt by russia to give a clear message. for the first time, a claim to be in complete control, and that this town is the start of something bigger. the capture of soledar became possible due to the constant destruction of the enemy, says russia
israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has told supporters injerusalem he is on the brink of a big victory , after exit polls put his right wing bloc narrowly ahead in yesterday s general election. the current prime minister, yair lapid, says he s waiting for the votes to be counted. our correspondent in israel, yolande knell, is following developments. after a high turnout, exit poll suggests that israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyu, is in position to take the reins of power again. but no matter what happens, known as racist and extremists, were on the fringes of israeli politics, but this election has seen them transformed into key players. with his eyes on a cabinet post, itamar ben gvir now tries to look like a conventional candidate. but this was him last month, inflaming tensions at palestinians during clashes. waking up a startled voter and telling him to cast his ballot. current pm yair lapid made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal
welcome to the first ever bbc green sport awards. i ella al shamahi, explorer, standup comic and paleoanthropologists. and i have no idea what that means. i mark watson, also a comedian, a writer, huge sports fan and we both care about the environment, that s what this programme is all about. you ve just seen recycled footage from the bbc sports programme from 30 years ago. and even the awards are made from recycled material, which is all part of the ethos of this program. and it s why we ve occupied the bbc sport match of the day studio. former international footballers and now pundits alan shearer and ian wright have been locked out. they think it s temporary but it s a dream for me to be and this place all dressed up, especially for it, there is absolutely no way i m leaving without a fight. by the end of this i ll be the official new match of the day host, theyjust don t know it yet. and with the click of the fingers we can make ourselves feel even more at home. we re goi
i stand by the package we announced on the fact we announced on the fact we announced it quickly because we had to act but i do except we should have laid the ground better. and the skin tight fit of the spray on dress that s the talk of the catwalk, at this year s paris fashion shows. they go again the two main candidates in brazil s presidential election will have a second round run off after neither man achieved the 50 % needed to win. the left wing challenger former president luis inacio lula de silva won the most support, while the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro we can go now to laura trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. david, trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. lula the former president david, lula the former president of brazil who is leading with over 45% of the vote, with 98% of votes counted that he hasn t quite cleared 50%, he is about to speak in sao paulo, president macro has 43%, he is in second place so it will be a run off between these two titans of different ide