be the most powerful flash of light ever seen from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from earth. now on bbc news, ourworld: fighting putin s propaganda. tv rain, russia s last remaining opposition tv station, was forced off air in march 2022. our world follows senior presenters trying to relaunch tv rain from exile. in march, russia s last independent tv station went off air. tv rain opposed russia s war in ukraine and challenged the kremlin s propaganda machine. this narrative about massive support of this war is false, so that is what they did to us. the journalists of tv rain, including senior presenters katya and tikhon were forced to flee the country. our world joins the power couple on their mission to relaunch the channel from exile. i am scared to death. can they fight the kremlin? they believe their weapon is the truth. it s june 2022. among them, tikhon dzyadko, from moscow. he s editor in chief of tv rain, russia s last independent tv channel. his wi
and we ll be talking to andrew harding our africa correspondent about the conditions that have led to the crisis. also tonight. in birmingham, prime minister and chancellor are dealing with more division this time over increasing benefits in line with inflation. in ukraine, an extended report on the areas being abandoned by russian forces and the high price being paid. what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. two and a half years after covid 19 struck, a public inquiry opens into the uk s handling of the pandemic. and in tonight s champions league football liverpool take on rangers the first ever competitive match between the two sides. and on the bbc news channel, england captain leah williamson won t play against the usa as a training injury rules her out of friday s big friendly at wembley. good evening. we start with one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. we have an exten
as russia s brutal assault from the sky intensifies. on the front lines ukrainian forces claim five cylvillages h been liberated. no response from russia on this but it s what s happening in the air that has ukraine on high alert. fighter jets today patrolling kyiv after news of more russian missile strikes. at a market, suburbs near a nuclear plant, both among putin s latest targets. also today reports of arrests now being made after putin s prize bridge to crimea was severely damaged a few days ago. matthew chance is with us now and has more on all of this. tell us about these arrests. what are you learning, matthew? reporter: hey, ana, that s right. this is a new development that s come to us within the past few hours out of russia where the russian federal security service, the fsb, who are investigating this attack on the bridge linking the russian mainland with crimea say they ve made eight arrests of people they believe may be responsible and connected with the dev
post that the nuclear weapons is a hoax. this comes as we wait for a federal judge in florida to decide whether to unseal the warrant and property receipt from monday s search after trump overnight supported a move by the attorney general for the documents to be made public. in a rare public statement, attorney general merrick garland said more about what led to the search. i personally approved the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. the department does not take such a decision lightly. where possible it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken. meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news, quote, someone familiar with paper stored at mar-a-lago told investigators there may have been more classified documents, even though the national archives said earlier this year it had retrieved 15 boxes of documents. sources tell nbc news a subpoena was delivered t
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