hello welcome to the programme. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significance of capturing soledar to russia. after three days of contradictions, frankly, it seems russia has finally settled on the claim of having taken the regi
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And checking out good to good to have good to have you good to have you joining good to have you joining us. The actor Sir Michael Gambon has died peacefully in hospital at the age of 82. Sir michael, who won four tv baftas, worked across tv, film, radio and theatre in a career spanning five decades. In recent years, he played Albus Dumbledore in six of the harry potter films. Charlie jones looks back on his life. Ive got you. The Singing Detective. Under my skin. What is honour . Falstaff. A word. Maigret. Welcome, welcome, to another year at hogwarts. And of course, dumbledore. Michael gambon was a serious acting talent. He never did seemed to take it too seriously. Tom, tom, you are sitting here. Back where i started. His Stage Breakthrough was in Alan Ayckbourns the norman conquests, and in particular a scene in which he ends up dining on the little chair. You are all right where you are. Good evening, carry on. Talk amongst yourselves. No, not there. The table was there, i ate lik