hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian ministry of defence says its troops have left the strategic town of lyman, in eastern ukraine. a ministry spokesman was quoted by russian news agencies as saying the withdrawal was carried out because of a threat of encirclement. earlier, the ukrainian military said its troops were inside the town. lyman was a key strategic target, used by russia as a major logistics hub, and sits in the donetsk region which the government in moscow has just declared to be a part of russia. video footage shared online shows ukrainian soldiers waving their national flag on the outskirts of lyman. we cannot however verify exactly where the flag raising is taking place. this report is from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. ukraine s counteroffensives have slowed, but for ukrainians, progress is still progress. traces of occupation are being removed, and quickly. lyman was a logistics hub for russia s invasi
we start this hour with some breaking news and a police spokesperson in indonesia says that at least 127 people have been killed after a riot at a football match in east java. this story is developing as we speak, but an official said most of the deaths happened when the crowd stampeded. our reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. what more can you tell us? this incident occurred what more can you tell us? this incident occurred after - what more can you tell us? ti 3 incident occurred after a football match. it was between two teams. the fighting is reported to have started when thousands of people rushed onto the pitch. the home team lost 2-3. the pitch. the home team lost 2 3. there is dramatic footage on social media where you can see people rushing onto the pitch. police have said 127 people have been killed and one health official have said people died of chaos, overcrowding, trampling and suffocated. large numbers of people reported to be in
said the authorities will re evaluate safety at football matches and consider not allowing spectators. this is after the stampede we think has killed 129 people. and the chief security minister is saying the football stadium was beyond capacity. our news reporter, shelley phelps, hasjoined me with the latest details. this happened on saturday night between arema and persebaya and when the home team lost, that is when trouble began because fans rushed onto the pitch. police said they began firing tear gas because they said it was a dangerous situation and they needed to control things. after the release of tear gas people began scrambling, trying to leave the stadium. the death toll now is a 129 people, many reported to have died because of trampling and suffocation. around 180 people have been hospitalised and is expected the fatalities will continue to rise. , , ., ., rise. lets bring in jonathan head. rise. lets bring in jonathan head- just rise. lets bring in jonathan he
germany, on russian gas. i think a similar conversation is going on about china. things like semi conductors, critical raw materials, the european union has been lagging behind in terms of the production of this. it has been importing a lot from china, so now the word is diversify, trying to get away from that ultra dependency on one very powerful exporter and to broaden that with a lot of talk there was a lot of talk here today. fellow countries within the eu or other democracies. i think all european countries are look at we re doing trade and how sustainable that is. what was said about china s political stance when it comes to the war between russia and ukraine? yes, this did come up as well. a lot
it s an historic moment ending more than 60 years of nuclear energy production in this country. the people who have been protesting against it say it s unsafe. they say they d rather see money invested in this area of energy production, invested in renewables, fuels for the future. but as you rightly say, it is an extremely controversial decision. those last three nuclear power plants will be, during the course of today, disconnected from the energy grid. and a little later, i m at the brandenburg gate in berlin, you can see it behind me there, on the other side of that gate, they re preparing another demonstration. those are people who say it s madness to switch off nuclear energy production at this moment in time. they worry about energy security. this country was heavily reliant, as you know, on russian gas. in fact, today s shutdown had to be postponed by several months as the government scrambled to find alternative sources of power. they worry, too, about the environment. they sa