amid criticism of his leadership. at least 20 people are reported to have been found dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. # how could i dance with another? # when i saw her standing there?# and sir paul mccartney wows glastonbury and brings on surprise guests bruce springsteen and dave grohl. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one person has been killed and several others have been injured after apparent russian missile attacks struck the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions. the city s mayor says ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene. the attacks come hours after president zelensky made another plea for ukraine s allies to provide air defence systems. the war will dominate a summit of g7 leaders, which
# how could i dance with another? # i saw her standing there.# sir paul mccartney wows glastonbury and brings on surprise guests bruce springsteen and dave grohl. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there have been several large explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, after apparent russian missile attacks. the city s mayor says ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene. the attacks come hours after president zelensky made another plea for ukraine s allies to provide air defence systems. the war will dominate a summit of g7 leaders which is getting under way in germany and how to deal with russian aggression. anisa kadri reports. the destruction of a residential building in a russian cruise missile attack on kyiv. a number of people were pulled from the rubble, including a 7 year old girl. officials say they re searching for her mother. translation: the building has been destroyed and we understand that there are people under rub
brussels, ukrainian security analyst hanna shelest and from virginia, ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato. hello, welcome to the programme. the nato summit in madrid will go down as a major turning point. today, the alliance extended a formal invitation to finland and sweden that when ratified will extend nato s border with russia by more than 800 miles. alongside that, the alliance has outlined its new strategic vision, which puts a more muscularfocus on the defence of nato s eastern flank. the high readiness forces will be expanding seven fold to more than 300,000 troops. president biden has announced there will be a new permanent us base in poland, the first time the americans have had a standing force so close to russia s border, and he will also send two additional american destroyers to join the european fleet. we re going to approve a new nato strategic concept and reaffirm the unity and determination of our alliance to
despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577 seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more a big challenge, surprising challenge, this time, but from the left. this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, jean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, who came from the far left of french politics but by dint of personality and tactical genius has got all of the left or most of the left into his camp and persuaded the very demoralised socialists, communists and greens to fly under his banner, and together, as a group, they are set to