you could join us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. there has been no immediate reaction from kyiv to those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f 16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic t
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the entertainment industry. actors and, before them, writers, demanded higher pay, with a strike that lasted 118 days. costing the california economy some $6 billion. we bring in our reporter who has been following the story. the deal still needs to be approved by the board of the union. this is the sag union which represents a lot of the actors in hollywood, a lot of the actors that play smaller roles. so we don t know the details of the agreement, but we do know what those actors were demanding. you mentioned higher pay. they say that streaming giants have been profiting ever since the streaming era started, but that pay hasn t trickled down to the actors, the lower level actors in particular. they have concerns about advancing technology and artificial intelligence. they say that these streaming giants could use their likeness and not need theirjobs or skills in person in the future, going forward. they want some protection against that. they also want a slice of the strea
hate crimes were touched on as well. meanwhile, former president trump posted his own eventin president trump posted his own event in south florida just a few miles away from the debate. he accused democrats of weaponising law enforcement against his campaign. he also highlighted his support among voters in some key swing states in those numbers coming out on some recent polling data. speaking to the miami area crowd, it riveted his polling leads to what he called surging support among hispanics, african americans and young people. let s go live now to helena humphreys. she is standing by live at the debate there in miami, and, helena, it hasjust wrapped up there in miami, and, helena, it has just wrapped up for that which candidates seemed to stand out on stage tonight? i think it is fair to say that the candidates to stand out were the trio that we saw standout back in california as well. that is ron desantis, a man here on home turf, and a more provocative candidate, i thi
word from israeli officials that hamas has lost control of northern gaza. 50,000 palestinians have left gaza city after israeli forces opened the main road leading south. the route was kept open for about five hours and is affected to reopen again on thursday. the hamas one health ministries is almost half of those killed in gaza in the last day were killed in the south, an area meant to be safe. the health ministry also says more than 10,000 palestinians have now been killed. there is possible progress in the race of some hostages. a source of the bbc discussion are taking place for the release of 12 hostages. half of them are americans. in exchange for a three day humanitarian pause. 0ur international editorjeremy bowen has travelled with the israel defence forces into gaza. the bibs had editorial control of this next report, this action by the idf has been viewed by them. like young soldiers in many wars, israeli troops looked excited, not apprehensive, as they made their