welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar
being counterattack, that s what makes it difficult. so this is the challenge for ukraine. how do they use deception7 how do they use stealth7 how do they misdirect the russians? how do they paralyse any russian mobile reserves, detect russian artillery early and kill it? and of course, the constant battle between waves at the moment with uavs for awareness, which gives this new ability to really see over the hill and see what each side is planning that makes this more challenging than maybe it would have been, say, in 1991 in the gulf, where there were similar levels of obstacles, not quite as complex as this, but some of the same philosophy. and of course, that s an almighty challenge for any commander. so i think the merit of ukraine taking their time now, russia s on the defensive, they have time. they can build up their supplies, build a better picture and proceed. to belarus, where opposition blogger and journalist roman protasevich has been pardoned. this is roman speaking about
what do we know about her fate? that s right and, moreover, sofia sapega also asked for a presidential pardon but she was not granted one. now the question of her being transferred to her homeland, to russia, is being discussed and i believe on the 24th of may there should be a court heraring which should make the decision whether sofia will be transferred to russia. 0r or will she transfer to a penal colony or remain in prison? there were lots of talk that she has said all those things out loud about lukashenko and like praising belarusian authorities, giving information about other belarusian opposition activists, the kgb and security services, that he is doing
that he s speaking under duress and his girlfriend sofia sapega is taken hostage as roman was taken hostage himself, which is why it s questionable whether those lines from him that he s thankfulfor his pardon, that he s pardoned, he won t spend any time in a penal colony, those are trustworthy. nevertheless, as we can see, roman is not in prison. he s not been taken neither in prison, neither in a penal colony, so he won t serve his eight year sentence, and it s a question what the belarusian regime, what alexander lukashenko s regime would do next to him as another hostage taken by the belarusian authorities. mm, and he wasn t alone when he was arrested, was he? his then girlfriend sofia sapega, a russian citizen, was arrested and sentenced to six years in a belarusian prison.
live from london, this is bbc news. the uk home secretary says she s confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. last summer, i was speeding, i regret that, i paid the fine and i took the points. russian mercenary group claimed its voters have ta ken russian mercenary group claimed its voters have taken control of bakhmut but president zelensky insists that is not the case. a belarusian journalist is pardoned after being arrested in 2021. hello, i m maryam moshiri,