hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
Or reaction to Senior Leaders of hamas Visiting Moscow today . I cant speak for their Travel Habits or conversations with the russians. Our message to any other nation around the world is this is not a time to be supporting hamass ability to continue to kill israelis and its certainly not a time or any nation out there that wants to be involved should look for ways to be involved to help israel defend itself and to help get humanitarian assistance in. See what becomes of the conversation. Two quick things. Was there any coordination by the Florida Governor with the white house on sending munitions over to israel . Not that im aware of. Second, can you elaborate a little bit on the execution of russian soldiers, how long has it been going on, do you have any idea how many people, and why, it seems kind of i dont know, getting rid of their own soldiers, you know. Im not qualified to answer that last question. I mean, its its reprehensible to think about that you would execute your own so
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junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to prosecute those who are found guilty. what could the league learn from britain s premier league? we will assess that. we start with ukraine, and officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they d begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerial footage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people had already fled before the fighting started happening. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here s part of the recording by mr prigozhin. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it s 5am on the 25th of may.