uk port authorities apologise and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia s mercenary wagner group claims it s in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut. the head of the group unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut s city hall and declared this. translation: this is the private military company s translation: this is the private military company s flag, - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in the i military company s flag, in the legal sense, military company s flag, in the legalsense, it military company s flag, in the legal sense, it is ours. it remains. the commanders who captured the building in the district will carry on and put these flags up. that s a claim disputed by kyiv, which says its forces still hold the town. the wagner chief also paid tribute to the leading russian m
finland s conservative leader petteri orpo wins a nail biting three way election race, defeating prime minister sanna marin. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. russia s investigators have detained a 26 year old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder of the pro war blogger vladen tatarsky, who was killed by a bomb in st petersburg on sunday. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. russia s security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. a short time ago russia s anti terrorism committee said it believes the attack was planned by ukrainian secret services, jointly with people cooperating with jailed opposition leader alexei navalny s anti corru ption foundation. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has come in from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s versi
australia s prime minister leads tributes to one of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunu pingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. the killing of the russian military blogger is being investigated as a high profile murder , authorities have said. the blogger vladlen tatarsky was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. in the last hour, russia has detained a woman named darya trepova in connection to the killing. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has coming from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s version of the fbi who have been investigating the blasts last night in st petersburg. a short statement saying that in connection with the explosion in the cafe in st petersburg, employees of the. i m just translating this, sorry. employees of t
australia s prime minister leads tributes to one of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunu pingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. the killing of the russian military blogger is being investigated as a high profile murder , authorities have said. the blogger vladlen tatarsky was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. in the last hour, russia has detained a woman named darya trepova in connection to the killing. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more.
was planned by ukrainian secret services, jointly with people cooperating with jailed opposition leader alexei navalny s anti corru ption foundation. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has come in from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s version of the fbi, and who have been investigating the blasts last night in st petersburg. a short statement saying, in connection with the explosion in the cafe in st petersburg, employees of the. i m just translating this, sorry. employees of the investigative committee, together with other services, have arrested, or have detained, darya trepova. so, that 26 year old woman from st petersburg we were talking about earlier, again, we don t know to what extent she is a suspect yet, but she has been detained, it seems, by the russian authorities. what we do know is that, last night, an unidentified explosive device