of any sort of pursuit orjays. the police have clarified the post suit didn t carry on to the point of the collision which killed the boys. it looks like the officers were either not able to continue chasing or decided to drop back, is something they often do in the interest of public safety. the chief superintendent clarified the police vehicle was not present at the moment of the collision and officers were able to get there soon afterwards to try to save the lives of those boys. many residents have praised the efforts of those officers in difficult conditions. the vacuum where local people seem to know that the police had been around, perhaps instigated that pursuit which then set the boys presumably racing at speed around that a state for the local papal knew some of that last night. that s why rumours circulated, that s why the story spread and so much upset why so many people came to the estate last night. that s when things started to turn nasty. this is one local resi
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
shooting in texas. # is simply the best, better than all the rest. and tributes to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner, who has died at the age of 83. if great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. ron desantis has launched a bid for the 2024 presidential nomination and the chance to challengejoe biden. he is widely seen as donald trump s maine republican rival in the race for the white house. the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. his announcement wasn t a surprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox, a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going on the one direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, drugs pouring into the country, city is hollowed out by spike in crime, the federal government making it harderfor the average family to make end
pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
germany say police spoke to the suspect in thursday s hamburg shooting a month before the attack. one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere hits mauritius and madagascar twice and is now heading for mozambique for the second time. it may have broken the record as the longest lasting cyclone in history on record, it s been a named tropical cyclone now also 33 days. we start in the us, and regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, a major lender to tech companies after it ran into financial trouble. concerns triggered a sell off on global financial markets. it is the largest banking failure in the us since 2008. james clayton has been explaining how it happened. this will go down in silicon valley history, certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we have spoken to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank, and some who haven t. one person i spoke to said they put