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hello, welcome to bbc news. i am ben thompson. we begin this hour in ukraine. kyiv says it s moving forward in what appears to be the start of a counter offensive. the ukrainian army has released these images showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. it s defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc. here s a map showing you some of the areas where ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks, along the south and eastern front line. around bakhmut and also the western part of zaporizhzhia region, and, as i mentioned, in the eastern part of donetsk. in particular, around t ....
absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released ....
good afternoon. may the 8th was the last time we saw any rain across this beautiful landscape, the mumbles in south wales. hard to tell how dry it is because you can see the green course on the landscape but for much of the uk the same story, scant rainfall in the best part of the month. you can see the crack to ground in hampshire. why is it so dry and when will it rain again? high pressure is holding the weather study at the moment and it s not going anywhere in a hurry, by the end of the week this, which has been quite a menace and brought heavy rain into madeira and will bring it into spain and portugal, will push our way, but it looks dry for the rest of the week. the weather is not the same under the high pressure full sun, there is slow burning, lingering cloud holding temperatures back. this afternoon it will be further back towards the east coast but many eastern counties are seeing temperatures capped in the high teens, further west with clearer skies and more ....
and coming up bbc news, agreeing to take charge of premier league tottenham after his troubled triumph with celtic culminated with winning the scottish cup this weekend. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prince harry was never safe from newspapers trying to get information from him illegally. harry along with other public figures accuses mirror group newspapers of using unlawful means to get stories, including phone hacking. the newspaper s lawyer said there was no evidence to back up harry s claim. our culture and media editor katie razzall has the latest. locked in a battle with the tab tabloid press. prince harry claims he was targeted by the papers even when he was a child and up to 2011. journalists when he was a child and up to 2011. journal ists hacked when he was a child and up to 2011. journalists hacked his own and used other unlawful methods to invade his privacy. the information he claims could only have been obtained illegally often ended up ....
i held him in the very highest regard because of what he gave to me. they gave me my england debut and set me on the road, and i will never forget that. it s 5 o clock. our main story is the latest twist in donald trump s confrontation with the heads of america s intelligence agencies. mr trump says the director of national intelligence, james clapper, called him last night to condemn a leaked report claiming the president elect was vulnerable to blackmail by russia. but mr clapper has said he d made no judgment on whether the report was reliable and he rejected mr trump s suggestion that us intelligence was responsible for the leak. our correspondent christian fraser has the latest. eight days from now, donald trump goes into battle as the next commander in chief. but never before has an incoming president been warring on so many fronts. this morning, as is now the norm, he began the day with a tweaked: in fa ct, began the day with a tweaked: in fact, what mr clapper t ....