will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid 19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ukraine s big counteroffensive. it s another extraordinary twist in this war, which almost every day seems to bring new complexities and new horrors. but how are people in moscow reacting to the way the war is going? the bbc s redoubtable russia editor steve rosenberg has lived and worked in the country for 30 years. things have not been going well for russia. you know, there were those explosions over the kremlin the beginning of may. there have been drone attacks on russian regions bordering
hello and welcome to the bbc s headquarters here in central london for another edition of unspun world. this week, what s it like for a journalist to be treated like an enemy in moscow? as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you think they can t get any worse, they get worse. you know, that makes it difficult. the civil war in myanmar, something the outside world seems completely unaware of. it really is a david and goliath war here, when you re seeing drones versus russianjets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid i9 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now- who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny- the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility- that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could
versus russian jets. so if they do win, it will be extraordinary. and after all this time, did covid 19 really escape from a laboratory in wuhan? there are a lot of people now who believe that china s primary aim here isn tjust to deny the possibility of a lab leak, but it is to deny the possibility that covid came from within china s borders at all. the disaster at the nova kakhovka dam on the dnieper river, flooding parts of the front line in southern ukraine, could well be a deliberately engineered effort by russia to derail ukraine s big counteroffensive. it s another extraordinary twist in this war, which almost every day seems to bring new complexities and new horrors. but how are people in moscow reacting to the way the war is going? the bbc s redoubtable russia editor steve rosenberg has lived and worked in the country for 30 years. things have not been going well for russia. you know, there were those explosions over the kremlin the beginning of may. there have been
ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky was among the first to arrive earlier this morning. he s been addressing delegates reiterating the russia is an aggressor and needs to be stopped. his says aside from peace, there are only two options for countries not in the eu and nato russian invasion. european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. we see what is happening in belarus. we see what is happening in georgia. we see how these nations are being dragged, although in different ways, into the same state of lawlessness. the talks are being held at mimi castle, in the wine region, a short distance from the capital chisinau, where our correspondent jenny hill is. jenny, very strong words there from the ukrainian leader and the message is really simply either back us or you will find yourself in a simi
prince harry has won his phone hacking case against the publishers of the daily mail. a high courtjudge ruled this morning that on 15 occasions, the duke of sussex was the victim of hacking or other unlawful methods of getting stories about him. he s been awarded £140,000 in damages. in a statement, prince harry said, it s a great day for the truth and called on the police to launch a criminal investigation into mirror group newspapers. our media corrspondent david sillito reports. this has been a landmark case. prince harry said his life had been blighted by illegal press intrusion. and today, thejudge justice fancourt ruled, yes, his phone had been repeatedly hacked by the mirror group newspapers. outside court, a statement was read out on the half of the duke. today s ruling is vindicating and affirming. i ve been told slaying dragons will get you burnt, but in light of today s victory and the importance of doing what is needed for a free and honest press, it is a worth