of an explosion here at this courthouse. a man who d been detained eight years ago regarding an attack on the ukrainian parliament back in 2015 was at a hearing at this courthouse after the two hour hearing, the interior minister has told us. he then detonated a device, locked himself in the toilet, was confronted by guards as emergency services and special forces came to the scene. there was a further explosion which injured two of the guards and then eventually another explosion in which the man himself died. that s the latest that we ve been told from the interior ministry. they don t know how, for instance, he got those explosives into the courtroom. that s the subject of a criminal investigation. i should say at the moment there does not appear to be any link to russia s invasion of ukraine in this incident. yes. and as you said, one wonders how he would have got any kind of explosives into a courtroom. one would assume that security is so tight in those circumstances. t
the countdown is on to the launch of the most powerful rocket ever built. this place has a new name now. or rather an old one bannau brycheiniog, and it s all change for the brecon beacons as the national park will now be known by its welsh language name only. and coming up on bbc news, after arsenal dropped points at west ham, will it be the gunners or manchester city who are crowned premier league champions? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in russia, a leading critic of president putin has been sentenced to 25 years in jail the longest sentence any opposition figure has received so far. vladimir kara murza has been convicted for treason and other charges linked to his criticism of the war in ukraine. mr kara murza, who has british citizenship, is the latest of a series of opponents of president putin to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. the foreign office has condemned his conviction and sentencing as politically motivated and has pointed o