hello. i m helena lee. great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic talks
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more details are emerging about some of the victims who died in the fire. new images of the moments after the fire broke out and tore up the side of the building. in sportsday: cristiano ronaldo, the world player of the year, could be leaving real madrid this summer. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed grenfell tower behind me in west london. the bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead or missing so far is around 70. there is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire. around 500 protestors have stormed kensington town hall. in the last half hour, the prime minister has offered a £5 million relief fund for those affected by the fire. the queen and prince william have been visiting a relief centre which has been helping victims of the fire. our first report tonight on the latest on the tower block fire, is from
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