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to the program. we begin in russia where president putin has carried out a rare reshuffle of his security chiefs. his top defence minister, sergei shoigu has been removed from his post. he s a long standing ally of vladimir putin and has served as defence minister since 2012, playing a key role in russia s invasion of ukraine. his replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy prime minister. earlier our russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he s the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don t happen too often. the foreign minister, he s been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been de ....
been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. the russian military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. with the latest on the conflict, our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports from vovchansk in kharkiv under russian attack. the road to russia, just a few miles from the border. and proof that the russians are back in the kharkiv region again. the town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. now it s at risk of falling back into russian hands. alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. he says it s better than dying. the shelling is constant and chaotic. and it s all over the town. we quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. this is all that s left of sergei s home. the familiar russian tactic of reducing towns to rubble. but sergei says he can t leave. he needs to look afte ....
their surprise offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether, something the bbc has not been able to verify. there have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. the russian military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. with the latest on the conflict, our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports from vovchansk, in kharkiv under russian attack. the road to russia, just a few miles from the border. and proof that the russians are back in the kharkiv region again. the town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. now it s at risk of falling back into russian hands. alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. he says it s better than dying. the shelling is constant and chaotic. and it s all over the town. we quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. this is all that s left of sergei s h ....
there have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. the russian military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. with the latest on the conflict, our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports from vovchansk in kharkiv under russian attack. the road to russia, just a few miles from the border. and proof that the russians are back in the kharkiv region again. the town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. now it s at risk of falling back into russian hands. alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. he says it s better than dying. the shelling is constant and chaotic. and it s all over the town. we quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. this is all that s left of sergei s home. the familiar russian tactic of reducing towns to rubble. but sergei says he can t leave. he needs to look after his goats now his ....
north yorkshire, one of 27 newly designated bathing sites. some brave souls are already in the water of the river nidd but how clean is it? arsenal take the premier league title race to the final weekend. even the heavy rain at old tafford couldn t stop them as they beat manchester united. and we re set for a thrilling finish to the season. idid it! i love you! top boy, happy valley and the sixth commandment were some of the big winners at the bafta television awards but the crown left empty handed. good morning. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far. in chertsey, the temperature reached 27.5 celsius. today, rain is coming in from the south west, affecting some western areas. dry, sunny and warm further east. i will have all the details later. it s monday, 13th may. new evidence has been uncovered that the british government was warned by its own embassy staff in the us about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. it s now thought more ....