Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg reports. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny is already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. We had to watch on a screen. For the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. He was found guilty on extremism charges. Punishment more jail time. He was handed a 19 Year Prison Sentence. We may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in this court case, the actual proceedings were closed to the press and to the public and held in a high security prison. Describing this trial as Behind Closed Doors feels like an understatement. Ahead of the verdict, in a message online, mr navalny wrote that a long Prison Sentence for him was designed to scare russians. He revealed hed soon be on trial again for terrorism. They chant. A charismatic Protest Leader and Anti Corruption crusade
between the voting systems firm dominion and fox news. star hosts tucker carlson and sean hannity are also expected to take the stand. more on all of those stories in a few minutes. first, a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. day four of the world snooker championship is well under way with two england vs scotland battles under way in the afternoon session. john higgins is leading david grace 10 7, and england sjudd trump is taking on anthony mcgill, where he s leading at the crucible. let s take you straight there. that is anthony mcgill at the table, a ropey start but he came from two frames down to level at 2 2. however, trump has fought back and took the fifth frame, which means he is now leading 3 2. don t forget, judd trump was last year s finals, eventually it was until ronnie o sullivan. mcgill has only beaten judd trump winds in his career. security of course stepped up at the crucible after last night s protest, uninterrupted coverage on bbc iplayer, th
let s start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he s been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he s received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position. i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it will be a big mistake for him and for belarus. it will be a historical mistake. but if belarussia does involve itself, can you survive? we will fight. we wil
now the family of mahsa amini say they ve been threatened. russia has carried out the most widespread bombardement of ukrainian cities since the begining of the war in an act of retaliation for saturday s explosion on the bridge connecting russia with occupied crimea. take a look at this. this girl was walking past taras shevchenko national university, in a cultural discrict of kyiv. she thankfully survived a near miss, others were not so fortunate. this footage was captured close to the university as ukrainian emergency services respond to the wounded. so far 11 dead have been reported, and 64 wounded. were damaged in the explosion. it s the first time moscow has targeted downtown kyiv since the start of the war. the bbc has been speaking to residents near the blast site. translation: 0h, translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just translation: oh, it is horrible this is our life and just now, translati
arrested two men on suspicion of murder. the 23 year old was stabbed at a nightclub in birmingham on monday. the un security council has denounced a ban by afghanistan s taliban led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups. and building model plane kits for a new generation of fans we report on the revival of a classic hobby. hello. air raid sirens have sounded across all of ukraine, with civilians being asked to stay in shelters amid reports of russian jets taking off from an airbase in belarus. russia has also stepped up mortar and artillery attacks on kherson, a port city in southern ukraine. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea, and because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month, in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita