also in the programme. how the world cup may have given a much needed boost to the uk s economy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significanc
hello welcome to the programme. russia says its forces have completed the capture of soledar , a salt mining town in eastern ukraine that s been the focus of intense fighting. these are the latest aerial shots of the town. as you can see, it has been completely flattened from the relentless pounding by russian forces. after six months of russian military setbacks it would be the first ukrainan town to be captured sincejuly. but ukraine s military denies that soledar has fallen and says that the fighting is still going on. the defence ministry in moscow said the capture of soledar would allow russian troops to cut off ukrainian forces in bakhmut, which they have been attacking for months. russia could also launch an assault on the key city of kramatorsk. here s our correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse on the significance of capturing soledar to russia. after three days of contradictions, frankly, it seems russia has finally settled on the claim of having taken the regi
and h totally get that. but in another blow to the prime minister, the conservative party chairman resigned straight after the by election results saying someone must take responsibilty. the labour leader sir keir starmer says the tories are imploding . with the prime minister out of the country in rwanda, we ll be asking if this is a moment of political peril for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: ukrainain troops ordered to retreat from the key eastern city of severodonetsk. figures just out show another big rise in the number of covid infections in the uk 1.7 million people had the virus last week. and welcome back to worthy farm after three years, it s the long awaited return of glastonbury. coming up on the bbc news channel can emma raducanu repeat her us open championship exploits at wimbledon? she ll face belgian alison van uytvanck in the first round. hello, good afternoon. borisjohnson says he will keep going as prime minister, despite the double blow of l