the daily global war will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. we start in ukraine were military sources there and told the bbc their forces are tearing out would be described as a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian positions. this comes amid reports of fighting in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine what appears to be a significant escalation. the ukrainian army releases these images that they say are attacking russian troops in the area of bakhmut in the eastern region of donetsk. moscow claims it has repelled armoured attacks and inflicted heavy losses but there s been no independent confirmation. the point is not a source to be trusted. kyiv is posted this video calling for soldiers to have silence for their long full scale counteroffensive. report on social media since ukrainian forces have made several probing attacks along the south and eastern south line. also in the western part of this region in the eastern part of this r
welcome to verified life, three hours of breaking stories in checking out the truth behind them. lots to actually dig into in today s verified, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine in what appears to be the start of that counteroffensive. tf cells died in excess is switching to offensive action and kyiv says it is moving to a counteroffensive action and on defence as well in the south. ukrainian army has shown these images sing the forces are destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in contrast, russia s thing it is thwarting ukrainian attacks in the same region in releasing this video showing ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire and moscow s since 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles had been destroyed. the claims have not been destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc and we ll hear from our verified teams later the hour. return to the maps is in the hour. return to the maps
a harmful gene. hello and welcome to bbc news. dmytro kuleba, ukraine s foreign minister, has warned that countries which mistreated ukraine during the darkest moment of its history will be held to account after the war ends. in an interview with the bbc, he also warned western allies that delaying the delivery of weapons will cost the lives of ukrainian soldiers. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been speaking to him, and began by asking him why the battle for bakhmut in the east of ukraine is so important. the battle for bakhmut is now the longest of the war. more than half a year of bloody fighting for control of what is little more than rubble. but ukraine s foreign minister told me holding the city was vital, and notjust for the damage it s causing to russia s army. defending bakhmut is emotionally very challenging, because people find it hard emotionally to take, carry the burden of this death, loss of human life and destruction. it s a struggle t
we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and our other main stories also on the programme tonight: prince harry arrives unexpectedly at the high court in london in a privacy case against the daily mail and mail on sunday. mass protests and widespread strikes across israel may force the government to postpone its controversial plans to appoint judges. and people are urged to stay out of the water in poole in dorset and coming up, questions are taught hotspur after they part ways with antonio, who is next for the premier league stance? good evening from edinburgh. we re at the scottish parliament on the day a new leader was elected by the scottish national party. he s humza yousaf, he s 37 years old, and he s now set to become first minister of scotland and to be one of the most powerful and prominent politicians in the united kingdom. the leadership contest was triggered
duly elected as the scottish national party leader. history is made as humza yousaf becomes the first muslim to lead a major political party in the uk. i will be a first minister for all of scotland. i will work every minute of every day to earn and to re earn your respect and your trust. we ll be looking at the story of the man who s made it to the top of scottish politics, and we ll be asking about the major challenges he now faces. and the other main stories tonight. in israel, mass protests against controversialjudicial reforms force a government delay. but tonight it s supporters of the plans who are on the streets. prince harry unexpectedly appears at the high court, one of several famous names involved in a privacy case. and the families of lost crewmen still searching for answers exactly 80 years after the sinking of hms dasher. coming up on bbc news in halfan hour. france go head to head with the republic of ireland. welcome to bbc news at ten, which comes tonight fr