this report. distant artillery fire the situation in soledar depends on who you ask. it s under control as of this morning according to this ukrainian commander. they will never break us, says his injured comrade. we are winning. but if you ask these two, wagner are clearing the city, they say. russian, yes, but not from the regular army. they re from a private military group called wagner, a network of mercenaries who do a lot of russia s fighting. its boss, yevgeny prigozhin, has recently recruited convicts from russianjails, and they ve been spearheading the attack on soledar, claiming to now be in full control. we chat to one ukrainian soldier on the front to see if that s the case. don t believe russian propaganda. it s not true. bakhmut and soledar have ukrainian control. kyiv has described the battle for soledar and bakhmut as the bloodiest scenario yet. and that s all we can say with real certainty. small amounts of territory are being fiercely fought over and t
Velodrome. 0nce after two successes in the velodrome. once again there was success for britain s younger writers picking up bronzer the under 20 three road race. this time next week we ll have a new name on the women s world cup. and it s england who are the favourites but standing in the way of the lionnesses are the co hosts australia, who will be buoyed by their penalty shootout win over france. all eyes will turn to sydney, ahead of that huge semi final on wednesday, as our sports editor dan roan reports. a light recovery session for the lionesses today after the quarterfinal victory that kept sarina wiegman s side on course for world cup glory. the team s comeback against colombia in sydney, testament to its resilience and a growing belief. but with a first ever appearance in the final at stake, the european champions now face their toughest test to date here, the co hosts, australia. i m so excited for it. i love being in situations like that. i feel like we are definitely going
This is bbc news, the headlines. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england have arrived ministers hope that up to 500 will follow. lawyers for the former pakistan prime minister imran khan challenge a decision to jail him for three years. and we re live at the world s biggest arts festival with hundreds of performers in edinburgh. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s tolsen tollett. hello from the bbc sport centre. england are through to the last eight of the women s football world cup after a dramatic penalty shootout win over nigeria in brisbane. the european champions were under pressure throughout and saw laurenjames sent off late on, after a stamp on michelle alozie was spotted by var.
This is bbc news, the headlines. the first asylum seekers to be housed on a barge off the south coast of england have arrived ministers hope that up to 500 will follow. lawyers for the former pakistan prime minister imran khan challenge a decision to jail him for three years. and we re live at the world s biggest arts festival with hundreds of performers in edinburgh. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s tolsen tollett. hello from the bbc sport centre. england are through to the last eight of the women s football world cup after a dramatic penalty shootout win over nigeria in brisbane. the european champions were under pressure throughout and saw laurenjames sent off late on, after a stamp on michelle alozie was spotted by var.
At ten. the controversial government policy of moving migrants to a giant barge off the dorset coast, has begun. home office officials say they re determined to cut the six million pounds a day hotel bill, for those awaiting the results, of asylum applications. there have been some challenges, some minor legal challenges and i can t go into the detail of those. but we are. accommodation is offered to all individuals on a no choice basis. but human rights campaigners have called the policy a shameful way to treat people, who re often fleeing war or persecution. also tonight. kelly. smashed it, they go through. the lionesses march on in the world cup, after a nail biting penalty shootout win, against nigeria. in glen coe in scotland, three hill walkers are found dead, after failing to return from a weekend trek. the political activists