hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
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tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care. it s crucial that when families hit crisis and they ve got difficulties, that there is low stigma, really intensive help on offer. major disruption for rail passengers in scotland with an emergency timetable from today that cuts services by a third. and the chelsea flower show celebrates the queen s 70 years on the throne. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the football association say they will be investigating after a pitch invasion at manchester city saw the aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen assaulted by supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of ukraine, a 21 year old russian soldier has been jailed for life. sergeant vadim shishimarin had claimed he was only following orders when he shot dead a 62 year old unarmed civilian. but the court, in the ukrainian capital kyiv, found him guilty of murder. ukraine s go
Into the infected blood scandal, widely considered to be the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the Uks National Health Service , has identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments. A reminder of key points. 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. In this hour were going to speak to some of the people directly impacted by this. Sarah and Antonia Akoni in hertfordshire. Sarahs husband and antonias dad, 0mololu akoni, received Blood Transfusions for sickle cell in the 1980s, before discovering that he was infected with hepatitis c via the transfusions. Thank you both forjoining me here. Good to talk to you. I wanted to ask you if you could tell me a little bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. He bit more about what happened to your husband and dad. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia. Husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell Anemia and husband and dad. He had Sickle Cell An