fans are waiting, the city of kiev is waiting to host, and whether... the city of kiev is waiting to host, and whether. .. i the city of kiev is waiting to host, and whether... i don't know who is going to win! if you listen to these songs being sung, one name right at the forefront, mohammed salam. —— salah. he has grown up as a muslim. the beautiful game is not the only religion followed by liverpool's man of the moment. over three and a half thousand miles away from his hometown in egypt is this tiny mosque in liverpool where mo salah practices his fate. is lamb is an integral part of his life, and he settled in remarkably, and he prayed here like... it is a home from home. the mosque has paid a huge part of him settling in. he is a muslim outside of football, around the teachings of islam. people don't mind what fate he follows, people just like him for the sake of who he is. with 44 goals in 51 games this season, salah has elevated almost all of them, and there is no surprise that he's boxed pride in the heart of muslim fans, whilst more accustomed to an alternative journey.

reports that bob had been gunned down outside his kiev apartment emerged on tuesday evening the crane security agencies said the bogus killing had been a necessary part of a sting operation they reportedly arrested this man on wednesday afternoon he said to have been paid forty thousand dollars to organize i'm killed in ukraine but fellow journalists toasted the resurrection of the slain colleague the bizarre incident has set off a war of words between kiev and moscow and why the concern among the international community over ukraine's fake news ruse if you. speak. so what exactly has happened here we have team coverage this morning let's bring in eastern europe expert christiane trip a history of us here in the studio we also have the reaction from moscow as well that is where emily short when is standing by for us and christian i'd just like to begin with you you because. you know you know ukraine very well you've spent a significant amount of time there this is a huge blow to ukraine's credibility isn't it why would they do this well that's the big question this morning and ukraine

an economy in kiev thank you very much for that update. let me bring you up to date in some other stories making news around the. official security forces had a militant attack on the afghan interior ministry spokesman said seven. a sing off did. have killed and wounded hundreds of. the israeli military has released video it says shows missile strikes against dozens of militant sites in the gaza strip overnight it said the strikes were retaliate attacks at israel understood the militants. build an attack he said the man who killed three people in the city of leah's on tuesday repeatedly shouted. during the attack they are treating the case as terrorists and the assailant was killed in a shootout with police he reportedly killed another man on monday after being released from prison. the us television network a.b.c. has canceled a reboot of the popular t.v. sitcom roseanne after the show's star put out a tweet that are widely condemned as racist rozanne bar compared a prominent obama adviser and african-american political activist to the pl

go to a city reportedly gunned down today he's turned out alive and well at a news conference bring kiev and moscow for reaction. and also coming up fans at first you don't succeed try try again at least populists are taking another shot at forming a government the five star movement exploring new possibilities to break out of it lee's political deadlock and mexico is getting ready to make waves at the world cup we take a look at how germany's group rivals are shaping up and how rafael benítez could be making history. it's great to have you along everyone always start our broadcast with a stunning twist in a story that we've been reporting on all day a well known russian journalist who ukrainian authorities claimed was shot and killed in the capital kiev yesterday showed up alive and well at a press conference in the ukrainian capital kiev ok but checco appeared with the head of ukraine's security services who said the death had been. faked as part of a special operation to preempt a real plot to murder the journalist. all right want to bring in correspondent emily sure when in the russ

natalie perks, bbc news, kiev. with more on that and the rest of the sporting action, it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins with your sport briefing for friday. can the boston celtics book their place in the nba finals for the first time since 2010? they are just one win away. and just how are liverpool and real madrid's players coping ahead of saturday's champions league final? so it is crunch time for the cleveland cavaliers and this man, lebronjames, because if boston beat them later, the celtics are heading to the nba finals. they have a 3—2 lead in the best of seven series, ahead of game six in cleveland. the celtics won a 10th straight home post—season game the visitors bowled first on thursday and got england all out for just 184. —— lord's. former captain alistair cook making the only significant contribution with 70. pakistan will resume on 50—1 in just a few hours' time in case you missed it, olympique lyonnais are celebrating yet again, this tim

jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. with the european football season drawing to a close, we've had a lot of cup finals. and in germany, eintracht frankfurt upset the odds to beat the mighty bayern munich to lift the german cup and this is how their fans celebrated when the team returned home. it was theirfirst cup win in 30 years, so they definitely deserved the celebrations! britain's simon yates has won his third stage of the giro d'italia to extend his overall race lead. yates made his move with 17 kilometres to go on stage 15, crossing the line 41 seconds ahead of the pack. he now leads tom dumoulin by two minutes and 11 seconds, after the defending champion finished third behind miguel angel lopez. yates is looking to become the first brit to win the giro. i'm a bit emotional after today. i really gave everything. it's a good gap, but he could take two minutes out of me and one stage, so i've been fighting since israel to have a good gap and i have one now and i'm happy with that gap. but it could vanish. in 35 k,

connelly that the latest from kiev thank you. the indian city of bangalore has grown into a massive global tech but its success has not come without problems many are now worried that the sprawling city could soon run out of water some are looking to india's pre-industrial past for solutions correspondents ashish malhotra and sonia phonic are of the support. bangalore india silicon valley. high flying i.t. hub for multinational corporations located on the city's outer edges but bangalore is also home to severe water issues. polluted lakes that froth over with toxic foam made up of chemicals and raw sewage and unchecked take driven urban growth that has left many of the city's water grid. among those affected is ramakrishna he's a successful i.t. professional with his own company. but his apartment complex gets no piped water it's a problem faced by many in bangalore's tech community in. the fight and says their patience with civic authority is wearing thin we need more but the expectation was definitely. connection this said dest

i have heard some unbelievable tales of journeys, taking kiev. i have heard some unbelievable tales ofjourneys, taking in five different countries just to be here. fansjumping on different countries just to be here. fans jumping on coaches which different countries just to be here. fansjumping on coaches which have just left liverpool, then winding their way through europe to write here on saturday morning. for those fa ns here on saturday morning. for those fans aiming to leave liverpool tomorrow, there has been some bad news in the past couple of hours, up to 1000 fans affected by three flights that have been cancelled. the airport says it cannot allocate landing times. the tally klitschko said he is trying to fix it. well, the actual words were, it‘s fixed. -- vitali the actual words were, it‘s fixed. —— vitali klitschko. when fans or arising, they are paying extortionate amounts, they are being charged at £800 a night at hotels which would normally cost £30. there is also ticket issues. so many real madrid fans who had tickets were

station web had been working in kiev as the russian born journalist made his dramatic grandparents the joy of his return was shared later by the ukrainian president it was. i think millions of people off the celebrating this is your birthday my heart beat so hard as i watch the reaction in the news room i knew about the operation but no one else in the administration was a wedge and i'm certain that it had to be that way. so now we will celebrate your birthday again just as princes of. reports that had been gunned down outside his kiev apartment emerged on shoes day evening the ukrainian security agencies said that though this killing had been a necessary part of a sting operation they reportedly arrested this man on wednesday off to noon he said to have been paid forty thousand dollars to organize and kill them in ukraine but especially journalists toasted the resurrection of the slain colleague the bizarre incident has set off a war of words between kiev and moscow and white a concern among the international community over ukraine's fake news of ruses mission isn't as it used to be y

was reported to have been shot dead in the you created capital kiev authorities that they moscow but bob turned up alive a day later a shock that provided was wide relief but also anger now your korean faces many questions over the elaborate set up. that from the dead. twenty four hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist arkady chang enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service alive and well his apparent death an elaborate ruse to expose an alleged kremlin plot to kill him even his wife was in the dark i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she has gone through over the past two days let's go forgive me please but there was no other option to. release and incredulity at the t.v. station web had been working in kiev as the russian born journalist made his dramatic grandparents the joy of his return was shared later by the ukrainian president there that. i think millions of people are for celebrating this is your birthday. my heart beat so hard as i watched the reaction in the news room i knew about the operation but no one else in the administ

colony in kiev thank you very much for the. you're watching the news coming up ahead india's high flying i.t. hub faces chronic water shortage could the solution lie in traditional well digging techniques. and we take a look at how germany's group rivals mexico are gearing up for the world cup with one man looking to set a special record. but first to monica and the latest on a trade dispute between china and the u.s. yes there has been a slight twist if you want to get used to it now with don has recently taken during trade negotiations with the asian powerhouse the move would impose a twenty five percent tariff on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods within the next month chinese trade officials said they were not surprised by the reversal which followed criticism in the united states that china was getting the better deal the u.s. originally announced the terrorists as retaliation for china's infringement of american intellectual property. and all that as financial markets are still reeling from the political turmoil

liverpool fans we spoke to here and kiev, backing theirteam. strongly many thinking they are currently the best tea m many thinking they are currently the best team in europe and that view is shared by the former defender who won a european cup with liverpool in 1984. in all honesty, with no bias, they have been the best team in the competition because they ripped teams apart. we saw with roma and manchester city and if you look about and madrid against others, could have easily gone out and you bent as they could have gone out, but they got there. that a thing about managing the games, and getting over the line. that is the only worry about the fixture, i think liverpool are on a upward trend and it would be fantastic if they did when but it would not be they did when but it would not be the end of the world and they are already planning for the next season and getting better. the appointment of the manager was a massive stroke by the american. am not sure many liverpool fans who spent thousands of hounds to get here, would not think it the en

is 3.5 hourflight into kiev. will they be celebrating tonight,? kiev. will they be celebrating tonight, ? wane if kiev. will they be celebrating tonight,? wane if you not awake, bobby chanting... alex? —— bobby chanting...!. president trump has issued an optimistic statement about the prospects of a summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un. just a few days after abruptly announcing that the summit was off, mr trump said both sides were now having what he described as "very productive talks". south korea welcomed the prospect of an about—turn — saying it was watching developments carefully. former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been released on a $1 million bail after being charged in new york with rape and sexual abuse. mr weinstein also agreed to wear a gps tracker and to surrender his passport after turning himself in to police on friday. he denies non—consensual sex and his lawyer said he would plead not guilty. rose mcgowan was one of the first people to go public with allegations about weinstein. he tied with god for t

natalie pirks is live in kiev for us this evening. today, i've heard tales of unbelievable journeys from fans, with rumours of hotels charging extortionate amounts. they are the lucky ones, at 2000 fans due to fly tomorrow have had three flights cancelled. the mayor of kiev says he is fixing it, but those who have made it here have found blue skies and a warm welcome. kiev is a city keen to show it in step with the rest of europe, yet just getting here and staying here has been a feat in itself. hello, welcome to my home. michael heard liverpool fans need help so he offered his spare room to darren, one of six fans staying until sunday. it's been an incredible response from some seriously genuine people. they've opened their doors at two complete strangers. strangers like maria from miami. last week, the accommodation sheet fully paid for weeks ago cancelled and tried to charge herfour times the for weeks ago cancelled and tried to charge her four times the amount. she is now looking to sue. this has beena she is now looking to sue. t

let's get to kiev to kiev then, and a date with european destiny kiev for liverpool...their first champions league final in 13 years. but they'll have to get past a real madrid side who've won the competition for the last two seasons. hugh woozencroft is in the ukranian capital for us. good morning. it looks beautiful there. 0h, there. oh, dear. not much contact there with you. he our picture has frozen. but he did look good in the sun. but we've been hearing from lots of different players, and the fans will be very important to the liverpool tea m be very important to the liverpool team tonight. the fans are a massive pa rt team tonight. the fans are a massive part of this club, a massive part of liverpool and they have played a massive part in us getting this far in this competition. i'm sure madrid have a lot of fans as well and i'm not sure how many will be here tomorrow but hopefully our fans can create an atmosphere like they have at similarto create an atmosphere like they have at similar to anfield because it has made a big difference to us throughout the competition. i think this t

joins me now from the ukrainian capital kiev nick we heard bob chin good telling the. threats he sensed in russia before he fled what more do we know about his situation there and his life in exile. could offer new numbers or well he had also said of his time the last few weeks he spent in moscow that he felt uncomfortable leaving his flat without a flak jacket on that he would austrians to accompany him because he feared specifically the scenario that in the happening to him yesterday namely people waiting for him in the stairwell as he came home. once in ukraine he continued his journalistic work he had a lot of readers on facebook mainly in russia but also here and he also hosted a show on a t.v. network named the crimean taught us so he continued his journalistic career here in ukraine the countries of the very close russian but in a city care with lots of russian emigres living here and among those immigrants they are also russian dissidents what will this mud mean for them. well i would say you hear from people that they say they move house quite a lot that they

for me personally this is the best time to visit kiev. i am also glad that they will stay for a few days because a lot of them were saying that they were not thinking of coming to kiev, or not staying for the night, because theyjust wa nted for the night, because theyjust wanted to fly back the day that they can hear. and that is really, really great that they will have such an opportunity to stay here in kiev. wolverhampton wanderers have been celebrating their championship title, and, with it, their premier league promotion with a parade. thosands turned out to cheer on the team. an open top bus carried them through wolverhampton, before a party in the city's park in front of 30,000 people. next season will be wolves' first in the top division since 2012. it looks like a glorious day there. staying with football, and there is still time for you to vote for your bbc women's footballer of the year. five players have been nominated, all hoping to succeed norway's ada hegerberg, who won the trophy in 2017. here's a snapshot of the nominees,

for all sports fans, welcome to kiev. it will be amazing. welcome to kiev. there are certainly amazing sights, but the choice of kiev has also proved somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final, hotel prices really went through the roof. in the final, hotel prices really most places are all full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. to make huge profits. it's charging £1,500 for the night. and it's 12 kilometres from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place costs a whopping £2,600 for the big night. at this place costs a that is more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hikes spread, a revolt stirred in the tower blocks of kiev. a revolt stirred in the for me, liverpool is notjust simply a football club — it's a way of life. is notjust simply a not all its participants are crazy about liverpool like yuri and his son, leo. but they are all upset that visitors are being ripped off. a facebook page was set up offering free beds to visiting fans. i p

an economy in kiev thank you very much for that update. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. officials in kabul say security forces have repelled a militant attack on the afghan interior ministry spokesman said seven perpetrators were killed a series of deadly assaults in kabul this year have killed and wounded hundreds of people. these really military has released video it says shows missile strikes against dozens of militants sites in the gaza strip overnight it said the strikes were in the tally attacks at the southern israel. areas launched by palestinian militants. the major party said the man who killed three people in the city on tuesday repeatedly shouted. during the attack they are treating the case as terrorists the assailant was killed in a shootout with police he reportedly killed another man on monday after being released from prison. to italy now where prime minister designate card look at that early says quote. new possibilities of a must for forming a government but can no concrete details a

you should give might expect in kiev. there has been report of reporters being caught up in trouble after being attacked in a restau ra nt in trouble after being attacked in a restaurant with two being injured. footage of the incident has been circulated by a couple of national newspapers this morning. meanwhile the team have arrived in kiev without any difficulties. these are the scenes of them arriving with jurgen klopp and the liverpool side going for a six european cup victory. this is a team steeped in the history of the competition and asa the history of the competition and as a result a lot of fans already out there and those who are travelling incredibly expectant about what might happen tomorrow night. let's hope it's not too disappointing. and now a familiar story about england's cricketers? yes, the summer has started and now new leaf has been turned, the same old story at lord's on day one of the opening test against pakistan. essentially a lack of application in the batting order. alastair cook can avoid that

we will get the latest from kiev and moscow. also coming up, after two days of dramatic dips, markets gained ground today thanks to encouraging words from italy's prime minister designate. the two main populist parties are reportedly back at the drawing board to work out a possible compromise. and mexico gets s ready to make waves at the world cup. we will look at how germany's group rivals are shaping up and how rafael marquez could make history. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. we start tonight with a story of murky political intrigue that has a stunning twist from today. yesterday a prominent russian journalist was reported to have been shot dead at the ukrainian capital kiev. authorities blamed russia because the dead man, arkady babchenko, was a strong critic of the kremlin. but today he showed up alive and well at a press conference. ukrainian security services explained that babchenko's was staged to foil a real plot to murder him. reporter: back from the dead. the allegeged attack that hass suppo

to go to you in the ukrainian capital kiev who's winning the public relations battle. well for now it doesn't look good for the ukrainian side having used the. country's foreign minister in the un general assembly in new york as well as prime minister who took to facebook to talk about this murder an accused russia of this motive that turned out to be known. obviously there is more to come in the ukraine authorities show us that they have evidence of this sting was successful that connects the organizer of this. with the person who thought they were thought he was organizing this killing to russia we've yet to see that evidence but they say that person that individual has been detained it now turns out that the contract killer that organized a had was working with ukrainian teligent so so far one arrest that they say this individual was looking to organize even more killings in ukraine so more potential evidence coming away from them in the next few days they certainly feel that seem to suggest that they have evidence which they think will link russia to these kind of

level condemnation against ukraine over a crackdown on russian journalists after a bureau was raided in kiev and its director to take. a minute past four pm here in the russian capital wherever you're training in from right around the world welcome to moscow and to our international our top story there have been mass demonstrations in several countries against israel and the united states it's after more than sixty palestinians were killed on at least three thousand injured in clashes with the israeli military over the past two days tensions flirt with washington moved its embassy to jerusalem on monday in iran protesters torched the u.s. is really flags stomping the ashes into the ground many held posters of the israeli prime minister with the words go to hell in turkey demonstrators destroyed an effigy of trump on the turkish president israel's actions calling the country an occupier. israel took the steps in the region motivated by i am strong therefore i am right it's not possible for us to accept israel's right just as with regards to the steps that are made israel is an occupier and it

down by now millions turned up alive and breathing at a news conference we'll get the details from kiev also coming up but if it first you don't succeed try and try again italy's populace are giving talks a nother shot by going back to the drawing board the single largest party in the parliaments the five star movement exploring new possibilities to break out of in these political deadlock. way iraq is great to have your company everyone well we are beginning with a stunning development in a story that we've been covering all day long the russian journalist who was reportedly killed in kiev yesterday as turned up alive and well at a press conference in the ukrainian capital our kiddy up schank oh appeared with the head of ukraine security services who said auction goes death had been faked as part of a special operation to preempt a real plot to murder the journalist we can now take you were to our correspondent nick calio who is in the ukrainian capital kiev with the very latest nick. talk about an extraordinary turn of events well quite late this story keeps on getting stranger and st

so, now we look towards kiev at the end of the month. liverpool against real madrid. let's speak now to the european football journalist andy brassell. evening andy, who would real fans have been supporting in that's i think they would have preferred roemer, despite the fact that rome amid the comeback against barcelona and if they manage the same against liverpool i think it would have ranked even higher than that given the way they were outclassed in the first leg. but real madrid i don't think i really over thinking the opposition. even if they really respect liverpool there has been a lot of talk already especially the madrid media about exactly how good lilliedahl are, how hard they work, what threat they pose. real madrid are going to kiev, notjust hoping but expecting to win their 13th european title because this is a competition they feel most at home in. looking at both teams, scintillating other front foot, in. looking at both teams, scintillating otherfront foot, but very vulnerable as we have seen over the past week in both legs of their semifinals. you co

hugh woozencroft is in kiev for us, and we can speak to him now. good morning. great atmosphere there but this travel has put a damper on things for many fans. yes, it has. we've been hearing 4000 fans will fly in from liverpool airport alone, about 40% of the 100,000 fans expected to be in kiev over the weekend will arrive today. as you can see behind me things are really gearing up. we have a liverpool fan who's had a long journey to get here. tell us we've travelled from. i travelled from brisbane in australia. i live on the gold coast. i left on wednesday night at 10:30pm and managed to get into kiev at tea—time, 6pm thursday. i flew through abu dhabi, to istanbul, which could be an omen! spread four i use —— spread four hours there. i leave here on monday, flight to cairo in egypt, four hours there, then back over. managed to get the ticket easily enough. i have friends with a season ticket at home. secured a ticket and secured a nice area bmb. it has been difficult for fa ns area bmb. it has been difficult for fans closer than you. —— aianb.m was

had been shot dead outside his home in kiev. and the russian born journalist has been working as a presenter in ukraine since last year. prior to that he worked out a newspaper critical of the kremlin he left russia after receiving threats the news of his apparent murder appeared plausible. intelligence agency said staging his death was necessary in order to arrest the actual people behind the assassination plot according to ukrainian intelligence that's what happened on wednesday this man is said to have received forty thousand dollars from russia to plant goes murder in ukraine. much of it presented documents with the photo from my passport this photo is only available in my passport and at the russian passport office. and that made it obvious that this information came from russia still on the stand for months a year just as she plans for the assassination of some thirty people had reportedly been made. now some but it's it mainly involves journalists and opposition figures and writers who publicly criticize the russian leade

nick got only in the ukrainian capital kiev thank you. let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the world spanish m.p. they're debating whether or not to keep prime minister mariano to haul in power a new confidence vote was called after all for his conservative party was found guilty of fraud money laundering and other illegal financial schemes is refusing to step down he says he was unaware of his party's misuse of funds. all the leading human rights activists in the united arab emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison for criticizing the government and months or was found guilty of using social media platforms to harm the state's reputation human rights groups have condemned the verdict. a grand jury in new york has indicted movie producer harvey weinstein on charges of rape and committing a criminal sexual act weinstein was arrested last friday on charges related to two women who've accused him of sexual misconduct more than eighty women have come forward with accusations weinstein denies a

shocked to outside his apartment in the ukrainian capital kiev. fearing for his life russia's foreign minister says his country is being blamed even before an investigation has begun also coming up. new possibilities to bring it to these political deadlock a renewed attempt of global coalition government in euro zone's largest economy. coming up in the next sixty minutes roseanne barr apologizes to colleagues on her show after it was canceled she says she's sorry then jumps off to one of her tweets which of course a bad joke led to the show's consummation. and mexico aims to make the braves after world cup we take a look at how germany's group. could make history. conan well welcome to you. russia has denied any involvement in the murder of a prominent russian journalist and critic of president vladimir putin in the ukrainian capital kiev a chink o. had fled into exile following death threats ukraine blames russia for the murder moscow has rejected the allegations and demanded a proper investigation of the murder occurred to you bob cenk who was o

it was goalless after 90 minutes against wolfsburg in the final in kiev, before lyon went on to win 4—1 after extra time. they also become the first team to have won three in a row. our reporterjo currie watched the action in the ukranian capital. if there had been any doubts, lyon are the most successful team in women's football. but after the expectation, the two teams in the competition produced an unforgettable opening 90 minutes. the talking point in the second half this opening goal, or was it? with no goal—line technology, we will never know. it was extra time that finally brought the drama and it all happened in the space of a few minutes. this deflected effort putting the underdogs ahead but barely a minute later, all spoke we re barely a minute later, all spoke were down to ten. lyon may be extra play account, this time they went to be denied. they took the lead. there was time for a fairy tale finish. this prolific midfielder retiring after the game, sealed the trophy as once again, lyon are european champions. fans of liverpool and real madrid have been arriving in the

reports that had been gunned down outside his kiev apartment emerged on choose the evening ukrainian security agencies said that though this killing had been a necessary part of a sting operation they reportedly arrested this man on wednesday off to noon he said to have been paid forty thousand dollars to organize and kill them in ukraine but especially journalists toasted the resurrection of the slain colleague the bizarre incident has set off a war of words between kiev and moscow and white a concern among the international community over ukraine's fake news of ruses mission isn't as it's nice of you isn't this you. so let's now try and make some sense of this we're joined here in the studio by chris gentrify he is our eastern europe expert and correspondent emily sherman is standing by with the latest from moscow welcome to you both a question i'd like to begin with you because this is a huge blow to ukraine's credibility isn't it looks like ukraine now has to try to explain and to justify the killing the fake killing the midst of a ground this would be a very to do as things stan

in a story that we've been covering all day long the russian journalist who was reportedly killed in kiev yesterday as turned up alive and well at a press conference in the ukrainian capital our kiddy up schank oh appeared with the head of ukraine security services who said auction goes death had been faked as part of a special operation to preempt a real plot to murder the journalist we can now take you were to our correspondent nick calio who is in the ukrainian capital kiev with the very latest nick.

more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to tell what you are caricature anybody who would then use the same clothes that are. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you. a new music stockholm and. what we saw here today was a revolution. that it was initially but it's kind. of invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals was i. assume when you go to your show will go to the. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing ice into hot fall between ukraine and russia. that the team up watching up last that the team of were in the city would just look when the new buildings to be truthful. mugler mum up the eleven. pls mummy mummy mummy . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag

i'm the mayor of kiev, former heavyweight champion of the world, for all sports fans welcome to kiev. this will be amazing. there are certainly amazing sights, but the twist of kiev has also proved a somewhat controversial. the moment real madrid and liverpool were confirmed as the two teams in the final hotel prices really went through the roof. most places are full, others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. it's charging £1500 for the night. it's 12 km from here to the stadium. and a standard room at this place cost a whopping £2600 for the big night. that's more than 20 times the usual rate. as news of the price hike spread a revolt stirred. in the tower blocks of kiev. for me, liverpool is notjust simply a football club but a way of life. not all the participants are crazy about liverpool like yuri and his son, but they're all upset that visitors are being ripped off. this page was set up offering free beds to visiting fans. i posted such a message. we are all liverpool. it's a liverpool supporters' chant. two people can stay here and if they want to go to the bat

outrageous massacre took place september twenty ninth and thirtieth nineteen forty one in babi yar kiev. of the city of kiev and its vicinity must appear on monday september twenty ninth by eight o'clock in the morning. bring documents money and valuables and also warm clothing linen and cetera. they need not follow this order and are found elsewhere will be shot. thirty three thousand seven hundred seventy one jews were killed in this two day operation of the nazis and ukrainian militia. another outrageous massacre was carried out by the ukrainian insurgent army and the bond era faction of the organization of ukrainian nationalists in german occupied polish foligno and eastern between one nine hundred forty three and one nine hundred forty four this genocide of poles was led by me call eleven thirty five thousand to sixty thousand people in vali nya and twenty five to forty thousand eastern. fell victim to this massive ethnic cleansing operation. sensing the inevitable loss of the german troops the organization of ukrainian nationalists who gave up on their former ally and began fighti

and to a press conference in kiev to a pool after most of the world shocked that his murder had been faked a sting operation by ukraine secret service to apparently catch his would be killers apologize to all those who've been kept in the dark including his wife. i'd like to ask you to excuse me for all that happened in the past because i have attended funerals for colleagues and friends many times and i know this feeling when you have to bury colleagues sorry for this unfortunately there were no other ways. flowers had been left outside kiev home where late on tuesday evening the journalist was reportedly found with fatal gunshot wounds to the back tributes and obituaries mourned his death. the secret was revealed live on t.v. the channel where he works reacted with joy and tears of relief. russia has denied any role in the story and accused kiev of using it as propaganda but russia is where ukraine's security chiefs allege the murder prosser originated. fled his home country last year after a career as an anti putin voice culminated in a state backed media campaign against him none

full clancy's in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to tell what you are caricature anybody least you wouldn't. do. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you. a new music stockholm and. what we saw here today was a revolution. but it was initially but it's going to have invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals with. us from when you go to go to. nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries. focus has to be on not allowing myself to turn into a hot wall between ukraine and russia. but . that the team of boys in the city would just look when the new buildings to be truthful. mum eleven cutler little eleven. the mummy . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemi

russia has denied any role in the story and accused kiev of using it as propaganda but russia has where ukraine security chiefs allege the murder prosser ridge native . fled his home country last year after a career as an anti putin voice culminated in a state backed media campaign against him none of the. we reported that in order to fulfill the cynical plan special services of the russian federation recruited a ukrainian citizen the first letter of his name is she he was commissioned to find perpetrators of this brutal murder for financial reward in order to fulfill the assignment from the russian special services citizen g offered his acquaintance to commit a terrorist act into murder russian journalist. for thirty thousand dollars. ukraine secret service the s.b.u. showed video allegedly of this citizen g.v. in arrested on kiev streets and they say that the only one in danger thirty more people are being targeted for this working in the russian speaking world there is palpable relief that someone that they had been mourning is actually alive but among some there is also concern conc

media yeah and apparently there have already been blows between kiev and moscow. speaking regarding this case what is being said. so yesterday in the u. in the u.n. general assembly we had ukraine's foreign minister in new york as it happened that evening and he had again repeated that this was obviously something to be connected with the option because to parch from russia the threats that he had received on the other side the russian u.n. saying that this was an example for ukraine's basically failed state situation that it was unable to protect journalists and that ukraine is an unsafe place for journalists so being traded there between ukraine and russia at the highest levels so far we've seen the investigation proceeding pretty fast we've already have a sketch of the. assumed assailant something we haven't seen in previous cases so this is developing pretty fast so talk with us a little bit about then the investigation that now and says nic because you know how effective have the ukrainian police proven in investigating similar cases. it's where we go we have

you go back to kiev the next day after the meeting with merkel. and protests are up my right can you take me through that period so someone let's. find the money at the worst with the mute in the uk see. more snow. yet at the mobil have. to go to. but if you want me a pretty much. as we took appropriate for the will move on you gotta walk. up just in the company feel and see what you see is little bizarre i don't like the interest of the least a little to shift my ground. robert perry is a longtime investigative journalist based in washington d.c. best known for his major disclosures about the iran contra scandal in the one nine hundred eighty s. he is the founder of consortium news where he has reported extensively on the crisis in ukraine and the forces behind the unrest and in geo is a non-governmental organization how many n.g.o.s are quite legitimate they represent good causes that maybe they help people in a country the door deal with water problems or deal with various kinds of social problems but there are some n.g.o.s that have become fun

joins me now from the ukrainian capital kiev it is cars. and nick connelly the government that must be under great pressure its credibility that stake what the party think is it offensive embarrassment over the stage. good morning amritsar well surprisingly no trace of that here the very negative reaction we've seen internationally to this bit of showmanship has been matched by almost total approval within the country even opponents of president poroshenko his government coming out with gushing facebook posts and tweets saying this was an example of ukraine having found its own way having its security services strengthening petro poroshenko saying yesterday that this was a sign that ukraine had passed its sovereignty test and that its state security services had to reach a new level were able to protect journalists and what about the one gendered reaction did make do people share the government's position that this was a successful and clever operation. the approval is rather extraordinary even journalists people who. unwittingly pulled int

connelly but the latest from kiev thank you. tend to face now monica jones is here and we're talking trade we're talking trade sarah the u.s. wants to go ahead with planned import tariff against china after all because that is a reversal of the soften position that trump administration has recently taken during trade negotiations with the asian powerhouse the move would impose a twenty five percent tariff on fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods within the next month chinese trade officials said they were not surprised by the reversal which followed criticism in the u.s. that china was getting the better deal the u.s. originally announced the tariffs as retaliation for chinese infringement of american intellectual property well and all that as financial markets are still reeling from the political turmoil in italy now there's renewed straight uncertainty let's talk about all that with our man of the frankfurt stock exchange con about bush and so what does this reversal in china mean for that deadline that we have here in

day well known russian journalist who ukrainian authorities claim was shot and killed in the capital kiev yesterday showed up alive and well i the press conference today. appeared with the head of ukraine's security services who said that bob change those death was staged as part of the special operation to preempt a real plot to murder the journalist officials also screened a video that they say showed the arrest of a ukrainian man allegedly involved in that murder plot. all right we want to get both sides on this story this evening i want to bring in our emily sherman she is in the russian capital moscow and nick connelly is in kiev for us this evening nick let me start with you this is an extraordinary turn of events today he emerged alive and well and he said that he had no choice but to fake his own death while getting brant yes this is been a story is going to kept us gossiping all day he's version of events and the authorities here say that this was necessary to be able to. prove the organizes responsibility for this it was their connections to russia so by carrying out this attack

this is bbc news, our latest headlines. appears alive and well in kiev. russian agents but moscow describes it as an act of provocation. in his top—floor flat. and the united states. of new timetables. been taking place. stressed the importance of each testimony. in his top—floor flat as they tried to escape the fire. bernadette bernard called her brother raymond "a hero". floor of grenfell tower with his dog. for over 30 years. where he tragically lost his life. these were a family and one other post ——. post ——. escape, the only alternative was to head towards the top floor. head towards the top floor. they met ray and took refuge in his flat. flat. brother resting beside the bed on the floor. the floor. them before taking their last breath and departing this world. and departing this world. a man and the strongest most probably was the last to die. probably was the last to die. he would have been so alone. would have been so alone. the corner, the array was a hero on that tragic night. that tragic night. important for the families and loved

yesterday's opening of the bridge got an angry response in kiev which still rejects crimea referendum to rejoin russia four years ago do you think that this article could stir russian emotions in ukraine is that its purpose and if so that's surely reckless at best. well it is probably its purpose but. the half the ukrainian population speaks russian so you know it's not that simple in the west the impression which is given of the conflict is clear black and white with russia and the role of the bad guys this is not the way this is not the truth and so if if journalists and in the mainstream press and it in europe knew their history lessons they would know the importance of us to poland for usha as a whole for the unity of russia and i think in ukraine many people are also were of this and they don't expect to ever come back so it's a bit trial it's a bit quite old that you would have this chosen with russia. for sure and the results of the referendum actually a cut i mean no question look you touched upon it how much of a connection do you think there is between the bridge opening und