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 russian capital moscow and nick c

kiev where liverpool fans continue to arrive ahead of the champions league final tomorrow with real madrid. join me for all the build—up to the final including jurgen klopp in defiant mood. this club have demonstrated that they can really go for the big things. nobody expected us for the big things. nobody expected us to be here, but we are here, because we are liverpool. froome's in the pink as one briton ends the hopes of another on a dramatic day in the giro d'italia. while england toil for little reward on day two at lord's. also coming up tonight: it'll be high fives and thumbs up all round ifjonathan rea can make it a record breaking weekend as the world superbike championship rolls into town. to be talked about now in the same breath as him, it is incredible. yes plenty to come this evening ahead of a packed weekend of sport, with ruby union finals, the championship play—off final and the champions league final taking centre stage. the focus of course falls on kiev where fans continue to arrive ahead of saturday's final between liverpool and real madrid. both managers fac

adventure — next stop kiev. but as supporters arrive in ukraine, up to 1,000 fans have their flights to kiev cancelled. having a ticket, i was absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to 90, delighted to have the opportunity to go, and it looks like that will be taken away. also ahead. testing times for england. as they‘re bowled out on the opening day of the first test with pakistan. and later in the programme — find out what left this football fan so surprised — and no he wasn‘t watching the cricket. hello and welcome to sportsday. the focus falls on kiev. jurgen klopp‘s side departed for ukraine today. but as many liverpool fans landed in ukraine, others weren‘t so lucky with up to 1,000 fans stranded following cancelled flights, we‘ll hearfrom one in a moment. but let‘s get the latest from kiev, natalie pirks is there. 48 hours out from the final. one or two problems for the liverpool fans there as well? yes. it was liverpool players leaving today two o‘clock from john lennon airport, all smiles, looking relaxed, one fan even tried to get a cheeky kiss withj

fearing for his life after criticizing moscow's a real policy to get the latest from kiev. also coming up a frantic search to find a way out of its use political crisis and attempt to set up an interim government for the country spoken this to a line saying it's again open to film a coalition government after its initial efforts to prevent. mexico looks to make waves at the world cup we take a look at how a gentleman his group drives shaping up with the tournament fast approaching that all filing mark has could become the first glad to captain that country in five. hello and welcome i'm. a prominent russian journalist an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin has been shot dead in the korean capital kiev arkady bob genco had fled into exile following death threats ukraine blames russia for the murder law school has rejected the allegations and condemned the killing a coyote but janko was one of the best known war correspondents in russia he was also one of kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned i

wishes. football fans flock to kiev ahead of the champions league final. but, for some, prices and travel problems make it a step too far. in business: privacy revolution. new laws come in across europe, giving citizens power over their own personal data and threatening huge fines for firms that abuse it. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. your inbox has no doubt been flooded with them, those emails about general data protection regulation, or gdpr. i know mine has! they're meant to give us more control over the data companies hold on us. but have they failed to get that message across? tell us what you think, just use #bbcthebriefing. the american film producer, harvey weinstein, accused by dozens of actresses of sexual misconduct over a ao—year period, is expected to give himself up to police in new york today. eight months after women began claiming they'd been assaulted and propositioned, it's understood he has agreed to appear in court in manhattan. harvey weinstein has insisted that all the sex was with

descending on the ukranian capital kiev this week, for the champions league final between liverpool and real madrid. it's one of the most prestigious competitions in football, and tickets are highly sought after. but, as our correspondent jonah fisher reports, finding accommodation there can be an expensive business. this is where the champions league final will take place on saturday night. 63,000 fans will be packed inside the olympic stadium. i am vitali klitschko, mayor of kiev. former heavyweight champion of the world. for all sports fans, welcome to kiev. it will be amazing. 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. most places are full. others are trying to make huge profits. take this hotel. 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. that is more than 20 times the usual rate. as n

kremlin journalist. 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

arkadi bob chain go was reported to have been shot dead and ukrainian capital kiev authorities there they blame moscow but go turned up alive a day later a shock that provoked worldwide relief and anger now ukraine faces many questions over the elaborate setup. back from the dead twenty four hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist. enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service alive and well. his apparent death and it operate ruse to expose an alleged kremlin plot to kill him even his wife was in the dark i dearly if 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. relief and encourage unity at the t.v. station what about trying to had been working in kiev as the russian born journalist made his dramatic reappearance. to join bob janko return was shared later by the ukrainian president in your i think millions of people all for celebrating business as a birthday my heart beat so hard as i watched the reaction in the newsroom i knew about the operation but no o

we'll have the latest live from kiev. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program we begin and it's a league where the prime minister designate carlo cotto delhi has held an informal meeting with the country's president. seen here leaving a hotel in rome a little earlier today has been trying to put together a stopgap government to lead italy to early elections he's expected to meet president. for formal talks shortly all of this coming amid reports that the populous five star movement. the league have renewed talks to form a coalition. so let's break all of this down now do that because barbara faizal is standing by with the latest from rome so still no government there in italy barbara but we have now these reports of the designated premier are busy traveling back and forth between the presidency of the parliament what's the latest. he's shuttling back and forth between the seat of the president but you see behind us. the parliament which is down the hill so this year where we're standing now they called the hill that's the president who sort of. about the formalities house things w

latest live from kiev. also on the show hosting for a solution in bangalore india is high flying tech. it's chronic shortage of water but some say the answer lies in rail digging techniques from india as industrial past. we begin prime news today. that early house held an informal meeting with the country's president called the rarely seen leaving a hotel in rome has been trying to put together a caretaker government to lead italy to early elections he's expected to meet president said that ella full of talks shortly. keeping track of all those developments is the deal because barbara visit she joins me from rome bob a frantic efforts underway to put together an interim government what's the latest on that. yeah there's the shuttle diplomacy going on obviously between the leaders of parliament the leaders of the people who group there is wisconsin really and to the hill which is the palace off the italian president to raila and there is some back and forth but no conclusion yet because this still trying to cobble together a caretaker government that's what cuts already tries and that

and kiev ahead of the champions league final. and now bbc news sport say. —— sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and john watson. the headlines this evening: red is the colour in kiev but can liverpool end real‘s dominance in the champions league. fulham are back in the premier league after beating aston villa in today's championsip play off final at wembley. chris froome's pretty in pink and set for an historic win in the giro d'italia. and saracens outplay defending champions exeter to regain the premiership title. also coming up in the programme: from twickeham to lords where england's test toils continue. yes, good evening, so much to get through tonight but we begin in kiev, where in 15 minutes time liverpool face real madrid in the champions league final as they look to win the european cup for the sixth time in the club's history. jordan henderson can becomejust the fifth liverpool captain to lift the european cup following in the footsteps of emlyn hughes, phil thompson, graeme souness and steven gerrard. but as far as famous faces go, it's

man, gunned down in kiev. but today, the russian journalist arkady babchenko turned up alive and well at a news conference. his supposed kililling was faked to foil an actual murder. 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 explaine

excitement builds for liverpool fans in kiev. fans are beginning to flood into the city at credit day ahead of liverpool's chance to stop real madrid from winning a third consecutive champions league title. elsewhere in sport, one briton‘s despair is another‘s joy. chris froome storms into the lead at the giro d'italia as long—time leader simon yates crumbles with two stages left. and sir richard branson insists his dreams of space travel remain alive. i don't know if he'll go into space in that suit and jacket combo! we'll hear from him as he tells the bbc he's in training to be an astronaut at the age of 67. and matt has the weather. good morning, matt. good morning. sunshine is set to break through the morning, misty for many this bank holiday weekend but always be on guard for one or two thunderstorms. i'll have the full forecast in 15 minutes. see you then. see you then. first, our main story. exit polls suggest people in ireland have voted strongly in favour of liberalising the country's laws on abortion. reports also indicate an exceptionally high turnout, with many p

yesterday a prominent russian journalist was reportedly shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed russia because of the dead man but janko was a strong critic of the crim today he showed up alive and well at the press conference his death a fake and here's why. back from the dead journalist. enters a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service the alleged attack that had supposedly left him dead staged i want to apologize to my wife for the hell she's gone through over the past two days. on tuesday evening ukrainian police and. 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 fo

falling 4,000 feet. and liverpool fans arrive in kiev, ready for the champions league final. and coming up on bbc news: england's test troubles continue on a bad opening day forjoe root‘s side in the first test with pakistan at lord's. good evening. president trump has cancelled the meeting he was due to hold with north korea's leader kim jong—un next month because of what he called president kim's recent hostility. the announcement came only a few hours after north korea invited a group of foreign journalists to witness what it said was the destruction of tunnels at its nuclear test site. president trump described the abandonment of the talks as a truly sad moment in history. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. for once, the breaking news strap really was worth the flushes, the historic wood it wouldn't it singapore summit had hit in this, he ”2 mgiiiz; ,, evidence, and sought to what had changed the explain what had changed the president's mind. over the past many days, we have endeavoured to put preparation teams together to begin to prepare for the summit and we receiv

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 stranger. perhaps we should have smelt a ra

desperate to be there. the ukrainian capital kiev is no different, with accommodation going for more than $2000 a night! this has upset local people, who think it reflects badly on their country. one man, victor kylymar, set up a facebook group, to offer free accommodation to fans of both real madrid and liverpool. i think that after a revolution of dignity and the wall with russia, we have a volunteering movement in ukraine, so people are open for such options. i am very, very glad that this idea worked and that people could help stability to visit kiev, because 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 promotio

ukraine journalists. outside his apartment in kiev he said to ukraine fearing for his life to criticizing moscow's on the seas russia denies any involvement in the. course of coming up a possible breakthrough in its in these political deadlock a renewed attempt to form a coalition government in euro zone's largest economy after a fragmented mandate in march as the election. aims to make waves of the world cup with the tournament fost approaching we take a look at how germany's group dr. cairnes could become the first player to captain a country in five what cops. a prominent russian journalist an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin has been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev. change call had fled into exile following death threats ukraine blames russia for the murder moscow has rejected the allegations and condemned the killing occurred you bob janko was one of the best known walker respondents in russia he was also one of the kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned its military involvemen

gunned down in your crane join this girl was shot dead outside his apartment in kiev he pledged to the new korean fearing for his life after criticizing lost goes to be up on a c russia denies any involvement also coming up. a possible breakthrough in italy's political deadlock of renewed attempt to form a coalition government in the euro zone's code largest economy after a fragmented mandate in march's elections. bangalore india's high flying tech is suffering from chronic shortage of water some still beyond the lines in well digging techniques from the country's supreme industrial policy. mexico aims to make waves at the world cup with this storm of foster approaching we take a look at how job news group drive with the shaping up the file block as could become the fullest kept in a country of five blood. i don't welcome i'm. a prominent russian journalist an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin has been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev. chain go had fled into exile following death threats ukraine blames russia for the murder moscow has rejected the allegations and cond

champions league final in kiev. good evening. rail passengers faced disruption today after major changes to timetables, described as the most significant for decades. described as the most one operator had to replace the new timetable with an emergency schedule but the industry says its working to reduce the impact on passengers. says its working to reduce more will be on the network tomorrow, as the working week begins. tomorrow, as the working week passenger groups have warned that some key commuter services will be adversely affected. some key commuter services sophie long reports. some key commuter services this service will remain on the platform... it is the biggest shake—up to services for a generation. more than 4 million trains across britain have been rescheduled. trains across britain arrival and departure times for all trains run by southern, great northern, thameslink, and gatwick express changed today. the plan is that services will be more frequent and more reliable but some passengers are saying theirjourneys will no longer be possible and they are dreading the expected

into kiev for tonight's champions league final. jurgen klopp says winning is in liverpool's dna as the reds aim to stop real madrid from winning a third successive title. and coming up... the travel show is in thailand, finding out why holiday selfies are putting animals at risk. that's in half an hour here on the bbc news channel. good morning and welcome to bbc news. counting has begun in ireland's referendum on abortion, with exit polls suggesting a vote of more than two—to—one in favour of relaxing the law. nuala mcgovern is in dublin for us. you are very welcome to dublin castle here, just behind those walls of ballot boxes have been opened and votes are being counted. we are not expecting a result until later this afternoon, but as you've been hearing, two exit polls have indicated, suggested, projected, that in fact it would be a landslide overwhelming win for the yes side. that would be to repeal the eighth amendment, language inserted into the constitution in 1983 that gave the constitution in 1983 that gave the same rights to the on—board as to the mother. what we do kn

liverpool fans in kiev. liverpool's fans are preparing to act as the 12th man as they plan to end real madrid's lead. elsewhere in sport, one briton‘s despair is another‘s joy. chris froome storms into the lead at the giro d'italia as long time leader simon yates, crumbles with two stages left. sir richard branson insists his dreams of space travel remain alive. we'll hear from him as he tells the bbc he's in training to be an astronaut at the age of 67. and matt has the weather. sunshine set to break through the morning. will be misty for many, but be on guard for some thunderstorms. good morning. first, our main story. exit polls suggest people in ireland have voted strongly in favour of liberalising the country's laws on abortion. reports also indicate an exceptionally high turnout, with many people travelling from abroad to cast their vote. the official result is expected this afternoon. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. this referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for ireland. this country was once regarded as the most socially conservative in western

response to security forces reading the kiev offices of a group partnered to a russian media giant detaining its director. who's in charge of the steves ukraine bureau was detained choose they for alleged treason his whereabouts are still unknown and his relatives have heard nothing from him since his arrest medina cults number earlier gave me the details on some reaction. the service of crane has a raided several offices for import no fresh news agency. raid started tuesday morning and lasted for eight hours not only the had office of this agency was raided but also other locations including the apartments so journalists working for the agency documents means of communications were confiscated during these raids and some of them lasted for several hours playing much of the house the reaction to this of course the russian foreign ministry immediately can damage to this crackdown on during the list but we are outraged by the huge violation of russian journalist rights and once again calling ukraine to stop illegal abuses against journalists under the farfetched pretext of an anti pr

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 fighting e

on the ultimate high after reaching the champions league final. may 27th, kiev, real madrid. it was a nail—biting semifinal in italy as they edged past roma. losing on the night 11—2 but going through 7—6 on aggregate. from rome, here's our sports correspondent david 0rnstein. the full—time whistle, liverpool into the champions league final. this is how it feels to reach champions league final and move a step closer to club football's greatest prize. rome conquered, now liverpool's aim is to rule europe again. we didn't do the easy way, we never do. amazing. fantastic. we are ready further real madrid. i think we have a real good chance in a file. with a 5-2 advantage from the first leg liverpool completed their task in the italian capital though not without a scare, losing 11—2 on the night by going through 7—6 on aggregate. the morning after and evening after such drama, calm restored at the stadium. and what happened here will go down as yet another glorious moment in liverpool's famous history, setting up liverpool's famous history, setting up the chance of winning s

suggested that kiev should blow it up the writer even went into detail about how this could be done political commentator john both believes that the article goes beyond acceptable free speach. it's par for the course the people who pose as journalists in washington are nothing more then weaponized lobbyists and so when a lobbying firm attempts to get its bills or its or its funding through for new weapons systems or war systems they often call on one of their engaged journalists to do the dirty work of saying something publicly that they couldn't dare say and then using the right of freedom of speech in america the journalist can call for anything it wants murder execution bombing attacks on civilian bridges and so on so that's what this is and if we're talking about a new level yes we've hit a new low a new low outward call by a journalist so-called journalist for an attack on a civilian structure so the come around twenty thousand people have reportedly been evicted in tons unable of that story on to this after this break. we have to judge countries and leaders. so we need more o

struggling to even get to kiev? the bulk of our pull fans hoping to get to ta that will arrive, if they are successful, you can understand why fans left at midnight, the coach became a fairly, these are those on the fairway before it becomes a coach again. these guys avoiding the problems with flights to ukraine which have affected around 1000 liverpool fans. a travel company cancelled three flights. since then the mayers of liverpool and kiev have been trying to sort out. these fans are stressed and could be stranded and those who do arrive in ta of could be sleeping on people's flaws because of the lack of hotel rooms available. it is something the president of uefa has been talking about whether ukraine and kiev is the right place to have the final. in about a0 minutes so we will speak to some liverpool fans including one who had their flight cancelled, hopefully better news for us. the other thing in kiev is security which is so important ahead of such a huge fixture. another thing that champions league coast cities have to be very, very aware of. you should give might expect i

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 ukranian capital kie

to have been murdered in kiev has turned up alive at a news conference. revealed it had been a set up to catch his would be assassin chalons has more from moscow back from the dead russian journalist. 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

gunned down today east turned up alive and well at a news conference we're in kiev and moscow with reaction. also coming up if at first you don't succeed try try again dillies populists are taking in no other shot at forming a government the five star movement is exploring new possibilities to break it out of italy's political deadlock and mexico is getting ready to make waves at the world cup we take a look at how germany's groove rivals are shipping up and how tough it all my kids could make history. thank you very much for your company everyone always start off with a stunning development in a story that we have been reporting on all day the russian journalist who was reportedly killed in kiev yesterday has turned up alive and well at a press conference in the ukrainian capital our kid up shingo appeared with the head of ukraine security services who said death had been faked as part of a special operation to preempts to real plot to murder the journalist. all right let's bring in d.w. correspondents and we sure were in the russian capital moscow and nick conley in kiev on this

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 keeps terrorizing w

the kiev offices of a russian media group and detained its director. who's in charge of ria novosti as ukraine bureau was detained on shoes day for alleged treason his relatives have not heard from him since his arrest now off to ski was arrested ukrainian security services also broke into the offices of ria novosti ukraine and their searches last at more than eight hours and the houses of journalists working for the agency will also as well now there's been a high level condemnations of its actions many organizations are accusing the ukrainian government open attack on a media freedom and demanding release and we discussed this with our rachel dunbar deputy director of the europe and central asia division of human rights watch she says complaints over media freedoms in the in the ukraine where they are on the rise. under no circumstances should the government be criminalizing speech and media activities that groundlessly and ukraine i think this is out of line with ukraine's these raids and detentions are out of line with ukraine's obligations to protect media freedoms there's a th

lukwesa burak. alive and well in kiev. to expose russian agents. was prepared over two months. i was made aware one month ago. how they dug things up like buffaloes. in his top—floor flat. and the united states. the introduction of new timetables. parts of the network. by a falling rock — is uncovered by archaeologists in pompeii. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. appeared alive and well at a news conference in the capital, kiev. an imminent russian attack. moscow said the staged murder was an "anti—russian provocation. jonah fisher reports now from kiev. a warning, there is flash photography in his report. applause. is this the greatest comeback since lazarus? most likely assassinated by russians. of explaining to do. service operation. of ukraine for saving my life. carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. taking out its opponents wherever they live. journalist had been shot in the back and killed. an angry finger at russia. the killing of mr babchenko, but had now been arrested. quite where mr babchenko goes from here is anyone's guess. reading thos

prominent and she crafted critic joe was. 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

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

in kiev appears at a news conference alive and well. anger at austerity in greece spills onto the streets as thousands of workers stage a walkout. and a rock to the childhood the south sudanese children who've been left behind due to conflict and discrimination. has been talked about for days north korean leader kim jong un's top aide heading to the u.s. for talks kim young has finally arrived he touched down in new york earlier making him the most senior north korean official to visit the u.s. in eighteen years let's get more now from our diplomatic editor james bays is in new york for sir james took us through what the the agenda will be and what the rest of the timetable be for the meetings. well as you say general kim has been here for some hours now resting in his hotel not far away from where i am now off and secretary of state. is arriving in new york at his hotel about a mile away from where i am now very shortly and then we think in about an hour's time both men will come to exactly where i am now which is this apartment building behind me where there is a residence that'

weddings. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... we report from kiev where finding a place to stay ahead of the champions league final is proving to be an expensive business. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: the first serious injury has been reported from the eruption of a volcano in hawaii. a man was hit by lava splatter that shattered part of his leg. and a possible end to tariff threats? china promises to buy more us goods and services to reduce the trade imbalance. venezuela is holding its presidential election but is being boycotted by the main opposition, and condemned by much of the international community. voters are expected to choose president nicolas maduro for a second term. that's despite polls showing he's blamed for an economic crisis that's led to food shortages, rising crime and hyperinflation. mr maduro was one of the first to cast his vote. katy watson has more from a polling station in caracas. there are four candidates in this race and two important names. first nicolas maduro who is running for a second term and henri falcon who, up unt

crimea to costa mortal there was a wall google for more familiar bit of the bird flu. here in kiev in recent days it might dawn independence square has turned into a full scale war zone. full clancy's a new craze capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall like it or what you are fairly good shape already nice it would then. now on the brink of a civil war at least seventy dead so far and the death toll rising it you know would you. a new music stockholm and you know. what we saw here today was a revolution. but it was initially but it's how you'll know playing it even tested 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 ice into hot fall between ukraine and russia. that the team up watching up plus there that the team of boys in the city would just look when the new buildings to be truthful. mum alex little eleven. fla ilam upcoming. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled wi

have the latest live from kiev and thirsting for a solution in bangalore india is high flying tech hub just can't seem to quench its chronic water shortage some say the answer lies in a well digging technique of the country's pre-industrial past. i'm sorry kelly welcome great to have you with us. another failure to end italy's political stalemate prompts talks that fresh elections could be on the way italy's prime minister designate carlo call to delhi is set to meet the country's president again today but a breakthrough is unlikely after the two main anti-establishment parties rejected his cabinet picks on tuesday media reports say the may not even be sworn in and president. may resort to snap elections as early as july to end the chaos confusion among the waiting press at rome's presidential palace would italy's prime minister designate carlo cut to really present his cabinet list. is simply came to tell you the prime minister designate choler qatar that he met with the president and told him about the current situation of the two will meet again on wednesday morning. the body wi

article in the washington examiner which suggested that kiev should blow it up the writer even went into detail about how it could be done this. believes that the article goes beyond acceptable free speach. it's par for the course the people who pose as journalists in washington are nothing more then weaponized lobbyists and so when a lobbying firm attempts to get its bills or its or its funding through for new weapons systems or war systems they often call on one of their engaged journalists to do the dirty work of saying something publicly that they couldn't dare say and then using the right of freedom of speech in america the journalist can call for anything it wants murder execution bombing attacks on civilian bridges and so on so that's what this is and if we're talking about a new level yes we've hit a new low a new low outward call by a journalist so-called journalist for an attack on a civilian structure still to come around twenty thousand people have reportedly been evicted intends anea will have that story after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that

on again as president trump says he may yet meet the leader of north korea. the lucky ones in kiev — but almost a thousand liverpool fans are unable to get there for the champion's league final after flights are cancelled. coming up on bbc news, chris froome launches a stunning attack to seize the lead at the giro d'italia, with just two stages remaining, ending simon yates‘ hopes of victory. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has been charged with rape and sexual abuse, after appearing in court in new york. once one of the most powerful men in america, he paid a million dollars — in cash — as bail and agreed to wear an electronic tag. the charges relate to two women, but dozens have made allegations against him since hollywood was shaken by claims of sexual misconduct last year. mr weinstein‘s lawyer said bad behaviour was not on trial , that mr weinstein denies the criminal charges and that he will mount a vigorous defence. our correspondent nick bryant has more. new york city can often feel like a g

he was shot dead on tuesday in the ukrainian capital kiev. arkady was one of the russia's best known war correspondents he had left brusha fearing for his life after criticizing russian policy and ukraine and syria now police say that he was shot at his apartment in kiev he was later rushed to the hospital but died of his book while in the ambulance and connally is standing by with the latest from kiev for us this morning so tell us a little bit more about five change though if you could nic i mean he was one of the russia's best known war correspondents what more do we know about him in his work. good morning sara well jim crow was someone who had been at war in self here in the russian army in the chechen wars and then become a war correspondent someone who didn't creasing to become a vocal critic of the putin regime as you said especially over syria and eastern ukraine so much so that he felt increasingly uncomfortable and felt the pressure he talked more than once about receiving threats about feeling unsafe going home he once said that he wouldn't leave the house without a flak