no casualities have been reported. the local governor said the military was repelling an attack. he uploaded video showing a large fire while an explosion could also be heard. all flights have since been cancelled as local officials investigate the scene. pskov is more than 600 kilometres, or about 370 miles away from ukraine, close to the border with estonia. us officials claim there s been a dramatic rise in the number of ukrainian casualties. ukraine has not given an official number of those who have died in battle, but there are reports that as many as 70,000 are dead. the bbc s quentin sommerville has more. for this woman, it is her husband she mourns. forfive years, they were together, and the grief is still raw. pavlov was a fitness champion who volunteered to fight. a russian air strike destroyed his convoy
case that he was found guilty of at the beginning of the month. this is the toshakhana case where he was found guilty of having not declared the money he earned from selling state gifts. imran khan has been in prison since august 5, but this doesn t necessarily mean he will be taken out ofjail at this moment, and that is because there are multiple other cases currently out against imran khan and many of them have arrest warrants for him too. his lawyers have said they will go to the supreme court and here at the high court to try to get him bail across these other cases, but even they have said that they think it is going to be quite difficult to be able to secure that. one of them gave me the odds of a 30% chance that he will actually be released. so, at the moment, it looks like continued legal battles for imran khan and no certainty at all that he will be out ofjail any time soon. russian state media say four military cargo planes have been damaged in a drone attack on an airport in
the bbc understands that he was appointed to run the london trust despite nhs england in the north west effectively blocking him from running a trust locally due to how his tenure in chester had ended. after leaving london, mr chambers got two other interim chief executive roles in cornwall and in sussex. the bbc understands nhs england approved bothjobs, despite letby s trial having started when the second appointment was made. nhs england said tony chambers was appointed to his posts after a competitive process and that sir david sloman was not aware of the events of the countess of chester trust when mr chambers was appointed to the london trust. michael buchanan, bbc news. the russian authorities say an airport in the north western city of pskov has been attacked by drones. russian state media says four military transport aircraft were damaged. two of the aircraft are reported to have burst into flames. the area is close to the border with estonia.
pskov is more than 600 kilometres or about 370 miles away from ukraine, close to the border with estonia. now to russia, where the leader of the russian wagner mercenary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has been buried in a private ceremony in st petersburg. that s according to his press service. the kremlin has confirmed that he s died, along with nine other people, in a plane crash last week and denies any involvement in mr prigozhin s death. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg. right now, it is probably the most tightly guarded cemetery in russia along the perimeter fence. we saw a police officer every five metres and there were many more inside on guard because of this fresh grave. yevgeny prigozhin, we re told, was buried here today, but there were no military honours for the wagner mercenary
among many other tributes, the prime minister rishi sunak tweeted that it was a terrible reminder of the work the police do every day to keep us safe. my thoughts are with his family, friends and the whole of nottinghamshire police force. investigations have focused on the state of the track and embankment, as well as looking into whether the train could have been stopped sooner. british transport police said its inquiries were still in their early stages, and described the officer s death as devastating news. phil mackie, bbc news, nottinghamshire. the russian authorities say an airport in the northwestern city of pskov has been attacked by drones. russian state media says four military transport aircraft were damaged. two of the aircraft are reported to have burst into flames. the area is close to the border with estonia. the man who was chief executive of the nhs trust where nurse