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hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian—held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures, from russias state—owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian—backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia...

been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. translation: | pray that - somehow his life could be spared but unfortunately he passed away despite these prayers. this is truly unfortunate and i have no words to express how i feel. britains cameron norrie is about to face serbias 20—time grand slam champion novak djokovic in wimbledon�*s last semi final with the winner to face australias nick kyrios on sunday. hello, everybody. hello, everybody welcome to... _ hel...

and distinctive creatures. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new allegations have emerged against chris pincher, who resigned from the government on thursday, after he was accused of groping two men in a private members club the night before. mr pincher, who admits that hed had too much to drink, says hes now seeking professional help. he denies the latest claims which are made in a number of sunday newspapers. borisjohnson is facing questions about how much he knew when he appoi...

champion novak djokovic. an incredible comeback for alfie hewett — hes in the wheelchair singles final and chasing a first title at wimbledon. and we look ahead to a history making final in the womens single — its rybakina against jabeur tomorrow on centre court. who will come out on top? also coming up in the programme away from wimbledon: ex—fifa boss blatter and former uefa president platini are found not guilty following their fraud trial in switzerland. and perfect pogacar d...

arriving at a swiss court earlier. the former fifa president denying wrongdoing ahead of the verdict in his trialforfraud. i am not innocent in life, but in this case i will survive. also in court, the man once favourite to succeed blatter, co—defendant and former uefa president michel platini. the two men were accused of an unlawful payment of £1.6 million between fifa and platini in 2011. they said it was backdated pay for advisory work. that the former french footballing legend h...

but experts who advised downing street say ministers were responsible for decisions made. his comments come ahead of tonights penultimate conservative hustings — with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland — the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring...

and in the wimbledon mens semifinal, britains cameron norrie loses in 4 sets to novak djokovic. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. hed promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different househo...

didnt attempt to run. he just got arrested on the spot. several police officers on site were able to take the suspect into custody and hes now being questioned. police did retrieve a gun and the suspect, again, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. nhk reporters on the scene said they heard two shots while abe was delivering that stump speech. he was there to deliver a speech in support of liberal democratic party candidates ahead of the upper house election, which is set...

peace. >> should people be frightened? >> people should wake up. its 1991. >> we have talked at each other and about each other a long time. it is high time we started talking with each other. >> no justice, no peace. >> cant we all get along? in about 20 minutes from now, david dinkins is scheduled to take a public oath of office and become new york citys next mayor and the first african american mayor. >> i intend to be the mayor of all the people of new york. >> david being inaugura...

this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, all around the world. im kim brunhuber. were following breaking news out of japan, where shinzo abe has been rushed to a hospital after being shot. this happened as he was giving a speech in nara in western japan. have a look here. japans current prime minister says abe is in critical condition and considers are fighting to save his life. the fire department reports that abem nair arrest....