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thanks forjoining us. we begin in ukraine where a fresh air attack on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the city s mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city s defences. this latest attack comes as one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to begin it s long awaited counter offensive. oleksiy danilov, the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council, has been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists ....
security official tells the bbc that ukrainian forces are now ready to launch a long awaited counter offensive. the comments come after russian attacks on dnipro and the wagner group s recent claims it has fully captured the city of bakhmut. the head of russia s wagner mercenary group has announced that his forces have started to withdraw from bakhmut. ukraine denies this. the battle for that city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. now, oleksiy danilov the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council says an assult to retake territory from russian forces is ready to launch. he s been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut, in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground and ....
But you never know with elon musk. Theres a lot going on, so i thought this might be a Good Opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get some feedback, too. What should we be doing different . I know the bbc, for example, was not thrilled about being labelled state affiliated media. N ot exa ctly. I was going to get that later, but lets go for it now. It has officially objected to that term. Do you want to respond to it . Yeah, yeah. Our goal is simply to be as truthful and accurate as possible, so i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. Were trying to be accurate. I am not the bbc, but. Publicly funded is how the bbc describes itself. So, that would be accurate. If we use the same words that the bbc uses to describe itself, that, presumably, would be ok. I am not asking you for a yes or no, because you are not running the bbc per se, but it seems to pass a ....
so called smart motorways which use measures such as variable speed limits to improve traffic flows. fourteen stretches of carriageway have already been paused or cancelled because of concerns over costs and safety. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, the interview: elon musk. it s not every day you get invited by one of the world s richest and most influential people to a sit down interview. earlier on tuesday, i d received a response to an e mailfrom mr musk. let s do an interview tonight, it read. just a few short hours later, we were setting up in twitter s headquarters in san francisco. hello, how are you doing? really nice to meet you, too. we are about to go live, very surprisingly, we only just found this out, on twitter, that that is elon musk. we didn t know about that, but you never know with elon musk. there s a lot going on, so i thought this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get s ....
but you never know with elon musk. there s a lot going on, so i thought this might be a good opportunity to answer some questions and maybe get some feedback, too. what should we be doing different? i know the bbc, for example, was not thrilled about being labelled state affiliated media. n ot exa ctly. i was going to get that later, but let s go for it now. it has officially objected to that term. do you want to respond to it? yeah, yeah. our goal is simply to be as truthful and accurate as possible, so i think we are adjusting the label to be publicly funded, which i think is perhaps not too objectionable. we re trying to be accurate. i am not the bbc, but. publicly funded is how the bbc describes itself. so, that would be accurate. if we use the same words that the bbc uses to describe itself, that, presumably, would be ok. i am not asking you for a yes or no, because you are not running the bbc per se, but it seems to pass a reasonability test. so you re going to ....