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for tina turner, fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it's 8am in singapore and 8pm in washington, where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner's chief in mali, ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there — a battle that's taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they're withd...

control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there during these months of fighting. this is bakhmut before russi...

hello, i'm vishala sri—pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surpr...

where officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they'd begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area, most people had already fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here's part of the recording made by the head of that russian mercenary grou...

to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures — iran has charged two well—known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn't related to a pr...