singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a notable increase in military activity increase in military activity in the southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, forces say they ve launched severalattacks, but forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist there attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk and zaporizhzhia. the ukrainian attack on donetsk was set to be on a significant scale, but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities, where ukraine s ground forces are set to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in the moment, we will have the latest from moscow, but there is to keep, and our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. shhh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. shhh. when it comes to its an
ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full scale ukrainian counter offensive has begun. also tonight, we ll head to california where apple is showing off its new products including an augmented reality headset. in the uk prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and we ll discuss the huge amount of processed foods in british shopping baskets, and what needs to be done to freshen up our diets. but first the war in ukraine. looks like a significant escalation in the fighting. is this the start of a counter offensive? we ll ask our experts in a moment. first we re going to look
this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start with the notable increase in military activity, in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk, and zaporizhzhia the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities , where ukraine s ground forces are said to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in a moment, we ll have the latest from moscow but first to kyiv, and our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. shh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. when it comes to its anticipated counteroffensive, ukraine has certainly revelled in trying to confuse russia. this video came with the caption plans love silence
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an infinite canvas. use your apps anywhere and make them any size you want. capture your photos and videos and relive your most important memories and an entirely new way. watch your movies, shows and sports and immerse yourself in games on a giant screen, surrounded by a spatial audio. connect with people as if you re sharing the same space. the same way that mac introduced us to personal computing and iphone introduced us to mobile computing, applevision pro, will introduce us to spatial computing. so it s a virtual reality headset it s coming now, it s not the first time a tech giant has tried something like this meta and google have both launched eye wear tech. so will this one catch on? i put that question to our technology editor zoe kleinman. we re going to have to wait and see whether that is actually the case. what i can tell you is this is an ar headset. that means it s augmented reality and mixed reality. you put it on over your head and you can see apps, you