Plus: US pop star to headline Glastonbury Festival ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
|
| Hello. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainian negotiators will meet US officials in Saudi Arabia next week to begin peace talks. We have the latest. An aid worker in central Ukraine tells us about escaping a Russian strike on the hotel he was having dinner in. And a big US pop star joins rock legend Neil Young to headline the famous Glastonbury Festival this summer. | |
|
|
|
|
TOP OF THE AGENDA | US and Ukraine plan peace talks in Saudi |
|
| | Zelensky says Ukraine will work constructively with President Trump to reach a "fast" and "lasting" peace. Credit: EPA | Ukraine and the United States are planning a meeting in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss an end to the war with Russia. Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff said the idea is to "get down the framework for a peace agreement" whilst Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes for a "meaningful meeting" between the two nations.
US destroying world order, Ukraine's ambassador to UK says
Can France's allies fit under their nuclear umbrella? |
|
| | |
|
|
| Pelicots' daughter presses charges against father | The daughter of a French man who organised the mass rape of his wife over several years says she was also attacked. | Read more > |
|
| Alleged Chinese hackers 'sold data on dissidents' | Prosecutors have charged 12 Chinese nationals who allegedly sold data of US-based dissidents to China's government. | What we know > |
|
| Common condition may actually be an STI | A condition known as bacterial vaginosis may be a sexually transmitted infection, according to researchers. | Find out more > |
|
| Rio Carnival parade in pictures | The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro's celebrated carnival parade competition. | See the pictures > |
|
| |
|
|
|
| Aid workers' lucky escape from deadly Russian strike | | Karol Swiacki and Marc Edwards survived a missile strike on the hotel they were staying at. Credit: Karol Swiacki | A UK-based aid worker said he, his friends and colleagues were "so lucky to be alive" after they narrowly escaped a Russian missile attack on a hotel in central Ukraine on Wednesday that left at least four dead. Karol Swiacki, a Polish national and founder of the charity Ukraine Relief, was visiting shelters and orphanages with the charity's trustee, Marc Edwards - a British national who now lives in the US. |
|
| | | The duo were having dinner with friends at the hotel restaurant at the time of the strike. The dining party included two US volunteers, two workers from a Ukrainian charity foundation, a young boy and his pregnant mother.
"We are all safe we didn't have a scratch, it is incredible," Mr Swiacki told BBC News, adding "we still don't know how we survived this, honestly."
"We heard some noises we don't want to hear again. Somebody was trapped under the rubble next to our van and didn't make it. Someone was hit from shrapnel and didn't make it. I'm numb".
|
|
| |
|
|
SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Causing a stir | Furore erupted in 1987 after the screening of a poem inspired by vandalised graves. | |
|
| |
|
|
And finally... on a farm in England | US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and rock legend Neil Young will headline the UK's Glastonbury Festival this summer. They will be joined by five-time Brit Award winner Charli XCX, Alanis Morisette, US rap phenomenon Doechii, Fat Boy Slim, and Scissor Sisters to name but a few. | |
|
|
|
|
US Politics Unspun newsletter | No noise. No agenda. Just expert analysis of the issues that matter most, from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | |
|
| |
|
|
MORE BBC NEWSLETTERS | | The Essential List: The best of the BBC, handpicked by our editors, in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe. | | World of Business: Gain the leading edge with global insights for the boardroom and beyond, every Wednesday. Subscribe. | | Tech Decoded: Get timely, trusted tech news direct to your inbox, every Monday and Friday. Subscribe. | |
|
|
|
|
Thank you, as ever, for reading. Send us suggestions for topics or areas of the world to cover in this newsletter. Tell your friends and family about it! They can sign up here. You can take a look at all our newsletters here.
By the way, you can add newsbriefing@email.bbc.com to your contacts list and, if you're on Gmail, pop the email into your “Primary” tab for uninterrupted service. Thanks for reading!
– Tom | | | | |
|
| | You've received this email because you've signed up to the BBC News Briefing newsletter.
Click here to unsubscribe
To find out how we use your data, see the BBC Privacy Policy.
BBC Studios Distribution Limited.
Registered Number: 01420028 England
Registered office: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, W12 7FA, United Kingdom | |
|
|
|
|
| |
