Three killed after bomb detonated at Moscow restaurant

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The Russian authorities say a deadly blast at a restaurant in central Moscow was caused by a bomb. Three people were killed and more than twenty others injured. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee said a woman had tried to bring a homemade explosive device into the restaurant, where a private function was taking place. Also in the programme: What's the latest on the nationwide impact of India's recent youth led protests; how police in the UK are trying to divert teen hackers away from crime; and the haunting sound of the sirens in Homer's Odyssey, as the new film version hits cinemas. Joining Krupa Padhy on the programme's panel are Dr Chandrika Kaul, a Prof in Modern History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and Laurie Bristow, president of Hughes Hall, a college at Cambridge University and former UK ambassador to Afghanistan and Russia. (Photo: Law enforcement officers stand guard at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in central Moscow, Russia August 1, 2026. REUTERS/Anastasia)