account is among those to lose verified status. the publishers there is a will not pay for the privilege. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to
to glue herself to a table. a man and a woman were later arrested by police. jamie broughton was at ahe crucible in sheffield. the evening session was just getting under way when a man and woman from the protest group stop oiljumped over the barriers here from the seats into the auditorium and the man climbed onto the table where robert and joe perry were playing their first round match. he then opened a packet of orange power and emptied it onto the table before security intervened and the woman trid to get on the other side, on the other side of the barrier, but the match referee stopped her before they could do any damage to the table. play resumed between allen but the other match was not able to continue as the cloth on the table needed to be replaced. i can tell there was a lot of anger from those behind the scenes the fans there about what it happened. have we seen anything like this before and how is this likely we have seen protests before and we saw one protester ge
relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
indonesia mourns the 125 people lost in a stampede during a football match. explosions on the frontline in eastern ukraine, as its soldiers battle for every inch of territory. we have to be careful here. we ve been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind day and night a hard battle to hold this position and stop the russians from pushing into bakhmut. and they came in all shapes, sizes and costumes more than 40,000 runners have taken part in this year s london marathon. good evening. the government should have laid the ground better before unveiling its plan for major tax cuts the prime minister admitted today, acknowleding the turmoil on the financial markets that followed the mini budget nine days ago. she did, however, defend its content, including removing the top rate of income tax for the highest earners. tonight, another prominent conservative has questioned that policy as the party gathers in birmi