the british prime minister, on a visit to northern ireland, accepts that the political deadlock there is a result of his brexit deal. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start with news that s been developing over the last few hours from ukraine. it s being reported more than 200 wounded ukrainian soldiers from the besieged steelworks in mariupol have been evacuated. these are the latest pictures from a reuters journalist who watched as the buses reached novoazovsk, a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. ukraine says 260 people have been moved. more than 50 are reported to have been taken to a local hospital. well, i ve been speaking with vitaliy shevchenko from bbc monitoring who explained the significance of these evacutations. significant both to russia and ukraine. russia, it marks the completion of its huge project to seize the northern shore, the sea of azov, and thus build elaborate from russia to crimea, and also a symbolic vic
a 17 year old striker becomes the first english professional footballer in the men s game, for three decades, to come out as gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. this we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers this from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the city of mariupol have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope to save the lives of translation: we hope to save the lives of our translation: we hope to save the lives of our boys translation: we hope to save the lives of our boys was - translation: we
killed ten people. it s the worst so far in the us this year. an investigation is under way to see if any clues left by the attacker were missed. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome, too, to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we re here because the government has confirmed it s pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we re going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn t the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well, i speak to the dcms
and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional footballer in the men s game in england, for three decades, to come out as gay. and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the city of mariupol have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be
an investigation is underway to see if any clues left by the attacker were missed. britain s sam ryder, who starred in the eurovision song contest, says he s so joyful and so grateful , after taking second place in saturday s competition, the uk s best result since 1998. the social media star topped the nationaljury vote with space man , as our correspondent david sillito reports. the return from eurovision. how are you feeling this morning? thank you so much. really appreciate the support. in recent years, this has normally been a moment to reflect on another disappointment. # up in space, man.# but, after this performance, it s been rather different for sam ryder. chanting: sam, sam, sam! this year, i don t have the eurovision blues, i because of him! screaming and chatter. i can t believe it! for youngerfans, he introduced them to the joy of douze points. cheering. being runner up to ukraine, with all that emotion and symbolism, was quite a moment. i m still, i don t kno