the environmentally friendly charcoal that could help reduce deforestation. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ahead of the anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has addressed crowds in moscow s main stadium during a patriotic gala concert. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium, they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to show that russians back president putin and his war in ukraine. irina seems to. we weren t the ones to start this, irina says. i tru
to try and reduce the backlog of applications. millions of americans are facing a weather alert, as a mix of record high and record low temperatures sweeps the country. and, the man who showed the world a new permanent exhibition is announced, dedicated to david bowie. hello and welcome. police in northern ireland have confirmed that an off duty officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around eight o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. sinn fein described the attack as outrageous and shameful , while the dup called for those responsible to be brought tojustice. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened the shooting happened in the shooting happened in front the shooting happened in front of young players training at a coaching session, it is thought the off duty officer
also tonight within the past hour, an off duty police officer has been shot in the town of omagh, county tyrone. shamima begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, has failed to regain her british citizenship. another big supermarket limits sales of some fruit and vegetables extreme weather is blamed for damaging harvests abroad. and. tonight, the winning streak and coming up on the bbc news channel chasing the biggest prize the club s yet to win. can manchester city edge closer to the quarter finals of the champions league? good evening. ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has put on a show of outright defiance. addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in moscow, insisting that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber and this is the final friday until the elections. we head into the weekend campaigning, four days out from election day and the campaigns are bringing out some of the big guns. i said it was up to the citizens of pennsylvania, and of course, but i will tell you all this. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would already have cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. there it is. that s oprah pushing democrats in the key battleground state of pennsylvania. we can report that tomorrow, there will be rallies there with biden, trump, and obama. so if you think about it, if there s one thing both parties do seem to agree on right now on this final friday heading into the midterms weekend, it is that pennsylvania is clearly important. important because it s close and it could decide control of
russian flags waved in places like mali and burkina faso, where the kremlin stands accused of backing coups and undermining democracy. today s russian exercises in south africa have provoked frustration in the west, but they re a reminder that this continent, with its painful colonial history, now wants to keep its options open. andrew harding, bbc news, south africa. the united nations general assembly has been meeting in new york to discuss the war in ukraine with more pressure on member states to condemn russia s actions. a motion has been tabled, calling on russia to withdraw from all ukrainian territory, and for an immediate cessation of hostilities. our north america correspondent nada tawfik assesses how effective this vote will be. i think what diplomats will tell you is they are under no illusions that this will change anything on the ground. in fact, if you listen to what the russian ambassador said in the hall,