welcome to bbc news i m david eades. our top stories. mounting pressure on iran as the un human rights council votes for an international investigation into the violent suppression of protests in the country. as ukraine works to restore power supplies the first lady tells the bbc her country will battle on. at times it is extremely hard, but then we find new emotions which help us to keep going. nurses in parts of the uk are the latest to announce strike action as the country has one of its biggest days of labour unrest. portugal s cristiano ronaldo becomes the first man to score at five world cups and we look ahead to friday s matches as england take on the usa and wales face iran. welcome to our viewers on pbs
welcome to bbc news i m david eades. our top stories. mounting pressure on iran as the un human rights council votes for an international investigation into the violent suppression of protests in the country. as ukraine works to restore power supplies the first lady tells the bbc her country will battle on. at times it is extremely hard, but then we find new emotions which help us to keep going. nurses in parts of the uk are the latest to announce strike action as the country has one of its biggest days of labour unrest. portugal s cristiano ronaldo becomes the first man to score at five world cups and we look ahead to friday s matches as england take on the usa and wales face iran.
the first lady tells the bbc her country will battle on. translation: at times, it is extremely hard, - but then we find new emotions which help us to keep going. we look back at thursday s world cup matches and ahead to friday s, as england take on usa and wales faces iran. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in china, which is reporting record numbers of covid infections. cities across the country have imposed new lockdown measures to try to control the spread of the virus. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from beijing. a variety of lockdown
general, russia has not really taken complete control of mariupol but it appears close. what s your reading on that? well, i think the larger reality is, it s been an utter tragedy for the ukrainians. 20,000 estimated dead, the city destroyed, the remnants of fighters courageously continuing to battle on, hundreds still trapped, it s an utter tragic humanitarian disaster, and having said that, the defenders have bought time for ukraine to receive western military technology, and gained the parity they need to smash the russian army in the east. the ukrainians are a part of this fight for a thousand years, it is remarkable tragic situation, but an indication of the courage and the tenacity of the ukrainian armed forces. general, just wondering,
future. we cannot give up on it because russia wants us to. we shall battle on. i have to ask, are you paying any attention to these peace negotiationing going on outside the country or do you still believe you re in a fight? we believe in one thing, humanitarian corridors and these are violated by russia every single day with civilians dying. and as far as the negotiation with russia, what the what it wants to achieve there is capitulation. and we shall battle on to continue building the future that we believe in. thank you for joining us. i appreciate you making this work. please stay safe. thank you very much. and still ahead, a divided