Bring this up to date on what we know about the events surrounding this assassination. We know about the events surrounding this assassination. Know about the events surrounding this assassination. We know that at least three persons this assassination. We know that at least three persons attempted least three persons attempted against the life of Fernando Villavicencio. We know one is also dead. We know the candidate was in the meeting in quito, the capital of the meeting in quito, the capital of the country, and when he left the meeting, he was killed. Obviously, that was really serious news for all the candidates, they are all concerned about what happened. We have criminal Political Violence in ecuador before but this is something completely new. A candidate for the presidency killed in the middle of a campaign. It is presidency killed in the middle of a cammin, , presidency killed in the middle of a camcain. , i, campaign. It is absolutely shocking, isnt it . Made campaign. It is
In hawaii, hasjust given this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families on maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work that they did, the red cross has been here helping us, nicky from the red cross. Thank you to all of those people. John monaghan and jerry gi
In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international
unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it s good to see you. we re here in the bbc s central newsroom for another edition of unspun world. in today s programme how is it that russia s economy is doing so well in spite of the ukraine war and western sanctions? a quite extraordinary transformation of the russian economy into a war economy, with massive defence spending, with the reorientation of its industrial base towards its war machine. iran s client groups around the middle east get a hammering from us missiles. but what s the point of having the americans in the region? maintaining counterterrorism efforts against isis, and also, they check iranian influence in syria, in iraq, in lebanon. and, is ethiopia yet again going to be a byword for hunger and despair? this is the moment to try and fix this problem, - not six months down the line l when an awful lot more people have died and it s much harderl to turn the whole thing around. russia invades its neighbour after signin
has always maintained that he denied both offensive offences and he has been found not guilty. first we will head to the bbc sport centre. the men s semi finals at wimbledon are underway with novak djokovic taking on yannik sinner on centre court. well, djokovic who s won wimbledon seven times is heading towards another final. he s taken the first two sets 6 3 and 6 4. cerner leads to one in the third set. sinner. after this match has finished the world number one carlos alcarez will take on daniil medvedev as he looks to reach the wimbledon finalfor the first time. you can follow all of the coverage from wimbledon across the bbc and online. tommorrow s women s final will see ons jabeur take on unseeded marketa vondrousova. jabeur was the beaten finalist last year so is eager to go one better this time. it is going to be very difficult. it can happen for both. whoever can handle the emotions, whoever will be on the court will win that match and thatis on the court