with an independent study into the british monarchy s links to the slave trade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the white house is releasing seven in the morning and 7pm. a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review, commissioned by president biden, does admit the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. a spokesman blamed the chaotic us withdrawal in august 2021 on a deal donald trump did with the taliban. transitions matter, that s the first lesson learned here, and the incoming administration wasn t afforded much of one. thus, president biden s choice was stark either withdraw all our forces or resume fighting with the taliban. he chose the former. that s the picture from the white house. i spoke to a foreign policy fellow earlier in washington, who explained the significance of this announcement.
also in northern ireland, a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. ukraine s president zelensky has said he plans to meet china s leader, xijinping to discuss beijing s proposals on ending the war in ukraine. he made the comments in a question and answer session in kyiv, to mark the first anniversary of the russian invasion. translation: first of all, i am planning to meet - with xijinping and i think it will be beneficial for our countries and for the world s security. together with china we have large trade. this is not only about war. we are countries int
the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. warsaw has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also the first country to send fighterjets to ukraine. in a moment, we ll be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, let s go live to warsaw where we can speak to the bbc s adam easton. welcome. the first official visit by president zelensky since the outbreak of the war. what can we expect? outbreak of the war. what can we exect? , , , , expect? this building behind me is warsaw s expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle expect? this building behind me is warsaw s royal castle where - warsaw s royal castle where president zelensky will be coming later to meet some of those
hello and welcome. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. nada tawfik reports from new york. a show of defiance just hours after his arrest. back at his mar a lago club in florida, donald trump slowly made his way through a ballroom packed with crowds of supporters, shaking hands and relishing their attention. in his first public remarks since being indicted, he said the justice system had become lawless. and i never thought anything like this could happen in a
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