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
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and blackpool s jake daniels becomes the first professional footballer in the uk men s game for three decades to come out as gay. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. could arsenal get the win they needed against newcastle to move back into the champions league places? good evening. britain s most senior military officer has asserted that ukraine is winning the war against russia and has now secured its survival as an independent state. the chief of the defence staff, admiral sir tony radakin, was speaking as the ukrainian army reported making progress in the north. ukrainian forces have been retaking territory around the country s second biggest city, kharkiv, the target of heavy bombardment since the invasion began in february. russian forces are now focusing on the donbas region further south, but they are continuing to meet fierce resistance. we start tonight with a special report from near the eastern city of izyum, known as the gateway to the donbas. our
the british prime minister on a visit to northern ireland accepts that the political deadlock there is a result of his brexit deal. and a huge dust storm has covered parts of the middle east, resulting in the deaths of at least three people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where it s being reported more than 200 wounded ukrainian soldiers from the besieged steelworks in mariupol are reported to 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. more on that story as the information comes in. it is a developing story so we will be sure to bring you the latest right here on bbc news. meanwhile, ukraine says it has regained control of territory on the russian border near khark
that the northern ireland protocol needed to be fixed. it keeps northern ireland aligned with the eu single market, for trade in goods. our political editor chris mason has the latest. lowden guitars in county down make instruments for ed sheeran, among plenty of others. they import some of the things they to make them from the rest of the uk, and sell plenty back over the irish sea. the boss says the deal the prime minister did to deliver brexit has made business harder. we have had some of our most valued partners in england say, look, these guitars, this administration, it s just too much work. so we have seen sales impacted there. but it is daunting, to have to fill out import documentation for something you never even had to think about before. and this is why businesses are having to adapt. when the uk left the european union, it was agreed that goods arriving in northern ireland from scotland, england and wales would be monitored to make sure they met eu standards. that s beca