who apologised in writing for comments he made about meghan in a newspaper column. andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novak djokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. the italian movie icon gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in south asia. rescuers in nepal have recovered two more bodies from the site of sunday s plane crash. they say they don t expect to find any survivors. 72 people from at least nine countries were on board yeti airlines flight 691. a british man, ryan calum crighton, is one of the latest victims to be named. the plane was on an internal flight from the capital, kathmandu, to the tourist town of pokhara when it crashed just before landing. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from the scene. scattered across the riverbank, fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broke
scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned a very warm welcome to the programme. a very warm welcome to the programme. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned the uk government for blocking a piece of legislation passed in holyrood, saying it was a full frontal attack on its parliament. the measure had aimed to make it quicker and easier for trans people to change gender. but the scottish secretary, alisterjack, said allowing the bill to proceed would have a significant impact on equality laws across great britain. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the uk, and with a rule book. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk. i
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in south asia. rescuers in nepal have recovered two more bodies from the site of sunday s plane crash. they say they don t expect to find any survivors. 72 people from at least nine countries were on board yeti airlines flight 691. a british man, ryan calum crighton, is one of the latest victims to be named. the plane was on an internal flight from the capital, kathmandu, to the tourist town of pokhara when it crashed just before landing. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from the scene. scattered across the riverbank, fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broken toy, the remnants of a national tragedy. so, you saw the plane come down from the sky? yeah, yes. people living near the gorge, like indraprasad sapkota, say they are thankful the plane did not land on their houses close by. translation: i looked at the sky and saw
we begin in china where we ve just had a slew of data that shows how deep the impact of both the pandemic and its demographics is having on society and the economy. data from the national bureau of statistics shows china s economy grew by 2.9% year on year for the last three months of 2022. that beat expectations reuters expected the economy to grow byjust1.8%. for the full year growth came in at 3% far below china s official target of 5.5%. excluding the year covid hit in 2020, this is china s worst showing in nearly 50 years. also today, the news that china s population has shrunk for the first time in more than 60 years a change that is expected to have deep economic, social and political implications for china. for more on that let s go to katie silver in our asia business hub. tell us more. that s right. the bi . tell us more. that s right. the big figure tell us more. that s right. the big figure that tell us more. that s right. the big figure that we ve tel
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany which hosted the meeting is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous esculation. escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard tanks, to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a fract