its highest in m years. the parents of archie battersbee have lodged another appeal with the supreme court against the decision to end the 12 year old s life support treatment. a bit ofa a bit of a waiting game now, but we are hopeful that they will hopefully hear the case and we will get to put our points across. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. hello, welcome to the programme. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike, in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al zawahiri was one of the masterminds of the attacks of september 11th. us president biden, in a live televised address, said his death would help give closure to the families of the thousands of people killed on 9/11. our correspondent, secunder kermani, reports from kabul. this is the family home where it s
shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are creating a water crisis. we have a special report on getting tap water to villages. and the smart, caption glasses, allowing deaf people to see real time conversations right in front of their eyes. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. nancy pelosi, america s third highest ranking politician, is right now in taiwan on a visit that s infuriated beijing. ms pelosi is due to visit taiwan s parliament and meet the taiwanese president on wednesday morning. tensions are high. china considers self ruled, democratic taiwan as its own territory, and it s been flying warplanes close to the island. four us warships have also been deployed to the region. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, reports from taiwan. the speculation has been swirling for days, but it wasn t until this moment with her plane on final approach that we were sure nancy pelosi would defy beijing and
Hroza is located more than 30 kilometres 18 miles from The Front Line town of kupiansk, in an area where Russian Forces have been pushing to recapture territory they lost to ukrainian troops last year. The attack comes as Vladimir Putin has been speaking at a meeting in the black sea resort of sochi. Russias president again blamed the west for his invasion of ukraine. He said russia didnt start the 20 month long war against ukraine and is trying to bring it to an end. Translation since the beginning of the socalled counteroffensive, | this is the latest data. Sincejune fourth alone, the Ukrainian Army has lost over 90,000 men. These are irrecoverable losses. 557 tanks, almost 1900 armoured vehicles including various classes. Is it now convincing we have an understanding, what goes where. We understand what we need to do or what we need to add. We are calmly working to achieve our goals and im sure we will achieve them. Meanwhile president zelensky is at a European Summit in the spanish
Liable to be returned to custody. Jaswant singh chail, on counts one, the sentence is one of 44 months in prison. On counts to the sentence is one of 16 months in prison. On counts three, the sentence is one of 48 months imprisonment, with an extended licence period of five years. The total sentences amounted to nine years custody with a further licence period of five years. The defendant may go down. We licence period of five years. The defendant may go down. We are ust leavin the defendant may go down. We are ust leaving the courtroom, i defendant may go down. We are ust leaving the courtroom, Court I Defendant May go down. We are just leaving the courtroom, court room i leaving the courtroom, Court Room One at the old bailey, where we have been listening to the sentencing of Jaswant Singh chail, who pleaded guilty for treason, to treason. Mr Justice Hillyard summing up the case as you can hear going into a lot of detail. We heard thatjaswant as you can hear going into a lot of detai
In patiala here and elsewhere within the country. Really, really lovely to hear and lovely to see. Were just seeing as youre stood there, samira, some pictures of the young girls playing. And and of course, we all know cricket runs deep in india when it comes to the world cup, is it going to be Cricket Mania . Well, i think its going to be Cricket Mania for a few reasons. One, cricket isntjust a game here. Its notjust a sport. Its almost treated like a religion. The fans are quite exuberant when it comes to their teams. Now, there is f course, the Big Thing Of India being the favourite to possibly win the world cup this year. And even one of the captains of the Indian Cricket Team was asked about this and decided to be demure about that kind of answer, not to jinx it. But whats important to note is that, yes, mens cricket is going to be here on the global stage, but womens cricket has really taken off in terms of mainstream interest. Earlier this year, india had created a womens profes