let s start with that breaking story with those details coming to us in the last ten or 15 minutes. the metropolitan police believe the man they one to four chemical attack in south london is now dead. in the last hour police have said that the main working hypothesis is that abdul ezedi has gone into the river thames but no body has been found. the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge onjanuary the 35 year old was last seen on chelsea bridge on january 31 just hours after the attack in clapham, south london. he was wanted for attempted murder after a woman and her two children were injured by a corrosive liquid. it is feared the woman will lose the sight in one of her eyes. the police have been giving a briefing at new scotland yard. giving a briefing at new scotland ard. , ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ,., ., ., ., ., giving a briefing at new scotland ard. ., yard. good afternoon. a further u date yard. good afternoon. a further update in yard. goo
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
looking for in connection to the the clapham chemical attack, has gone into the river thames. we ll bring you the latest on that. good evening. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is in washington tonight, warning of the dangers of a russian victory in ukraine if allies don t quickly step up their military support. joe biden does not need persuading. but there is no progress on a foreign aid bill the house speaker says he won t even put to the floor. wrapped up in that package is aid for israel. but last night, the president changed his position on the scale of the offensive in gaza, and has made it clear he does not support the impending assault on rafah, now home to over a 1.5 million palestinians. i m of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. eight months out from the election joe biden would dearly love a ceasefire in middel east, and last night signed a memorandum stipulating that those who receive american ai
hello, i m maryam moshiri, welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start in the middle east, where israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said israel will not be satisfied with anything other than total victory over hamas. he also said that israeli troops have been ordered to prepare to operate in rafah, in southern gaza. let s listen to some of what he said. translation: tonight i m| here to tell you one thing - we are on our way to a complete victory. the victory is in our reach. it s not about years or decades, it s about months. the idf is doing wonderful work. it s working systematically in order to achieve all the goals of the world that we, the political ranks, have given it, which is relinquishing hamas, releasing the hostages and making sure gaza is not threatening israel any more. to begin with, i said that the final victory is our goal. this was the decision i brought to the government at the beginning