translation: ifeel ashamed in front of my family i m so poor, i can t afford to buy good food. my sons are really thin because they re not eating. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome. president biden has announced an extra $1 billion in military support for ukraine, the largest single military aid package since the war began. the us defence secretary said at a nato meeting on wednesday that he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. in the next half hour, nato defence ministers are set to start reconvening in brussels for the final day of their summit. this is the kind of military aid ukraine says it desperately needs. a billion dollar package including longer range rockets and missile systems. the goal, to help target russian troops and location farther away and bolster ukraine s embattled defence forces, i
cricket board brings charges against yorkshire and several individuals over allegations of racism. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in brussels, where the us defense secretary has said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine receives the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. lloyd austin was speaking at a nato meeting and called on allied countries to urgently increase deliveries of arms during a pivotal moment in the war. here s a glimpse of what secretary austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and reassessing its combat aims, russia has shifted its focus to the donbas. and we can t underestimate the challenge that ukraine faces. a little earlier, president biden
great plains. wife of the supreme court justice clarence thomas, and her role to overturn the election. yet she doesn t seem to be on the raider of the january six committee. one week ago, a gunman filled with hate targeted a black community in a deadly rampage. i will talk to mayor byron brown about what can be done next to heal the community. we are still dealing with covid and now that there are new fears of a new medical issue in the united states, monkeypox. we ll tell you if you need to be worried. we will begin with the battle for abortion rights. it s happening right now. gop can state-controlled legislators across the country. a rush to pass bills in anticipation of roe being overturned by the supreme court. take the city of oklahoma, a bill made its way to the state legislature on thursday, which bans abortions from fertilization with exceptions. here s more on the pending legislation. the governor has promised to sign any anti abortion registration that rea
here is what s interesting, i would say. there is a theme. we have seen several races in which the conservative media, the republican establishment, others folks, even donald trump, have come in and tried to take out a candidate or persuade their voters not to go down a certain road. we saw it with certain attacks on kathy barnette who had a late surge in that race and pennsylvania. she still in it but not ahead as of now. we saw a bit with mastriano. it has followed on deaf ears. donald trump endorsed him over the weekend and, he now appears to be the winner. there s no real, i don t think there s a theory here yet about what does and doesn t work when you re trying to get manga era republican voters to turn against a candidate. but that is a thing that a lot of paid professional politicos are trying to do and it s used for powerful power to have if you re working for mitch mcconnell and want to steer things in your direction. the thing i m looking forward to that i don t
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