of six hostages in syria. a british man whojoined the islamic state group s convicted in the us, ending relatives long wait forjustice. i ve not slept since my dad was killed in 2014 so hopefully tonight i will get a good night of sleep. and bye bye barcelona a stoppage time shocker sees frankfurt finish off the favourites in the europa league quarterfinals. russia s defence ministry says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva, has sunk a day after ukraine said it had been hit by missiles. russia has not confirmed ukraine s claim. the ship went down as it was being towed back to port in stormy weather. it s been described as a big blow to the russian fleet, as the bbc s tim allman reports. the scourge of the black sea now buried at the bottom of it. the moskva or moscow in english was a symbol of russia s military might and crucial to its operations in ukraine. what caused its demise remains disputed. ukraine says it hit the moskva with neptune cruis
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. this is
hello, i m nancy kacungira. we begin in sudan, where the united nations says it is planning for 860,000 people to flee the war torn country. its refugee agency has estimated that $445 million will be needed to support the displaced just through to october. meanwhile, another ceasefire in sudan has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital, khartoum. witnesses reported loud explosions and gunfire on the streets for the 20th day in a row. among the civilian casualties in khartoum is the pioneering actress asia abdelmajid. her family say she was killed in crossfire in the north of the capital on wednesday and buried in the grounds of a kindergarten. it had been too dangerous to take her to a cemetery. asia abdelmajid rose to prominence in the 1965 production of the play pamseeka at sudan s national theatre. she was the country s first professional stage actress, later retiring to become a teacher. elaf alhaj is a journalist and programme editor at capital rad
wiped out the last of its gains made for the year so far. some of the heaviest losses came in from the big tech stocks which sent the nasdaq composite to a market leading loss of nearly 1.9%. shares of chinese real estate giant evergrande jumped by 28% as trading resumed in hong kong, after being halted last week. we will put up those figures for you as well, and as you can see the debt laden developer s stock market valuation has fallen by almost 99% sincejuly valuation has fallen by almost 99% since july 2020. valuation has fallen by almost 99% sincejuly 2020. we should also point out that it is a penny stock at this stage, just to put those numbers in context as well. 0ver to put those numbers in context as well. over the last year, it has come to light that the evergrande company is the world s most indebted developer, with liabilities at over $300 billion. but it s not alone. 0thersmaller over $300 billion. but it s not alone. other smaller developers have also defaulted
countries in asia. we ll hear how the money will help in a moment. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states where a key witness at the hush money trial of donald trump has told the court in new york how he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him win the 2016 election. the court heard today how the then candidate picked up the phone and called this man, david pecker, former publisher of a tabloid, the national enquirer, to discuss whether to pay off a playboy model who was shopping around a story of having a year long affair with trump. before the trial resumed though, thejudge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. this was donald trump s response. well, i think the gag order is totally unconstitutional. can t even allow articles to be pu