and i want the fierce battles in ukraine is taking place in a small town which appears to have significant for russian forces decadent at the upper hand right now. as it s happening, it ll countries appear to be sending any weapons to ukraine. the kremlin shuffles the top commanders of the war. cnn s ben wedeman joins us with the latest on the ground in the battle for the town of ben, what is going on? yeah, anderson, this battle instantly dark has been going on for months, but it has intensified in the last few weeks. at this point, it s not at all clear how much longer the ukrainian defenders can resist unrelenting russian onslaught. medics loot a wounded soldier onto an ambulance, another casualty from the embattled town of soledar. one day, 2025 it varies depending on the number of casualties on the frontlines. russian forces mostly troops from the wagner group, a private military company, claimed to have control of the entire soledar territory. the battle
deal, but it s closer to a done deal. the vote is on. jacqui heinrich at the white house with the latest. jacqui? edward lawrence. i apologize. i can be confused for jacqui. i can see how that would happen. no, no, yeah, this was all approved about 5:00 a.m. this morning. that s what we understand. the president says that this is good for america. this is americans avert the strike, could devastate the economy while giving the unions about a 24% increase over the next five years or so. again, the president says this is good for americans. here s the president. listen. together we reached an agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruptions of our economy. i m grateful for members of the administration who worked tirelessly to help get this done. republicans say there s still a long way to go. all of the unions now have to ratify this agreement. i hope i ve heard that they have a tentative agreement. i hope it becomes an agreement. i h
matter to them. here s a fun story about new york. a thug knocked out a diner in an unprovoked attack leaving him in a coma with a fractured scull. i told you it was fun. the attacker recently got out of prison for rape. i know he s probably a victim of the system. and by system, i mean what we used to call law and order. so where is he now? well, after his charge for accidented murder was downgraded to a misdemeanor, he s out on no cash bail. because trying to kill someone isn t that much different these days than loitering. and now he s free to beat and rape again. so audience, have fun walking back to your cars. [laughter] greg: because keeping him behind bars would have made him the victim. and that s his job, making victims. weren t we told bail reform was only for nonviolent felonies? but it s a bait and switch like when i order steak medium well and the waiter punches me in the face instead. once again the politicians left wing das and judges play russian roulette wi
in the middle. also on the programme: a us judge unseals some documents that authorised the fbi to search donald trump s florida home. we ll get the latest from washington. we speak to the former australian prime minister kevin rudd on the tensions in the pacific between the us and china, and beijing s relationship with taiwan. japan launches a nationwide competition to try to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold: we hear from one of the british divers who helped locate a us world war i shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday- singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. the authorities say there s been no damage, and that a u
plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. . . . ,. ,,. . ,. , called hageman to concede and she had this message for donald trump himself. i have said since january six, that i will take whatever it takes to ensure donald trump is never near the oval office and eat where again. and i mean it. she is not done and neither are we. we will have much more under the feet ahead, but we are also tracking a couple of primary races in alaska. republican senator lisa murkowski is facing several opponents but she is expected to survive a challenge from a trump endorsed opponent. former alaska governor and presidential candidate sarah palin who also has the former guy support was hoping to make a political comeback today. she competed in a special election for h