four days on the run. the escaped pet tiger who left johannesburg residents worrying for their safety. hello and welcome. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ardern, has announced she will stand down next month, saying she no longer has enough in the tank after 5.5 challenging years in charge. her party will elect her replacement on sunday. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil sent this report. holding khalil sent this report. back tears, as she made this holding back tears, as she made this announcement. i holding back tears, as she made this announcement. this announcement. i will not be seeking this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. - this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in . this announcement. i will not be seeking re-election. in ani be seeking re-election. in an emotional be seeking re-election. in an emotional press be seeking re-election. in an emotional press conference i emotional press conference jacinda ardern said she w
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared i
at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principal figures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy, and the department s state secretary along with the crew when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a kindergarten. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from the scene and a warning, you may find some of his report distressing. sobbing even with the backdrop of war, it s been one of ukraine s bleakest days. in the mist of the morning, a helicopter came down next to a childre
in a birmingham nightclub. at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. earlier our north america correspondent nada tawfik gave us this update. a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. they all still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to dig out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped, emergency responders fear people could have been in there for days, they are trying to get roads passable, a driving ban is in effect but they hope that w