and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university. he served on president reagan s council of economic advisers. we will bring you up to date in the case of the first american journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the soviet era. evan gershkovich has had an appeal against his pre trial detention rejected. and we will look at why encrypted messaging services like whatsapp are urging the uk government to make changes to the online safety bill. but first, our top story on the programme, the dominion versus fox trial. it s been variously described as explosive a bombshell trial, and today it got under way in the us. a company that makes voting machines dominion suing the conservative fox news network for defamation. and in the last few minutes, we have heard it has settled. you will remember that it was due to start yesterday. there were delays for 2h hours. the case had got under way, but we understand it has now settled. our correspondent michelle f
on the kremlin, which russia has called an attempt to assassinate president putin. this video, which has been circulated on social media, and the bbc has now verified shows the moment the drones hit the building. ukraine claims russia is using this accusation as a cover to launch an attack. president volodymyr zelenskiy has been speaking at a news conference in finland. we don t attack putin or moscow, we fight on our territory, we are defending our villages and cities. we don t have enough weapons for this. . . , ~ ., ., , this. that was ukrainian president volod m r this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky this. that was ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky responding . this. that was ukrainian president| volodymyr zelensky responding to accusations by moscow that that drone strike was launched by ukraine. our russia editor, steven rosenberg, is in moscow and has sent this report. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over
killed more than 16,000 people. translation: this was a beautiful area, all down turkey houses, all down turkey street. all destroyed, unfortunately. there s been an increase in people taking up treasure hunting in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? and queues as far as the eye can see. british children and teachers returning from half term school trips in europe are hit by long delays at calais because of a strike by uk border staff. this is bbc news. i m rich preston, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of g7 foreign mi
translation: this was - a beautiful area we took our groups to, all down turkey houses, all down turkey streets. all destroyed, unfortunately. hello there. welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. just days before the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support for kyiv. speaking at a security conference in munich, rishi sunak said russia was betting the west would lose its nerve, and now was the time to double down and provide more weapons. a separate meeting of g7 foreign ministers in the city agreed to tighten sanctions against moscow, and quickly provide more weapons to kyiv. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from munich. this is a conference like few others a chance for western allies, yes, to put on a show of unity, but also a chance to reaffirm their support for ukraine and demonstrate their resolve to stay the course.
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme- it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin - it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in - it s newsday. welcome to the i programme. we begin in sudan, where the rescue operation to bring british nationals out of the country has made progress. the latest official figure is that 536 people have been rescued so far. tens of thousands of sudanese and foreign nationals have left sudan in the past week, fleeing the violence that s erupted between two military factions. we ll have a report by our special correspondent lucy manning on those arriving back in the uk, but we start with this report from cyprus, and our correspondent there, nick beake. finally, an escape for britons who ve been stranded in sudan. but as the raf carries out more evacuations, there are some concerns the airfield