the british prime minister on a visit to northern ireland accepts that the political deadlock there is a result of his brexit deal. and a huge dust storm has covered parts of the middle east, resulting in the deaths of at least three people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where it s being reported more than 200 wounded ukrainian soldiers from the besieged steelworks in mariupol are reported to 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. more on that story as the information comes in. it is a developing story so we will be sure to bring you the latest right here on bbc news. meanwhile, ukraine says it has regained control of territory on the russian border near khark
yeah, it could be very well awful. you know, listen, right now, they have a suspect in custody. that s a good news, but right now it s important they reach out to family, individuals that may have been injured during the course of that incident unfolding. that s what they re doing now. of course you have a crime scene they have to protect. they ve got to try to find out as much information from this individual as possible. probably trying to secure search wa warrants. so there are a lot of things going on right now, but one of the main things is actually notifying family members. and here s an eyewitness who just spoke to hour affiliate there, wkbw. from what i saw, just left the store and i stopped here and i started to drink my juice and i heard a gun shot that i knew was a gun shot and not a fire cracker. i looked up and i seen smoke. i seen a guy in a full army shoot just shooting shots at people. i seen a security guard run in the store and then i seen the guy go i
the country has tried to stay neutral, and the war on ukraine has changed fin land s views of the kremlin, and their president said putin has himself to blame. take a listen. well, if that would be the case that we choose, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. and neighboring sweden is also close to deciding whether it will also pursue nato membership cnn s nick robinson, good to see you nick, we spoke about people in the country questioning why it s happening so quickly and saying there was nothing to suggest russia would invade fin land, what is the leadership of the country saying about the speed of this decision and some of the criticism. the statement, along with the prime minister, is going to make a statement right around about this time. they are joining nato, it not the definitive joining. it will be in a key time in the parliament next week. it s going to set the direction and tone for the country. they have kept their thoughts and vie
In caerphilly with van aert defending a three second lead. Thats all from sportsday. Our top story, a huge win for ireland, the worlds Number One Team at the rugby world cup, 80 points on romania. England start in 20 minutes against argentina in marseille. You are live with bbc news. Morocco has declared three days of National Mourning after 1,000 people died in a devastating earthquake. The six point eight magnitude quake struck a sparsely populated region in the Atlas Mountains on friday night. 45 miles south of marrakesh. Peter mercer, who owns a riad in marrakech, escaped from the third floor of his building during the quake. He told us what happened. You dont practise for these things. And ive lived through an earthquake before, but i live on the third floor of the building and itjust started to shake, almost like a Washing Machine on the spin cycle when it suddenly gears up. But it violently shook the building and you just think, ive got to get out of here. So ijust literally ran
80% of the population are displaced, almosti million are children and they are being pushed further and further south into areas that are overcrowded and without any of the basics that need to survive. humanitarian aid at the moment is the only lifeline for people and we are simply not able to get the access that we need to get through. for the past four, five, six days, aid agencies such as unicef only been able to access rafah and it is only limited aid and if we cannot get through soon people are going to really struggle because there is not enough water, food, shelter. meanwhile, the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up, saying there are signs that hamas is falling apart. translation: | see the - achievements from day-to-day. we are seeing every day, terrorists who were killed, terrorists who were injured. in the last few days, we see terrorists who are surrendering. a sign of the collapse of the system. a sign we need to