president zelensky, on his first visit to the uk since the russian invasion, thanks politicians for their support but urges the uk to give fighterjets to ukraine. the writing on the helmet reads: we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. drama at disney, 7,000 jobs to go. the entertainment giant cuts costs, as streaming customers fall for the first time. and, praise continues to pour in for nba superstar lebronjames, after he becomes the competition s all time leading points scorer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort, with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria sh
so we start in the us, where, as you ve been hearing, the world s biggest entertainment company, walt disney, is axing 7000 jobs as part of a cost cutting drive. it comes as the company revealed the first fall in subscribers to its streaming service, disney+, since it was launched more than three years ago. veteran ceo bob iger has returned to run the company again after its shares lost almost half their value last year, as michelle fleury reports from new york. this is ceo bob iger s first set of results since returning to the company in november, attempting to revive the storied brand and cement his legacy, he said disney was embarking on a significant transformation, putting creativity at the heart of everything it does, while announcing the elimination of 7000 jobs as it seeks to trim costs by $5.5 billion. his comments point to the future, but results showed the mouse house performed better across a number of areas in the last months, compared to the dismal showing that
president zelensky, on his first visit to the uk since the russian invasion, thanks politicians for their support but urges the uk to give fighterjets to ukraine. the writing on the helmet reads: we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. drama at disney, 7,000 jobs to go. the entertainment giant cuts costs, as streaming customers fall for the first time. and, praise continues to pour in for nba superstar lebronjames, after he becomes the competition s all time leading points scorer.