surged in georgia. early voting. ahead of tuesday s primaries in the state. more than 850,000 residents already have cast their votes, despite some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. yet, the core of it all, a most visible reminder of donald trump s unpredictable but enduring pull on the gop. in a state that trump brazenly tried to bend to his will two years ago. is endorsed candidate in the state governors race. david perdue is limping behind incumbent brian kemp. trump announcing last minute a televised rally for purdue tomorrow night. on the other side, democratic former state representative stacey abrams is running unopposed in her race to become the nation s first black woman governor. tonight, we are all about with the primaries will mean for the rest of the country. that s politicsnation this evening. plus, a new washington poll revealing the depth of our racial divide two years after george floyd s murder. now in the aftermath of the tragedy in buff
and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional footballer in the men s game in england, for three decades, to come out as gay. and a 17 year old striker becomes the first professional we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the city of mariupol have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be
to come out as gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks, on the edge of the city of mariupol, have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. they are all ukrainian. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate people. an anxious message in some respect by ukrainian pr
and in another shooting in the us police say the suspect behind that mass shooting at a presbyterian church in california was a chinese american man motivated by hatred of taiwanese people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. it s being reported more than 200 wounded ukrainian soldiers from the besieged steelworks in mariupol 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. well i ve been speaking wtih vitaliy shevchenko from bbc monitoring who explained the significance of these evacutations. this is very significant both to russia and ukraine coming into russia the completion of its huge project to seize the northern shore or the sea of as of, and thus failed a land route
could the uk be heading for a trade war with the european union? that s certainly the fear of some in the business world, as tensions grow over the post brexit deal on northern ireland. uk foreign secretary liz truss is holding talks with the vice president of the european commission in the next few hours, as her government threatens to tear up large parts of the agreement. that could trigger legal action or trade sanctions from the eu as our deputy political editor vicki young reports. for some businesses in northern ireland, trading opportunities have grown, but the rules can cause disruption too. this garden centre in belfast is dealing with extra paperwork and supply issues. it has slowed our deliveries down. we would order lots of stuff from england, from holland. our frustration is that we are a weather dependent business. as soon as the weather gets good, we need to get ordering. we would usually order on a monday for a friday delivery. that has completely changed. we