addresses the uk parliament and appeals for fighterjets to use against the russians. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it . applause and basketball superstar lebronjames becomes the nba s leading points scorer of all time. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than twelve thousand people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which devastated the region just two days ago. rescue workers continue their search for survivors but hope is beginning to fade. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining that they ve had no help, trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, the state media is reporting that some three hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our m
top fox executive rupert murdoch under oath admitted election lies peddled on his network were simply a business decision, saying, quote, it is not red or blue, it is green. what else did murdoch admit? plus, when winning the battle does not end the danger. cnn treks across a booby tracked land littered with mines in ukraine. but first, the supreme court on the record. hear what the justices said about president biden s plan to cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt, and whether biden even remotely has the authority to do so. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we re starting today in the money lead in fate of president biden s plan to wipe out $400 billion, that s b with a billion now rests with the supreme court. justices today heard oral arguments in two cases challenging biden s plan. the biden administration argued yeah, they have the power to forgive financial loans in order to protect americans brought in by the covid pandemic. six republican states and
overnight rescue. just before we came on the a temporary cease-fire in sudan and now the effort to get american citizens out to. james longman reporting. here in the u.s., the midair scare onboard an american airlines flight. flames shooting from the engine following an apparent bird strike. the pilot issuing a mayday reporting engine failure. severe weather alerts as we come on the air tonight along the mississippi river, bracing for historic flooding. also tonight the severe storms elsewhere. tornadoes possible, dangerous winds as well. ginger zee timing it out. president biden tonight on running for reelection. what he said today and what the numbers show tonight. biden, trump and the reaction from ron desantis win asked about trump out pulling him. ian pannell inside ukraine tonight as we have remarkable images emerging from the front line. in the battle for block mood. trench warfare between ukrainian fighters and russian forces as clothes as 15 feet apart. the