50,000 catholics In Singapore. An important moment for singapores catholic community. So we are monitoring the live shotin so we are monitoring the live shot In Singapore as the pope is greeted. You are watching bbc news. Next, the war in ukraine. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is in Poland Today following his trip to kyiv. These are the latest pictures of Mr Blinken arriving in warsaw. He is due to meet senior polish officials to discuss support for ukraine. The Secretary Of State said yesterday he will take back to washington the discussions he and his british counterpart have had with ukrainian officials about the use of long range western weapons for strikes inside russia. Live to our Eastern Europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in warsaw. This is anthony benton, he is in warsaw without his Uk Counterpart, mr lambie. Just talk us through, of Course Poland very much supported the ukraine, what is the messaging we will hear from him today . I think what he is going t
Staying on those live pictures out of spacex hq. Historic moment as Spacex Polaris Dawn crew is expected to begin the first ever commercial spacewalk. They were supposed to start two minutes ago. I got a feeling its going to happen in a minute or two. Ainsley get to see it live. Billionaire Jerrick Isaacson and Sarah Gillis. They are going to exit to Dragon Capsule. Steve open that thing up. Brian all these newhouse are from earth originally and plan on coming back. The other two Crew Members will Stay Inside the capsule to help make sure the walk goes smoothly. Lawrence Jonathan Sire is live with the details. What are we looking at right now . Yeah. Very exciting. They are pressure rising the Space Suits, these new extra vehicular Activity Or Eva suits designed by spacex as two members of the four member Polaris Dawn Crew prepare to exit the space capsule. Jerrick Isaacman The Billionaire who is financing this mission, paying spacex undisclosed amount of money to send him and three ot
Are desperate for vaccines to arrive. Medics have said those vaccines are essential to stem the rate of new infections here. A warm welcome to bbc news. The two candidates vying to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. Donald Trump And Kamala harris were on stage in the Swing State of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash, with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. Topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. It was a Prime Time showDown, which often turned personal. And while pollsters look at data to see how the candidates performances have gone Down with voters, both campaigns are claiming they came out best. Moments after the debate, Donald Trump entered the Spin Room to telljournalists hed won the night. Our senior North America Correspondent Gary Odonoghue was watching the debate in philadelphia. The abc News President ial debate. Here now, David Muir and linsey davis. Good evening. Im David Muir, and thank y
Showers off. After a really cold start, most of you should have a dry day with sunshine. The exception is Northern Ireland, where we will see a band of rain moving into the afternoon, so it will be Turning Wetter year. Into the weekend, we are eventually going to see the when switching to a south westerly direction. It will be bringing wet and windy Weather Conditions to the North East of the Uk North west of the uk, it should stay dry to the east. Temperatures will climb quite a bit and be much closer to average for the time of year. If you are fed up for the time of year. If you are fed up with the unsettled weather, next week it looks dry, sunny and quite warm. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Olly foster. A strong start against the finnish, great britain make a winning start in their Davis Cup Group. Looking to the future, theres a fresh feel to the England And Australia sides as they start their T20 Series in southampton tonight. And Lee Carsley is also looking ahead, after a pe
Lets start with the startling claim that trump made about migrants eating pets. Yes, this is one key moment. Trump made this baseless claim about immigrants and a city in ohio. In springfield, theyre eating i the dogs, the people that came in, theyre eating the cats, theyre eating the pets of i the people that live there, and this is whats happening in our country. We spoke to Springfield City officials who said they have no credible reports this actually happened. This baseless claim was promoted by republican Vice President ial Candidatejd Vance President ial candidate Jd Vance on social president ial candidateJd Vance on Social Media, and in a post on Social Media, and in a post On X that was viewed more than 11 Million times. It appears this story has been pulled together across a number of different sources and pulled into aid cohesive story. Its been referred to in official republican Social Media channels such as the House Judiciary Committee Twitter Account On X. They showed th