andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor, chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we are seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. all the laws that are passed here are checked to make sure they don t contradict with laws for the whole of the uk.
human trafficking and rape. andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novak djokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. the italian movie icon gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. again in south asia. we begin. rescuers in nepal have recovered two more bodies from the site of sunday s plane crash. they say they don t expect to find any survivors. 72 people from at least nine countries were on board yeti airlines flight 691. a british man, ryan calum crighton, is one of the latest victims to be named. the plane was on an internal flight from the capital kathmandu to the tourist town of pokhara when it crashed just before landing. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from the scene. scattered across the riverbank, fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broken toy, the remnants o
who apologised in writing for comments he made about meghan in a newspaper column. andy murray will be on court shortly at the australian open in melbourne. novak djokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. the italian movie icon gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in south asia. rescuers in nepal have recovered two more bodies from the site of sunday s plane crash. they say they don t expect to find any survivors. 72 people from at least nine countries were on board yeti airlines flight 691. a british man, ryan calum crighton, is one of the latest victims to be named. the plane was on an internal flight from the capital, kathmandu, to the tourist town of pokhara when it crashed just before landing. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from the scene. scattered across the riverbank, fragments of flight 691. windows still intact. seats mangled close by. like pieces of a broke
in a statement, harry and meghan said the tv presenter s comments were not an isolated incident. those are our latest stories the seller. this hour. good morning. now on bbc news, global questions: sri lanka rising global civil unrest. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from the heart of sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m outside the presidential office, and today, its pristine exterior is well guarded. but six months ago, angry antigovernment protesters stormed this building, as well as the presidential palace, forcing the president to flee the country. they were angry at just how desperate their economic situation had become, and they blamed government corruption and mismanagement for it. sri lanka is saddled with heavy debt, soaring inflation and impossibly high food and fuel costs. and it s become something of a bellwether for other lower income countries. world leaders are looking to see whether sri lanka can overcome its worst economic crisis for mo
he hated meghan. in a statement, harry and meghan said the tv presenter s comments were not an isolated incident. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from geneva. i m stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade, on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments and people around the world question that premise? well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the world s key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. what s it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wto s purpose, the world trade organization, is. its purpose is to enhance living standards, to help create em