welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m arunoday mukharji. let s get you the headlines. ajury has found hunter biden guilty of all three felony gun charges in the first criminal trial of a child of a sitting us president. hamas responds to the latest peace proposal for gaza, saying its ready to engage but still wants israel to commit to a permanent ceasefire and completely withdraw its forces. india confirms two of its nationals have been killed while fighting illegally for the russian forces in ukraine. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. our north america editor sarah smith has been following the story and has more. handin hand in hand with his step mother, the fi
russia has just lost its appeal to build a new embassy a stone s throw from parliament house. the government passed legislation to prevent russia from using that land, claiming a potential national security threat. cnn s angus watson joins me from sydney. where do they go from here? does russia have any other recourse now? reporter: well, john, the strange conclusion to this story might just have arrived. australian affiliates are reporting that a lone russian diplomat who has squatted on the site of this previouslily proposed new russian embassy in canberra has now left. he was spotted last week after the australian government moved to evict russia from the site. he was spotted coming out of a small cabin on the construction site to smoke cigarettes and pick up takeaway food orders. the government didn t quite know what to do with him because he had diplomatic immunity. so a police car was out front, and in the end, they just waited
helpful. what they need is for information from anybody who was here in st michael s last friday morning. crucially, in that period between nine, ten past nine, just after ten past nine, which was of course the last sighting of nicola. for herfamily it course the last sighting of nicola. for her family it was eloquently stated by her sister in that clip put up this is a nightmare from which they want to just wake up. they want to know what has happened to nicola, they want people to come forward with any snippet of genuine information they may have, to try and solve this mystery. information they may have, to try and solve this mystery. thank you, dave guessed- the australian tennis player nick kyrgios has pleaded guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend. mr kyrgios will not face conviction, after the charge was dismissed in court. phil mercerjoins us from canberra now. good morning to you, phil. maybe you can explain it for us. on the one hand we have a guilty plea from nick kyrg
kiara pesari, that she felt she had been betrayed by nick kyrgios and that the assault a couple of years ago had caused her pain and distress. nick kyrgios left court on crutches after that knee surgery, and he is free to continue his international playing career. thank ou ve international playing career. thank you very much. international playing career. thank you very much, phil international playing career. thank you very much, phil mercer, - international playing career. thank you very much, phil mercer, in - you very much, phil mercer, in canberra. passengers have been warned to expect another day of severe disruption on the railways, as more than 20,000 train drivers go on strike. our reporter vincent mcaviney is at euston station in london this morning. give us a snapshot of where you are and what they will look like. train stations across and what they will look like. train stations across england and what they will look like. t : “1 stations across england and and wha
russia s nine year campaign of aggression, in 2014. thank you very much, aggression, in 2014. thank you very much. james aggression, in 2014. thank you very much, james waterhouse, - aggression, in 2014. thank you very much, james waterhouse, in - aggression, in 2014. thank you very much, james waterhouse, in kyiv. i the us is tracking a suspected chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted flying over sensitive sites in recent days. the balloon was most recently seen high above the western state of montana, which is home to several nuclear missile sites, and it s also been spotted over alaska and canada. china has not commented on the claim. a huge monument described as the stonehenge of the north will be opened up to the public from today. experts say the thornborough henges complex in north yorkshire is one of the most important ancient sites in britain. english heritage was given control of the monument by the landowners and it will now be opened to visitors. our reporte