we look at divisions over australia s colonial legacy with many young people shunning the holiday. and understanding apes. we look at new evidence that the way we communicate could have come from these animal ancestors. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. meta has announced it will reinstate donald trump s facebook and instagram accounts, two years after he was suspended following the capitol riots. nick clegg, the president of global affairs, has laid out the reasons for the decision on the meta website. he says. the former president has also given his reaction on his own social media platform, truth social, saying. let s bring in our north america correspondent, peter bowes. he s been watching this story very closely. peter, great to get you on the show. just talk us through the backdrop of this. why was donald trump in the first instance taken off the first instance taken off the platform? he the first inst
Time. Voiceover lise Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover Indigenous People for the first time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this time. Voiceover live from our studio in singapore, this is studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Starting with the latest from the Gaza Health Ministry which says more than 1,500 people have now been killed in israeli airstrikes since saturday. Meanwhile, israels top general has admitted that the armed forces failed to protect the state and its citizens when hamas launched its offensive. More than 1,300 israelis died during the attacks, most of them civilians. 0ur international editor, jeremy bowen, begins our coverage in southern israel. More of gaza has been flattened by israeli bombing. Israel insists its targets are all based on intelligence, to kill the men who massacred israelis and to continue the job of breaking hamas. But hundreds of
A student. 32 year old man from rotterdam. He was also the Student Community is done. Not only is one of their members are suspected of multiple mode is but one of the lecturers is among the dead. Let me take you through the events of the day. It was just after lunchtime and that Police Received the first goal, shooting at an apartment block about two kilometres from here. 39 year old woman and her 13 year old daughter were killed. The suspect set fire to the apartment and then travelled here. Not long after, police evacuated everyone possible, patients were brought out on stretchers, students in that medical gowns, doctors. Some people were trapped though in classrooms and taped notes to the windows, letting Emergency Services know which room they were in and that they needed help. The government went through one of the classrooms, setting fire. He was throwing volatile cocktails, some students said. He shot dead a male lecturer and then was detained by police underneath the helipad.
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, President Donald Trump is in more and trouble. This time its the sacking of the fbi Directorjames Comey thats causing the trouble. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump asked mr comey to drop the bureaus investigation into alleged ties between russia and Michael Flynn, the National Security advisor at the time. Thats been denied by the white house, but theres no doubt just how serious this allegation is. One senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a Special Prosecutor to be appointed. Well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. It is a fundamental question here. Is anybody, including the president of the United States, Above The Law . Can everybody be held acc
Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where it seems every hour, President Donald Trump is in more and trouble. This time its the sacking of the fbi Directorjames Comey thats causing the trouble. The New York Times is reporting that President Trump asked mr comey to drop the bureaus investigation into alleged ties between russia and Michael Flynn, the National Security advisor at the time. Thats been denied by the white house, but theres no doubt just how serious this allegation is. One senior democrat said other senators were shaken and called for a Special Prosecutor to be appointed. Well, this stunning and breathtaking revelation that the president is accused of reaching out directly to the head of the fbi did stop an investigation of general flynn under the circumstances raises serious questions about obstruction of justice. It is a fundamental question here. Is anybody, including the president of the United States, Above The Law . Can everybody be held acc