sweeps across north korea. and we ve a special report from the secret schools of afghanistan, where girls are defying the taliban to get an education. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in buffalo, new york where president biden has been meeting the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there and sent this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reject white supremacy.
condemns his health officials as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in new york state where president biden has travelled to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there as the president spoke and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reje
Well get reaction from bratislava, and we will discuss what it means 3 weeks from european elections. Good evening. In the last hour doctors treating the slovakian Prime Minister robert fico, said he is still undergoing surgery and is in a critical condition. Slovakia has always been known as a country of people who are tolerant, people who are accepting of other opinions and people who are always able to discuss. What happened today is a stigma which will haunt us for many years to come. But that is something that none of us think about at the moment. All we are focusing on is the condition of the Prime Minister robert fico, and we hope that he is Strong Enough to deal with this drama. In the first place i would like to assure the public that we will make Everything Thatis Public that we will make everything that is in our power to investigate this heinous crime. We are doing this heinous crime. We are doing this at the moment as we speak. The initial information we have clearly point
to face trial for inciting subversion of state power. the bbc reveals what happened to sophia and why in the uk, there s been silence. jessie lau reports. translation: i am sophia. i was sexually harassed. this isjournalist huang xue chin. translation: then he grabbed me, kissed me from the top - of my head to my forehead. a sexual assault drove her to kick start china s #metoo movement. lastjune, she was awarded a scholarship to pursue gender studies at the university of sussex in the uk, but in september, sophia and another fellow activists were arrested. they are being held on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power a serious charge that could see them facing behind bars. translation: when i found out she was missing and probably i arrested, i was super shocked. she just wrote reports on how to help victims
this isjournalist huang xue chin. translation: then he grabbed me, kissed me from the top - of my head to my forehead. a sexual assault drove her to kick start china s #metoo movement. lastjune, she was awarded a scholarship to pursue gender studies at the university of sussex in the uk, but in september, sophia and another fellow activists were arrested. they are being held on suspicion of inciting that could see them facing behind bars. translation: when i found out she was missing and probably i arrested, i was super shocked. she just wrote reports on how to help victims in the #metoo movement. in china, women s rights campaigners are being targeted in a wider state crackdown on freedom of speech. dozens of online accounts related to gender issues have been blocked. this person worked as a censor