uefa and the parisian police have so many questions to answer. the united nations says a record 1 billion methamphetamine pills were seized in east and southeast asia last year. and as stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where russian forces have intensified their attack on the eastern donbas region. their renewed assault comes as president biden ruled out sending advanced long range rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight the russian invasion. meanwhile, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has urged european union leaders meeting in brussels to resolve their disagreements and impose wider sanctions on russia. our correspondentjeremy bowen and cameraman fred scott have been in the donbas, where the russians are trying to encircle the city
Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
Right now. Good evening. We begin with a brandnew nbc news wall street journal poll and a pair of eyeopeners in the republican race. Donald trump has more than doubled his lead nationally over ted cruz since december. Trump now leads the republican pack at 33 . In a clear sign Republican Voters are taking his campaign more seriously, 65 say they could now see themselves supporting trump, up from 23 in march and nightmare oregon the gap with cruz who had 71 tops on that question. Its a critical snapshot of the state of the race 2 1 2 weeks before the iowa caucuses. And hours before tonights republican debate. Here is Hallie Jackson with the latest. Reporter filling up and counting down to tonight by the numbers. From ten candidates the main stage tonight. Zero room for mistakes. Ted cruz defending himself against news he borrowed money from Goldman Sacks for his first senate run without telling the s. E. C. So he did file proper personal disclosures. The loans from goldman and citibank
And victims laid on the ground as police and the attackers opened fire. Police called it a parisstyle attack targeting westerners close to the u. S. Embassy. The president ial palace and the United Nations building. The u. N. s Jeremy Douglas tweeted, a massive bomb went off in front of our new indonesia office. As he got out of the car, a second bomb went off targeting the building. We quickly realized, reporter when it was all over, the death toll was much lower than paris. Seven dead, five of them militants. The victims, a indonesian. Inside this starbucks, the windows shattered, but only one customer was injured. These were devices. So thats probably what kept the death toll low. Reporter Indonesian Security services have been warning of a possible attack for weeks. Isis today claimed responsibility. Tonight the u. S. Americans there that more attacks are possible. We are learning that the cdc could issue a travel warning as soon as tomorrow urging pregnant women not to travel to c
Nationally over ted cruz since december. Trump now leads the republican pack at in a clear sign Republican Voters are taking his campaign more seriously, 65 say they could now see themselves supporting trump, up from 23 in march and nightmare cruz who had 71 tops on that question. Its a critical snapshot of the state of the race 2 1 2 caucuses. And hours before tonights republican debate. Here is Hallie Jackson with the latest. Reporter filling up and counting down to tonight by the numbers. From ten candidates this sum for seven on the main stage tonight. Zero room for mistakes. Ted cruz defending himself against news he borrowed money from Goldman Sacks for his first senate run without telling the s. E. C. So he did file proper personal disclosures. The loans from goldman 750,000. It is an inadvertent filing question. The facts of the underlying matter have been disclosed for many, many years. Its not complicated. Our finances are not complicated. Reporter cruz knocking the New York