and diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. it s 7am in singapore and 1am in germany where leaders from the g7 group of nations have held their first day of talks in what will be a key week for diplomacy over the war in ukraine. borisjohnson says ukraine should not be forced into a peace settlement with russia. if that means losing territory. and president biden has been calling for western unity to hold, to defeat russia. our political editor chris mason reports from bavaria in germany. the leaders of the world s richest countries gather to work out what to do next about ukraine. they begin by mocking president putin. bare chested horseback! the canadian prime minister suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding bareback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes, though, there are real differences of emphasis and approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must
it includes 95 fighters from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and midnight in france, where the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has more. it is opening remarks, the providing judge said of the 20 in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them have the terrorist qualification of his crime removed. in the case of all 19 others, all the charges and remember most of the merc with facing five different charges were upheld. that the man that came in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, thejudge in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, the judge said t
marcosjunior, son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos, will soon be sworn in shortly as president of the philippines. novak djokovic cruises into the third round of wimbledon, but it s the end of the road for andy murray and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has more. in his opening remarks, the providing judge said of the 20 in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them has the terrorist qualification only one of them had the terrorist qualification of his crime removed. but in the case of all 19 others, all the c
a second earthquake has shaken an area in south eastern afghanistan, causing yet more death and destruction. and making a comeback after the pandemic: the legendary glastonbury festival kicks off for the first time in three years. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 50 years of a legally enshrined right to abortion in the united states has been brought to an end after the country s supreme court decided to overturn its landmark ruling made in 1973. it means tens of millions of women across the us do not have their right to an abortion guaranteed by the constitution and individual us states are now legally entitled to ban the procedure. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. our north america editor sarah smith reports. cheering. this is a huge, historic moment for america. cheering continues. as they hear the news from the
we start in the us where the federal reserve gave financial markets a double boost on wednesday. it says the world s biggest economy will recover much faster than it was predicting a few months ago as vaccines are rolled out and government stimulus cash begins to flow. and it has put to rest for now fears that higher interest rates are around the corner. the fed has promised to keep them close to zero until the recovery is complete. michelle fleury has more. jerome powell was surprisingly forthright. he said he is in no rush to pull support from the economy. with 9.5 million jobs still missing and spending on travel and hospitality still weak, the fed chief said the bank was committed to keeping borrowing rates near zero until the job is done. the job is done. today, interest the job is done. today, interest rates - the job is done. today, interest rates were - the job is done. today, | interest rates were kept the job is done. today, - interest rates were kept near