also coming up on the programme: we are in india to meet the rohingya families who are now unwelcome in their adoptive country but can t be sent back to myanmar. a success for conservation scientists, after this tiny endangered baby elephant was born at a british zoo. and the k pop phenomenon black pink breaking records as south korea showcases its successes on day one of the seoul pop culture convention. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, says a russian missile strike on a rail station in the east of the country has killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more. mr zelensky had previously warned that russia might do something cruel to disrupt ukraine s independence day which coincidentally fell on the same day as the six month anniversary of the invasion. this is the current state of play in the country with russia controlling ukrainian territory in the south and east
i m karishma vaswani in singapore. our main story for you today: six months after russia s invasion began, ukraine is continuing to put up a strong resistance to the ground war and artillery attacks which overshadowed events marking its independence day. let s turn to south korea now, specifically k pop. there s no escaping the allure of south korean pop culture. from k pop idols bts and blackpink, k drama mania, korean comics to korean gaming, it comes as no surprise that south korea has fast become the south east asian hub for pop culture. and today is day one of the seoul popcon or pop culture convention which showcases hit content at the forefront of the industry, including music, movies, games, cartoons and animation. popcon is an expansion of seoul s previous comic con, which was a spin off of the iconic exhibition event in the us. and one of k pop s biggest bands, blackpink, broke records this week with their song pink venom. let s take a listen.
also coming up on the programme: we are in india to meet the rohingya families who are now unwelcome in their adoptive country but can t be sent back to myanmar. a success for conservation scientists, after this tiny endangered baby elephant was born at a british zoo. and the k pop phenomenon black pink breaking records as south korea showcases its successes on day one of the seoul pop culture convention. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme.