i asked them why you didn t transfer her to the hospital early and they said the ambulance key was lost for 20 minutes and they couldn t find it. can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea after a shocking murder highlights the country s weak stalking laws. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in russia where many of its citizens are trying to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin yesterday by leaving the country. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out. president putin s order to mobilise three hundred thousand russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests yesterday, at which more than a thousand people were reportedly arrested. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists, now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilization h
both with one another, and also with our many allies and partners. and could one of britain s richest men become the new owner of manchester united football team? live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in china where an unwelcome milestone has been reached. the country s population fell for the first time since the 1960s, and the national birth rate also fell to the lowest it s been since data collection began, in 1949. the announcement on tuesday comes alongside one of china s worst economic performances in almost half a century the labour force is shrinking, as the country s retired population keeps growing. this also means india is expected to overtake china as the world s most populous nation later this year. let s take a look at some of the numbers. china s population last year was over 1.4 billion people, according to official data that s a decrease of 850,000 people from 2021. as for the na
or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother s funeral the decision was made for both of us to walk behind our mother s coffin, and.there was absolutely no way that i would let him do that by himself. there was absolutely no way that he would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. it s seven in the morning in singapore and eight in the evening in brasilia where thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, zhayer bolsonaro, have stormed jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag, quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. brazilian police say they ve now retaken control of the congress building. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socia
at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principal figures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy, and the department s state secretary along with the crew when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a kindergarten. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from the scene and a warning, you may find some of his report distressing. sobbing even with the backdrop of war, it s been one of ukraine s bleakest days. in the mist of the morning, a helicopter came down next to a childre
what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this repor