visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news and to our viewers in the uk and around the world. and to our viewers in the uk it s 6am in the morning here in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where it s reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. ukrain
visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning here in singapore and 2am in ukraine, where it s reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. meanwhile, ukraine keeps calling for more weapons from the west. this is the former defence minister speaking to the
A series of operations across the country. Officials wont confirm how many people have been detained or where they were taken into custody. So far , the taken into custody. So far, the fda trade union, which represents senior Civil Servants, is threatening legal action over the plan. Well, action over the plan. Well, meanwhile, gb news can reveal that more than 1700 small boat migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the English Channel in just over a week. Early this morning, a boatload of around 70 people was taken to dover harbour by lifeboat. In total, around 400 people have been taken to the border force. Migrant processing centre. Today, the 14 year old boy killed in a sword attack in North East London yesterday has been named as daniel anderson. The met police says a 36 year old man remains in custody on suspicion of the teenagers murder. Daniel was a pupil at bancrofts same school in east london, attended by Grace Omalley Kumar , who was murdered omalley kumar, wh
The duchess of edinburgh visits ukraine, a certain pugnacious panellist has a thing or two to say about the sussexes upcoming visit to nigeria, plus the row over whether britain made its wealth from slavery may have been decisively settled , as been decisively settled, as a new report claims. Slavery may have even made britain poorer. State of the nation starts now. Ill also be joined by my most pugnacious panel this evening. Former editor of the sun, Kelvin Mackenzie, and the historian and broadcaster tessa dunlop. As you broadcaster tessa dunlop. As you know, as always, i want to hear from you. Its a crucial part of the programme. Email me mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now its what youve all been waiting for. The news bulletin with ray addison. Thanks, jacob. Good evening. Our top stories tonight. The government looks set to face more legal challenges over its rwanda plan. After detaining the first group of migrants to be deported, both men and women have been taken into custody in a ser
the message is marry a foreign man and you will have a good life. many couples of course remain happy, but the dark reality of others isn t talked about in my community. in this isolated part of england, the body of a thai woman was found. 20 years on, herfamily is still seeking answers and justice. she died not long after i moved to the uk. her death has always haunted me. why didn t her british husband report her missing? i tracked him down to question him. mr armitage! yeah? did you kill your wife? mr armitage. .. i replied to your email, 0k? this is the first time buathong is visiting the place where her cousin was found. in 2004, walkers came across her half naked body it was buathong who recognised a police drawing of her in a bbc story, finally identifying the body as 36 year old lamduan armitage seekany. for 15 years, she was just known as the lady of the hills. no one in the uk had reported her missing. at first, police didn t believe her death was suspicious. it was