this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: police in the bahamas arrest the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx at the request of america. more than 30 years after the lockerbie air crash, the accused bomb maker is charged at a court in the us. nearly 10 months into the ukrainie war, and despite hundreds of thousands of reservists being called up, russia is no longer advancing in any meaningful way on the battlefield. president putin insists his forces are fighting brilliantly and has called them heroes. but there are some who refuse to fight. we ve heard testimony from servicemen, relatives and activists, which suggests,
this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. the main story this hour: a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. ukrainian forces have struck a headquarters of russia s notorious wagner group in eastern ukraine based at a hotel, according to officials in the luhansk s region. wagner are state sponsored mercenaries who act in the kremlin s interests, according to western experts. their boss was filmed earlier this year recruiting translation: the biggest sin is desertion. no one backs down. no one retreats. no one surrenders. the recruited prisoners
this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines. a libyan suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over the scottish town of lockerbie in 1988 is confirmed to be in us custody. four children are in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in central england. a minute s silence will be observed injersey on monday after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a block of flats, killing at least five people. it s feared that number will rise as more bodies are discovered. danjohnson reports from st helier. late last night, they accepted the reality that this rescue effort was over. the impact of this explosion was simply too devastating for anyone to survive. on friday night, the fire service had responded to
the romanian border- was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off - from the outside world to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. - 0n trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair means bill clinton is guaranteed a place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines. 3a years after a passenger plane exploded over lockerbie in scotland killing 270 people the man accused of making the bomb has been charged in court in washington. china relaxes more covid restrictions the government announces it will deactivate a phone app that has tracked people s movements
this is newsday on the bbc. i m mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines: ukrainian rockets attack russian positions as moscow targets more of the country s infrastructure. still no concession jair bolsonaro keeps a low profile after his defeat in brazil s presidential election. iran s judiciary has announced it will hold public mass trials for as many as 1,000 protesters arrested in tehran. they said judges would try the suspects quickly, and with accuracy . this comes as iran s leaders have issued their strongest warnings yet that nation wide protests must end.