Hello. Fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, Vladimir Putin has been addressing supporters in moscows red square. He has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. The kremlin says he won more than 87 of the vote. But there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. So, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all . Its about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. Steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin e
Good afternoon. Israeli troops have launched another Military Operation on the biggest hospital in gaza, al shifa. Its full of patients and people who have been displaced by recent fighting, but israel claims hamas fighters were using the hospital here in gaza city as a command centre, and that 80 suspects have been arrested. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says israel has committed a war crime. Heres anna foster. Gunfire rings out in a street near gazas biggest hospital. Inside it, medics are still working and patients are still being treated. For months, hundreds of displaced palestinians have used the compound for shelter. Palestinians have used the compound forshelter. Israel palestinians have used the compound for shelter. Israel called its operation targeted mission, saying it used caution and care. Hamas accused israel of acting against all international laws. The accused israel of acting against all international laws. International laws. The idf is conducting High Intern
25 degrees. lots of dry weather, some sunshine and very little rain in the forecast. of what he says were untruths and tries to change the narrative about his relationship with a younger colleague. what are the questions now for itv? the mother of caroline flack, an itv presenter who took her own life during intense media scrutiny three years ago, tells this programme itv haven t learned the lessons since then. they treat them as commodities. and i know it s a lovelyjob, and i know that you earn money, but also, the television stations earn money from them. but they re not commodities, they re people. we ask a former sky and itv executive and a former culture minster what questions they want itv to answer now. also tonight: ahead of the inauguration of president erdogan of turkey tomorrow, we ll ask what that means for the rest of the world. and this. matilda composer, actor and lyricist tim minchin on his next musical groundhog day. he talks about rejection, his mental healt
# i m coming out. # i want the world to know. and, diana ross helps bring the first glastonbury festival for three years to a glorious close. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . it s 8am in singapore and 2am 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 paul mcgregor is gathered to find out what to do next with ukraine, they begin out what to do next with ukraine, they begin by out what to do next with ukraine, they begin by mocking president putin. the canadian prime minister suggest they should the russian leader, by riding bareback on a horse, like
of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. let s understand first of all more about what ofcom wants. let s hearfrom kevin backhurst, group director of content and media policy. and, kevin, reading your review today, you sound a little underwhelmed by how the bbc explains itself. tell us why. i think we feel that the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explain itself to audiences and to viewers, and also to be transparent to the audiences who pay the licence fee, and also to the rest of the creative industries around the uk about what it is planning, how it is approaching programming, how it is delivering its mission, its public purposes. ofcom s role essentially is to make sure the bbc delivers what parliament has set out for the bbc, which is its public purposes, which are across things like delivering things like impartial news, learning conten