after she knocked out the number two seed at the us open. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in zaporizhzhia, in ukraine where a team of un inspectors have begun their checks on the nuclear power plant which has been caught up in the russian invasion. the team from the international atomic energy agency or iaea had to cross military checkpoints into territory controlled by russian forces. they ll stay on site until at least monday as they assess how safe or unsafe the facility is, after being struck several times by fire. the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. i went into the units. i could visit the emergency systems, the diesel generators, the different parts. so we have the control rooms of some of the nuclear power plants there. so we chose 3 4 key areas that i needed to see first hand, and i was able to do that. with his analysis of the day s events, here
an urgent appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. water levels are rising. the south korean government promises to ban seoul s basement apartments after severe flooding kills people and traps thousands in their homes. and fans of serena williams are still celebrating, after she knocked out the number two seed at the us open. hello and welcome to the programme. a team of un inspectors in the ukrainian town of zaporizhzhia have begun their checks on the nuclear power plant which has been caught up in the russian invasion. the team, from the international atomic energy agency or iaea had to cross military checkpoints into the territory controlled by russian forces. they ll stay on site until at least monday as they assess how safe or unsafe the facility is, after being struck several times by fire. the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. i went into the units, i could visit the e
for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. turkey agrees to support finland and sweden s nato membership applications, the breakthrough comes after the three countries signed a joint memorandum. the campaigner dame deborahjames, host of the bbc s you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington, dc, where an official inquiry into the riots at the american capitol has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said former president donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress last year. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturn joe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor, sarah smith, has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered ex
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. mark lobel has the latest. guilty. facing a full life present turn, france s or severe penalty for criminals, the only survivor of a gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people and the biggest trial in modern french history following the country s worst peacetime attack. it shook paris to its core in november 2015. as well as those killed, hundreds were injured during horrendous attacks on bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the bataclan stadium. salah abdeslam said he was a soldier of the so called islamic state group but later apologised to victims and claimed he decided not to d
it includes 95 fighters from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and midnight in france, where the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has more. it is opening remarks, the providing judge said of the 20 in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them have the terrorist qualification of his crime removed. in the case of all 19 others, all the charges and remember most of the merc with facing five different charges were upheld. that the man that came in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, thejudge in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, the judge said t