against its journalists. the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later with the german language film, all quiet on the western front, leading the field with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting china s top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. he was asked if support given to the mercenary group, wagner, amounted to military support for moscow. there is open source reporting that chinese companies are providing. surveillance equipment to that mercenary group, the wagnerl group, fighting in ukraine. does the us consider this to be providing military. suppo
disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, nicol
at a petrol station in donegal. investigations are ongoing to establish the cause. it is a huge impact to a small rural community. they are all local people. they are all very much involved in the community. they were all people who are shopping in the local shop. in iran, protestors appear to hack into state run television as demonstrations against the regime continue. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. at least 17 people have been killed by russian missile strikes, in the middle of the night on the city of zaporizhzhia. president zelensky condemned the attack as absolute evil. the latest strikes came hours after the 12 mile long bridge linking russia to occupied crimea was badly damaged by an explosion. our diplomatic correspondent, pauladams, reports from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead, and the living. moments after the blast, in the middle