welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
president biden has finished his address saying that the united kingdom should work more closely with the double government to support northern ireland. he said that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland having visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. when he entered the chamber he was met with a round of applause and open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feel he is at home. he said, his country was shaped by ireland highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland s role in internationalforeign praising ireland s role in international foreign policy. praising ireland s role in internationalforeign policy. you international foreign policy. you are internationalforeign policy. you are still looking at those images, let s speak now to senator who was in the parliamentjoining us live now from dublin. thank y
in decades, jeremy hunt wants get millions of those seen as economically inactive back working. how? i ll have the details. and former england rugby player tom youngs speaks to bbc breakfast for the first time since his wife died from blood cancer lastjune. the loneliness probably the one which really gets you. and which really gets you. and which really -ets you. you think, i will rin- someo but and you think, i will ring someone, but it s and you think, i will ring someone, but it s still and you think, i will ring someone, but it s still not the same as having but it s still not the same as having someone there to talk to. we are having someone there to talk to. are gearing having someone there to talk to. - are gearing up for the opening day of the chelsea festival mac cheltenham festival, the highlight of the british jump cheltenham festival, the highlight of the britishjump racing calendar. it is a cold start to the day, a risk of ice on untreated surfaces, a
more than £2 billion in levelling up cash for projects around the uk the government defends how it s been shared out. as britain sends more missiles to ukraine, we have a special report from the front line that s seen the bloodiest battles of this war. and battles of this war. a five set up a bit, and incredible and a five set up a bit, and incredible comeback for andy murray at the australian open on for almost six hours. his longest ever match. coming up on the bbc news channels, huge changes are coming in rugby union as the are a few bands above the waist tackling. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the jury at the inquest of a young blogger has concluded that she died from suicide contributed to by neglect. beth matthews, who was 26, ordered a poisonous substance from russia, had it delivered to her secure ward at a private hospital run by the priory group in greater manchester, and then swallowed the contents in front of staff. she had told them it was a