year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine. plus, moscow getting a boost on the battlefield from china. it s an outfront investigation. and a big gamble, accused murderer alex murdaugh takes the stand, did his tears and his admissions win over the jury? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront on the front lines, just hours from the one-year mark of the start of russia s war in ukraine, cnn has exclusively access to one town not far from where the head of putin s private army, the wagner group made an appearance on the front lines as well. [ speaking non-english ] re . translator: here and now we can greet all men who are fighting who are in the hospital who are fighting for our motherland. volunteers who are making ammunition. translator: we have seized a five-story building close to downtown bakhmut. translator: how far from the enemy? translator: it s 400 meters. translator: okay, let s go. otherwis
attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
amnesty international demands fifa should pay hundreds of millions of dollars to compensate migrant workers abused during world cup preparations in qatar. as india and pakistan face blistering temperatures of 50 degrees celsius, experts warn such heatwaves are now 100 times more likely because of climate change. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it is newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 4:30am in afghanistan, where the number of restrictions imposed on women, under taliban rule, is growing. the ministry for preventing vice and promoting virtue, has been behind a raft of new, hard line laws, and among them, ordering afghan women to wear the islamic face veil. our correspondent, secunder kermani, has been given exclusive access to a team of inspectors, from the ministry and begins our programme. meet the inspectors of the ministry of vice and virtue. with branches across the country, they are remoulding afghanistan to fit in with the taliban s
so where did it go wrong? well, i m not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government s decision to make. what i would say is it s never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well, i speak to the dcms plenty, you know, i ll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we ve had a lot of interaction with them during the pandemic where they ve been a very supportive department in the industry. but obviously now i m speaking to them a little more than usual. is you say they ve been supportive, but they did say your recent proposals for channel 4 were based on flawed assumptions. so clearly, at some level, you re not successfully managing to make your case. i m sure you ve reflected on why. why do you think that hasn t happened? well, i think my position on privatisation is
taylor swift, as she receives an honorary doctorate from new york university learn to live alongside cringe . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in ukraine since the russian invasion began. appearing in court in kyiv, the 21 year old admitted shooting dead a ukrainian man as he pushed a bicycle on the road. our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. this was a major moment for ukraine, the first russian soldier accused of a war crime, already up in court. vadim shishimarin is a russian tank commander. he s on trial for shooting and killing a civilian. all the time, the widow of the man killed was just the other side of the glass. the soldier seemed nervous and said little, until the words that mattered. asked whether he admitted his guilt, vadim shishimarin told thejudge, yes, completely. it was the very start of this war, as russian tan