A torch for free speech . What can and cant be said by olympic athletes in beijing. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news its newsday. Welcome to the programme. We start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that President Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. This would be the first Major Movement of us forces in russias Military Stand Off with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. A pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies, but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that the United States will respond to the growing threat to europes se
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It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
things might get complicated. he won t necessarily sing the army s tune, because in a sense he will think, well, look, the army have turned to me because there was no one else to turn to . you know, imran khan is ruled out of contention and the other candidates are regarded as too young and inexperienced. these elections have been described by some as the least credible in pakistan s history. phone and internet services were cut for much of the day. results are being counted slowly. whoever wins will have huge challenges running pakistan, but they will not be governing on their own. you can keep up with the results on the bbc news website. next, newsnight has been reporting on concerns from within university hospitals sussex nhs foundation trust for months. and today, the trust s board met, after a report from the royal college of surgeons warned of a culture of fear when it came to the executive leadership team . joe s back and has led our coverage of the sussex trust. joe