island is that to have its youngest prime minister. and jasmin paris, the first woman to complete one of the world s most gruelling races, speaks to the bbc. wiped from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of the attack. russian officials, without evidence, have tried to implicate ukraine, which kyiv has rejected outright. our russia ed
ambulances in the back are awaiting the un secretary general antonio guterres who landed in egypt earlier today. he will be speaking shortly and he will also be meeting some of the workers, the un workers, that have been stationed in rafah and the wider gaza on clay. he is expected to renew his call for a humanitarian ceasefire gaza enclave. and also for further ceasefire gaza enclave. and also forfurther aid ceasefire gaza enclave. and also for further aid to be allowed back into gaza, to enter gaza. hundreds of lorries waiting on the egyptian side to take that basic aid to those in need within gaza. israel remains under mounting international pressure to allow more aid into gaza and that is amid warnings of imminentfamine. and that is amid warnings of imminent famine. those warnings, the latest of which came from the world food programme on monday saying that gazans are already starving to death. meanwhile, russia and china have blocked a us draft resolution that t
hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the head of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous . he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. well, it s simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, an
houthis. ireland is set to have its youngest ever prime minister with 37 year old simon harris declared as fine gael leader. and jasmin paris the first woman to complete one of the world s most gruelling races speaks to the bbc. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow, in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has poste
verified live. we start in russia. vladimir putin has addressed thousands of people in moscow s red square, after claiming a landslide election win. the rally is to mark the tenth anniversary of russia s illegal annexation of crimea. standing alongside three loyalist candidates who were allowed to run against him, president putin said that hand in hand russians will move forward. western countries have condemned the election is neither free nor fair. condemned the election is neither free norfair. the us hasjust called it incredibly undemocratic. president putin described the donbas and other parts of ukraine occupied by russian forces, as part of a new russia . take a listen. translation: as for don bass, the eole translation: as for don bass, the peeple living translation: as for don bass, the people living there, translation: as for don bass, the people living there, in translation: as for don bass, the people living there, in those - translation: as for don bass,