rolled off the production line. 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 the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more. in tom bateman, has more. jerusalem at the wreckai spreading injerusalem at the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestini
let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority suppor
well, today. today marks one year since the russian invasion of ukraine and the fighting rages on. good morning so glad you are with us. today grief and defiance in ukraine. the country is bracing for an attack as vladimir putin makes a push on the ground. we are live. plus this do you honestly think that ukraine can win this? his answer next. that was an interview as i sat down with defense sent lloyd austin. what i thinks will change the tide on the battlefield in ukraine. and now we are looking for answers how the classified documents moved around mar-a-lago, and what delayed the discovery. it seemed like all was lost a year ago as russian tanks moved across ukraine and moved in on kyiv. but the out numbered and out gunned ukrainians stunned everyone. they stunned the world. and kyiv still stands today as putin s bloody invasion continues. the cost has been great. the ukrainian people have suffered unimaginable at trosities. and it has killed hundreds of children
formerly head of the british army, the ukrainian mp oleksiy goncharenko, and michael koffman, director of russia studies at the centre for naval analyses. good evening. welcome to the programme. a special edition tonight as we look towards the one year anniversary tomorrow of the war in ukraine. on this night a year ago, we were still largely guessing at what president putin had in mind. the russian troops had been massing for weeks along the ukraine border, though most ukrainians still doubted the intelligence that was coming from washington. but then just a few hours after the programme came off air, this. the first bombs had begun to fall. the air raid sirens wailed across kyiv for the first time, as russian tanks rolled towards the capital. and at that point, most people expected a quick russian victory. it hasn t turned out that way. the war waged by vladimir putin has been a disaster for his country. the resistance much stronger than he d anticipated. for ukraine it has