the first time in its history. multiple explosions rock the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the british home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 3a people including 23 children have been killed at a nursery in thailand. it happened that a child care facility in non bua lam phu province with the gunman fleeing the scene before killing himself, his wife and his children. he has been identified as 35 year old panya kamrab. after the shooting, the man fled the day centre in a white pick up truck and thai media are reporting he was sacked by police last year over drugs offences. i m joined by our thailand editor. thank you for coming in, can you tell is more about what ha
the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
support for a penny from colleagues. we had that support from all sides of the party yesterday. and last night borisjohnson put an end to days of speculation about a comeback when he dramatically pulled out of the race saying it would not be the right thing to do . rishi sunak praised johnson for his achievements after he pulled out of the race nominations close at 2pm that s when we should find out whether or not there has to be a ballot of conservative party members or if one person will be moving straight into number ten. we ll be bringing you updates throughout the day. i m lewis vaughan jones some other headlines. the us, britain and france condemn russia s claim that ukraine is preparing to use a radioactive dirty bomb on its own territory. disgraced former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. opening statements in the case are expected to begin on monday. and david tennant makes a surprise appearance
iphone, why there s a boom in old fashioned dumb handsets. life from our studio in singapore, this is life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s life 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. it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in brussels, where the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas after president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia s invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian. in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia s president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it