under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
doctors successfully separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains in historic virtual reality surgery. and as england s lionesses celebrate winning the euros 2022, we ll talk to gurinder chadha, director of the classic celebration of women s football bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the us it s being reported that the al-qaeda chief, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike conducted in kabul. zawahiri was on the fbi s first ever most wanted terrorist list issued on the ten october, 2001, following the 9/11 attacks, which he had helped to co ordinate alongside osama biden laden. there is no independent confirmation of this, but the white house says that president biden will give details of the counter terrorism operation in afghanistan shortly. let s get more from our correspondent i
bend it like beckham. now look my god, we did it! cheering 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. it s 6am in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where the first shipment of grain since the russian invasion of ukraine in february has left the southern port of odesa. the ship, the razoni, has left ukrainian waters and is making its way south on the black sea, carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn. it will be inspected off the coast of istanbul by un organised co ordinators who are managing the movement of vessels out of ukraine. then it will make its way out of the bosphorous strait and through the mediterranean, finally arriving in the port of tripoli in northern lebanon, in about a week s time. the shipment is part of efforts to ease a growing global food crisis. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from 0desa. a familiar yet unfamiliar sight. for the first time in a l
the chair of the public inquiry investigating the post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. good evening and welcome to wembley. it s half time in the euro 22 final between england and germany and so far neither team has been able to make a breakthrough. it s been a bit of a scrappy, physical encounter so far with germany coming closest to scoring from a corner, cleared off the goal line by england captain leah williamson. our sports correspondent, alex howell is with me. we alex howell is with me. were saying a little earlier number we were saying a little earlier the number of yellow cards is a little bit troubling. it number of yellow cards is a little bit troubling. bit troubling. it could play a factor later bit troubling. it could play a factor later in bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the game - bit troubling. it could play a factor later in the g
to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least, to celebrate its bicentennial, orat least, part to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least, part of him does! welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a short time ago, nasa announced it s given the go ahead for the launch of the artemis mission test flight to take place on monday next week. it s being heralded as the return of human exploration of the moon you re watching the flight readiness briefing for nasa s artemis mission. it is to split is targeted for monday, august 29, with storage launch pad, 309b. and it s expected that it will lead eventually to the first woman and the first person of colour setting foot there. it is the apollo mission for a new generation as our science editor rebecca morelle explains. after a 50 year gap, we re heading back to the moon, see and it all starts here with the artemis mission and nasa s huge rocket. it s called the space launch system, or sls for short, and it s t