change their legal gender. and we take a journey through david hockney s imagination as he describes his new immersive exhibition. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the kremlin has strongly criticised president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war, and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. but people across the country are without power because of russian aerial attacks, and some are without family members, killed in the conflict. the bbc has been following one soldier eugene gromadskyi as he fights to defend his country at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalis
legislation is passed, making it easier for people and we take a journey through david hockney s imagination, as he describes his new immersive exhibition. hello and welcome to the programme. the kremlin has strongly criticised president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war, and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. but people across the country are without power because of russian aerial attacks, and some are without family members, killed in the conflict. the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his country, at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conwayjoined him at an u
to ensure that afghan women continue work with aid agencies hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us despite a ban by the taliban. yet hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. we start with some breaking news here in the uk prime minister rishi sunak has been issued with a fixed penalty notice by police for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car. mr sunak had previously apologised for what he called the brief error ofjudgement in a social media video as he carried out a series of visits in the north of england on thursday. tonight, lancashire police said it had issued a 42 year old man in london with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. our political correspondent, david wallis lockhart, told me more about the background to the story. rishi sunak was going across the north of england because he was announcing levelling up funding. government funding that was going to specific p
well, the series editor of the shamima begum story isjonathan aspinwall, and we can talk to him now. thank you for coming on newswatch, jonathan. why did you think this was a podcast series worth making? i think this is an important podcast because of the forensic journalism around this particular story that we have done here at the bbc. it s a really important investigation into what shamima begum did and what she didn t do when she reached the islamic state territory. but it s also a retracing of herjourney from east london to turkey and then into syria and what exactly happened on that journey. it s important to stress that this is a story which is notjust told through challenging interviews with shamima begum. we then go and test what shamima begum has said with other eyewitnesses, with experts, and also with some of the victims of the islamic state. you see, people are saying, all very well, but is it to interview someone who joined a terror group to tell her story when