and she is still alone to this very moment. a russian missile strikes a hospital in the ukrainian city of dnipro, killing at least one person and injuring 15. british cycling bans transgender women from the female category of its competitions. of borrowing in europe how worried should we be about the global economy? and as the iconic rocky horror show celebrate s 50 years on the stage, we speak to one of its original stars. hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said t
gop race for the white house, what he says about governor rhonda sanchez and former president trump. but first the marine that charged with the choke hold death of a black homeless man on new york city subway he has broken his silence. telling the new york post the killing of jordan he said and nothing to do with race but everything to do with the broken healthcare and criminal justice system. nate foy live with more on what he had to say. practice first interview since his may 12 arrest daniel penny told the new york post quote i judge a person based on their character. i am not a white supremacist. describing himself as a normal guy. he said of the men he killed while trying to protect others on the subway, that quote it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that so desperately failed us. he was on his way to the gym when he encountered jordan neely the marine vet did not go into specifics about what happened before he put neely in a choke ho
protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally. those are the latest headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s unspun world withjohn simpson. hello. it is good to see you again at the start of a new season of unspun world. we have been off air since december, and a lot has happened since then. the ukraine walk first. back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading, there were fears it would be a bad winter, and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but, ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power, and anyway, the winter was not that bad. now, some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might soon collapse over the next few months. who knows. president xijinping of
tonight with new developments on two key countries for this country and the free world, how to avoid default in debt and how to ensure that russia s invasion of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit is grappling with both. on ukraine, a milestone, with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for a joint allied effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on the debt ceiling, it looks like talks, which the president was being updated on remotely, are back on again. they resumed tonight just hours of kevin mccarthy s republican negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. we have correspondents spanning the globe tonight. phil mattingly traveling with the president in japan. what is the latest you re hearing from white house officials about debt ceiling negotiations? reporter: you know, anderson, as you point out, there was a pause, house republican negotia
welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the uk where the home secretary, suella braverman, is in the firing line over claims she asked civil servants about the possibility of a private speed awareness course, after she was caught driving too fast. downing street says the prime minister has had a conversation with his ethics adviser, sir laurie magnus. it s not yet clear whether an investigation will take place, but opposition parties are adamant one is needed. the home secretary was asked about the fine as she arrived at downing street in the past hour. are you going to resign, home secretary? did you break the ministerial code? earlier, she was quizzed over the matter while visiting a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants last year to arrange a one on one driving awareness course when you were caught for awareness course when you were cau-ht for speedin- 7 awareness course when you were caught for awar