the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were scheduled. to
the woman at the heart of the post office scandal says she ll hand in her cbe but what s the plan for victims? on newsnight tonight, we hear from several former sub postmasters of south asian heritage who believe discrimination at the hands of the post office compounded their suffering. with my parents, because their english is very broken, people would get quite abrupt with them. so you re saying racism, in your mind, was at play? certainly with my parents. an mp who was also a sub postmasterjoins us does he see a plan forjustice for all the victims? also tonight, newsnight has seen nhs documents that say a student s life could have been saved had doctors at a brighton hospital acted sooner, yet an inquest concluded only yesterday there was nothing to trigger further investigation. we ll have an exclusive report. in washington, donald trump has been arguing that he should be exempt from prosecution. ifeel that, as a president, you have to have immunity, very simple. and if
judicial reform plans. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the news that the celebrated british tv presenter and comedian paul o grady has died at the age of 67. in a statement, his partner andre portasio said he passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on tuesday evening and thanked fans for all the love they have shown him over the years . paul o grady first came to fame as a drag artist before becoming a talk show presenter. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. he first came to fame as the charismatic drag queen lily savage. the act, honed in a succession of pubs, had to be toned down for tv but it was as acerbic and acid tongued as ever. so i m stood having a drink and i looked over and here s ulrika walked in the door, wearing the same frock as me. i didn t even know she had a littlewoods catalogue, i was flaming. lily fast became an audience favourite, hosting some of tv s best known shows. it s thursday, it s 7pm, it
charges over indonesia s football stadium disaster we hear from survivors and families of those killed in the crash. piling on the pounds, why alaska s brown bears are big news. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it was a massacre that shocked the nation and the world. now, thailand s king is expected to visit the town of uthai sawan. it s where at least 38 people, mostly young children, were killed by an attacker at a nursery school. the man responsible was a former police officer who was facing a trial on drug charges. he carried out the attack with a gun and a knife and killed children and teachers before shooting himself dead. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the scene. and a warning his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so young had been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a midday nap inside the nursery when t
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the thai government says the entire nation is in grief after a former police officer killed at least 38 people in a gun and knife attack at a nursery. he then killed himself and his family following the massacre in nong bua lamphu province in the north east of the country. most of the victims were children. thailand s king is expected to visit the town of utthai sawan. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head is at the scene. and a warning, his report contains some very distressing images. people crying, wailing this is a community now consumed by grief and shock, that children so young had been deliberately killed by a fellow parent. the children were taking a midday nap inside the nursery when the attacker turned up to collect his son, who wasn t there, and then opened fire. translation: it all. went down really fast. he was slashing the knife. he didn t use the gun. he kept slashing in there, it s all by