this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a ukrainian presidential advisor warns of heavy losses as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. a tennis superstar behind bars: boris becker is jailed for 2.5 years for hiding millions of dollars worth of assets after going bankrupt. there s been a sharp sell off on the us stock markets, with the dowjones industrial average closing friday s trading more than 900 points down. the nasdaq index of mostly technology companies ended april more than 13 percentage points lower it s the biggest monthly decline since the financial crisis of 2008. analysts say the drop that shows that many investors are seeing trouble ahead for the global economy, with growing fears of a recession. takara small, a business and technology reporter, gave me her analysis.
this is bbc news. our top stories: as the conflict in eastern ukraine grinds on, russia claims to have evacuated over a million people since the invasion began. a tennis superstar behind bars. boris becker is jailed for 2.5 years for hiding millions of dollars worth of assets after going bankrupt. federal prosecutors in the us charged the british virgin islands premier with cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. and a big fight in the big apple. katie taylor and amanda serrano square up, ahead of the most important women s boxing match in history.
For tennis superstar Serena Williams, giving birth to her baby, it turned out, was a test for how loud and how often she would have to call out before finally being heard.
now, the decision on novak djokovic likely just a couple of days away. cnn s blake essig has more details, blake. the men s world tennis number one is waiting for an australian court to decide his fate. that decision is expected monday. and while there s clearly a disconnect between tennis australia and the australian government, it has led to the current situation involving djokovic, there are also a lot of questions regarding the medical exemption he received from tennis australia to compete in the open. on saturday based on court documents filed by djokovic s lawyers, appealing for him to stay in the country w, we learn that the tennis superstar was not vaccinated when he arrived in the country on wednesday. he s been granted a medical exemption on the grounds that he had recently recovered from covid-19 after testing positive on december 16th. on the same day and day after, djokovic was photographed maskless at events, those pictures were posted on social media. it s unclear if d
stay with him that tennis superstar is not vaccinated saying they were granted exemption however told them back in november that unvaccinated players would not be allowed to enter the country. when djokovic arrived, he was granted entry. entry revoked. tennis australia chief addressed the discussion in a recorded mess and to staff. a lot of finger pointing and blaming but i can tell you our team has done an unbelievable job according to all