russian forces of pushing hard but ukrainian troops are using drones to push back. it s time for us to move but now that the drone is back in grenada has been dropped. we can t say in this location for more than two or three minutes because there s a risk we will be targeted here. applause president zelensky on his visit to the uk since the russian invasion thanks mps for their support but urges the uk to give fighterjets to the ukraine. give fighter ets to the ukraine. give fighter ets to the ukraine. ., ukraine. the writing on the helmets reads, ukraine. the writing on the helmets reads, we - ukraine. the writing on the helmets reads, we have l helmets reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. applause. live from our studio in singapore. applause. live from our studio in singapore, this applause. live from our studio in singapore, this is applause. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - applause. live from our studio in singapore, this i
addresses the uk parliament and appeals for fighterjets to use against the russians. the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it . applause and basketball superstar lebronjames becomes the nba s leading points scorer of all time. 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. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than twelve thousand people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which devastated the region just two days ago. rescue workers continue their search for survivors but hope is beginning to fade. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining that they ve had no help, trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, the state media is reporting that some three hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our m
Of the world, and The Economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of The Media Show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations such as the bbc see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through, and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access. And well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from bbc monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular. A normal person, if you can say that in iran. What is their media diet . What sorts of information are they getting and where from . Thei
fred pleitgen is following all that from berlin right now. how is this playing out in moscow, fred? reporter: well, look, the state media is reporting about this in a very matter of fact way. what i ve done so far is actually texted the spokespeople. both the kremlin and russia s foreign ministry as well. and it is quite telling to see what vladimir putin has been doing on this evening. he was at a ceremony in korsk in southern russia where he held a moment of silence but it had nothing to do with yevgeny prigozhin. it was a moment of silence for fallen soviet soldiers of world war ii. putin not saying anything yet about the crash, not saying anything about the investigation. we ve also been in touch with some pro kremlin figures including a former adviser of vladimir putin who was quite close to the wagner private military company and yevgeny prigozhin. he is pushing that narrative saying that they believe that ukraine might have actually been behind all this, saying, look,
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than twelve thousand people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which devastated the region just two days ago. rescue workers continue their search for survivors, but hope is beginning to fade. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining that they ve had no help, trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, the state media is reporting that some three hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our middle east correspondent anna foster who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre zone she sent this report from the turkish city of karaman marash. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed.