it is a great honour to be welcome to the white house to discuss the issues of anti asian hate crimes, inclusion, and diversity. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. we start with a significant development in the russia ukraine conflict. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. writing in the new york times, mr biden said the weapons would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely on the battlefield. he did not mention what weapons would be provided, but a senior official said the m142 high mobility artillery rocket system would be provided. meanwhile, a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the
crimes in america. it s a great honour to be invited to the white house tonight to discuss important issues of anti asian hate crimes, asian inclusion, and diversity. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. mr biden said the weapons would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely on the battlefield. they range will be limited, to ensure they can t be fired into russia itself. meanwhile, a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. tim allman reports. thick, black smoke hangs over the city of severodonetsk. for weeks, it s been a target for the russian military. now, reports of a strike on a chemica
the strictest of water restrictions. a presidential visit: k pop supergroup bts speak out against hate crimes in america. it s a great honour to be invited to the white house tonight to discuss important issues of anti asian hate crimes, asian inclusion, and diversity. cheering and jubilant scenes in bradford as europe s youngest metropolis wins the contest to become the uk s next city of culture. hello and welcome. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. mr biden said it would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely. in the last 2a hours, a russian air strike hit a chemical plant in the eastern city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. both sides are suffering heavy casualties here and the ukrainian command may decide on a tactical retreat. russia now occ
hello there. a significant easing of restrictions in shanghai, which will allow most people to move freely around the city after more than two months of a full lockdown. hooray! the curbs on movement have crippled demand and production. on tuesday, beijing unveiled a stimulus package with 33 measures to try and revive the economy. but china s overall policy of zero covid remains very much in place according to our reporters on the ground. joining me now is iris pang, who is the chief economist at ing wholesale banking. iris, is china open for business? yes, it is. the unwinding of long down in shanghai is a very big step but lockdown is a very big step to the recovery of china. very big step to the recovery of china- very big step to the recovery of china. ~ ., i. ., ~ ., of china. what you make of the olicies of china. what you make of the policies john of china. what you make of the policies john has of china. what you make of the policies john has had of china. wh
league final in paris and the murder of a popular punjabi singer just a day after his security cover was reduced sparks anger in india. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 2am in brussels where the european union has imposed more sanctions against russia over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports at a summit in brussels, where hungary, heavily dependent on russian oil, resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because, indeed, we did today, because, indeed, we have now gotten rid of: this was already very difficult and now we have, basically, the political agreement. how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe and we started tonight and we will report tomorrow to discuss the big energy package repower eu that the