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pressure and is preparing to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. and everything, everywhere all at once leads the oscar nominations, with 11 nods. we ll look at what else has made the cut. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start the show in new zealand, where chris hipkins has just been sworn in as the country s new prime minister after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. prime minister hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. for more on this, i m joined by stephen hoadley, associate professor of politics and international relations at the university of auckland. it s wonderful to get you on the programme. in the first instance, perhaps you could tell us mo
with thousands of protesters, demanding fresh elections, descending on the capital. a study finds greenland s ice sheet is the warmest it s been for over a thousand years. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. we start with breaking news from new zealand where prime ministerjacinda ardern says she is standing down, and will leave office in february. she has led her country for five years. her resignation comes ahead of a general election, which is due to be held in october. here s how she broke the news. macro, this summer, i had hoped to find a way to prepare for not just another year but another term, not just another year but anotherterm, because not just another year but another term, because that is what this year requires. i have not what this ear reauires. i have what this year requires. i have not been able what this year requires. i have not been able to what this year requires. i have not been able to do what this year requires. i have no
hello and welcome to bbc news. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein in germany to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv w
the odd shower for the what s left of that rain is stuck across northern england. the odd shower in other parts of england and wales but again some sunshine to dip temperatures not changing much. warm in the sunshine in england and wales. all of our weather is coming in from the atlantic, and that means some more cloud coming our way for sunday, but this weather front is slowing up, so many places are going to be dry on sunday. the best sunshine and warmth will be in the east. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 18th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england try to cling on to south africa as they go past their first innings score on day two of the opening test