the us supreme court strikes down restrictions on carrying guns in new york, signaling a shift that will reverberate nationwide. the taliban appeals for international support after wednesday s devastating earthquake in afghanistan, with survivors saying they have no food or sheltera. with survivors saying they have no food or shelter. the panel investigating last year s us capitol riots hears about the pressure former president trump put on thejustice department to overturn the 2020 election result. # upside down, by you turn me. we speak to excited festival goers. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that has broken in the last hour. the conservatives have suffered crushing defeats in two by elections in england. the results will put renewed pressure on prime minister, borisjohnson, who recently survived a leadership challenge. the liberal democrats ousted the conservatives in the seat of tiverton and honiton, in one of the biggest ever by election swi
i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mason bri
i think it s a convincing result, i think it s a convincing result, decisive results and what result, decisive results and what it result, decisive results and what it means is as a government we can move on and focus government we can move on and focus on government we can move on and focus on the stuff i think really focus on the stuff i think really matters. also in the programme. ukraine s president zelensky visits frontline troops in the donbas. his officials say their troops have repelled a wave of russian attacks, across the eastern region. and high income companies are still too slow and redistributing covid i9 vaccines come thought. vaccines come a redistributing covid i9 vaccines come a stark warning from the prime minister. live from the prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it s newday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliame
arrangements in northern ireland to try to help restore power sharing at stormont. and a triumphant ukraine wins the eurovision song contest after claiming the popular vote. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first, sweden and finland have confirmed they will apply for nato membership ending decades of military non alignment. the finnish president, sauli niinisto, called his country s decision historic. however, sweden s governing social democrats, said that as members they would not accept nuclear weapons or alliance bases on swedish territory. reports say both countries are planning to hand their membership applications to nato on wednesday. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final