their disbelief after new zealand s prime minister announces she s stepping down. and the harrowing anti war epic all quiet on the western front leads the nominations for this year s british academy film awards. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3pm in los angeles where we begin our programme with the news that the hollywood actor alec baldwin is to be charged with the involuntary manslaughter of the cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was shot dead on the set of the film rust. 4pm in los angeles. the film s armourer who was responsible for the weapon will face the same charge after a gun that the actor discharged on set was found to contain live ammunition. sophie long has the latest from los angeles. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on the set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th c
and why light pollution the interference caused by towns and cities is making it more difficult to see the stars. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the hollywood actor alec baldwin is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, after a gun he was handling on set went off, killing the cinematographer halyna hutchins. the armourer of the film, rust, who was responsible for the weapon, will face the same charge, after the gun that baldwin fired was found to contain live ammunition. ms hutchin s family have released a statement saying they support the charges. sophie long reports. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on the set at the bonanza creek ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were filming became all too real. alec baldwin was holding the gun that discharged the bullet that killed her. he was also one of the film s pro
the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins in the moments after she was shot. it was during rehearsals on a ranch in new mexico when the shootings and deaths depicted on the 19th century western they were filming became all too real. are you doing 0k? no, i m not, actually. 0k. alec baldwin was holding the gun that discharged the bullet that killed her. he was also one of the film s producers. am i being charged with something? prosecutors now say he will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. in a statement, the actor s lawyer said: i m the armour. or at least i was. hannah gutierrez reed, who was in charge of weapons on set, faces at the same charges. her lawyers say they are a result of a flawed investigation. how many people were in the room at time? the assistant director, david halls, who is reported to have told baldwin the gun was safe, has agreed to pleaded guilty to negligent use of a deadly weapon. in a statement, the prosecutor for the state of n
a happier new year: after months of covid chaos, can china s economy pull a rabbit out of the hat? hello there. we start in the swiss ski resort of davos, you know what, stay. stay with me. sometimes, this happens. just to prove it is live. chuckles. we will talk about what keir starmer is talking about. the opposition labour party leader. he has very much been sweet talking the elite, the top bankers at the world economic forum. he has been reassuring the financial elite that labour is pro business and pledging to do more to attract foreign investment into the uk if they win power next year. labour points to un figures, showing the uk s share of world foreign direct investment has declined since the conservatives came into government in 2010 from 8% tojust1.7% the lowest since records began. that s according to the un figures. the bbc s economics editor faisal islam reports. at the world economic forum, some of europe s top bankers and ceos assembled to meet the leader o
good evening, trace, less than 48 hours after the shooting in monterey park, we have another mass shooting in california, this time in the northern part of the state. investigators say seven were shot and killed in san mateo county near the coastal town of half moon bay which is just south of san francisco, we are told that there were two different scenes, both agricultural sites, the first location four were killed, if it was taken to the hospital. three were then killed at a second location, 67-year-old was later arrested and was reportedly found in his car in a parking lot where the local sheriff s substation. they had their guns strong and approached from behind the car, type formation, and got up to the car and were probably a few feet behind it, six or so and asked him to get out. speak at the sheriff s office says they have no idea what motivated the suspect in half moon bay, and that s the same situation investigators are dealing with in monterey park, they do not