from western nations. and, after winning his defamation case against ex wife, amber heard, we look at whyjonny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare primetime television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house he said that it is time to act, following a string of high profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades more school aged children have died from guns than armed duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than armed duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god s sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough? i know that we can t prevent every tragedy but here is what i believe we have to do, here is what the overwhel
between liverpool and real madrid. hello, and a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have you with me this hour. we begin with ukraine. it s 100 days since russia began its invasion. president zelensky marked the occasion by praising the country s resistance. but he s admitted russia now controls one fifth of his country, that nearly 1a million people have been forced to flee and that thousands of civilians have been killed. 0n the ground, vladimir putin s focus is now on the donbas region in the east, where his forces continue to make gains. but the governor of the luhansk region says ukrainian troops have recaptured parts of severodonetsk. if confirmed, it would mean russian forces control only half the city. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin has been with ukrainian troops near bakhmut, one of the next towns in russia s path. a dirt track that leads to a grinding war. we re in donbas, the key battleground. the russians are two miles down the road. this area, around b
also in the programme: as ukraine approaches 100 days of war, president zelensky urges western nations to step up their weapons deliveries with russia now in control of 20% of his country. and after winning his defamation case against ex wife amber heard, we look at why johnny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. queen elizabeth has overseen a fly past of 70 aircraft on the first day of events to mark her platinum jubilee. the 96 year old british monarch wasjoined on the buckingham palace balcony by family members for the aerial display. she also attended the lighting of beacons at her residence, windsor castle. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell was there. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about local communities creating their own special memories, in the end, it s all about her. after all, there wouldn t be a platinum jubilee if there weren t a monarch who ser
visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news and to our viewers in the uk and around the world. and to our viewers in the uk it s 6am in the morning here in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where it s reported that 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 main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. ukrain
visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning here in singapore and 2am in ukraine, where it s reported that 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 main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. meanwhile, ukraine keeps calling for more weapons from the west. this is the former defence minister speaking to the