live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south, and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime. at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said it s too soon to make a definitive judgment, but if russia is found responsible, it would demonstrate the new lows that we will have seen from russian aggression . to kherson now and this report from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what you officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. -by by what us officials are saying- it has starte
nikki haley or ron desantis? then an issue affecting many of you watching right now, to bundle or not to bundle? what does the future of streaming look like? and take out your funny hats and glasses we re giving the yea or nay to the biggest new years tradition. the panel is here and raring to go. so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first, what is likely to be the story of 2024, the race for president. if you believe the polls, we re looking at a biden/trump rematch. in a world where people say and do pretty much anything and can still get elected, we re left asking, is a surprise still possible? the next few weeks may answer that. in politics, the new year means, after months of candidates talking, voters finally get their say. donald trump is still the clear leader, with nikki haley and ron desantis vying to become the main challenger. voting kicks off in iowa. on monday, january 15th, we re going to win the iowa caucuses. where trump is way ahead in rece
thank you for joining us live at a town hall in new york city for this very, very special addition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart, and admit it, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. [applause] well, thank you! hey! oh, stop! stop it! [applause] how are you? good! making. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you, sit down, sit down. thank you. that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. [laughter] that was a really, really hard to 20 seconds for me. so thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight, we re gonna talk about democracy. and that we re in, we ve probably talked more about democracy in the last, you know, for five years than i had in all of my time as a journalist before that, i would say. like, even that is a topic seems a littl
on both sides of the river. inundating settlements our russia editor steve rosenberg gave me the view from moscow. in the last out of the white house has been giving his opinion. here is john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national securi council. ~ , , security council. we ve seen reports that russia was security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible - security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for- security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for the l that russia was responsible for the explosion at the dam. which i would remind russian forces took over a legally last year and have been occupying since banned. we re doing the best we can to assess those reports and we re working with ukrainians to gather more information. we cannot say conclusively what happened at this point. conclusively what happened at this oint. , ., point. l
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