at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principal figures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy, and the department s state secretary along with the crew when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a kindergarten. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse sent this report from the scene and a warning, you may find some of his report distressing. sobbing even with the backdrop of war, it s been one of ukraine s bleakest days. in the mist of the morning, a helicopter came down next to a childre
of october, bringing annualised inflation down sharply to 3.2% % over the past 12 months. it has been 3.7% previously and that was down from a peak of 9.1% in the middle of last year. let s hear now from our north america business correspondent erin delmore. it is finally heading in the right direction. . , , direction. that s right. and this re ort is direction. that s right. and this report is being direction. that s right. and this report is being seen direction. that s right. and this report is being seen as - direction. that s right. and this report is being seen as good i direction. that s right. and this - report is being seen as good news. we saw stock futures jumped on the news and we have seen that momentum sustained into this morning. when we look at numbers like this, we look not only at the number but the direction the numbers are moving in. as you said, we see inflation at 3.2% year over year in the month of october, down from 3.7% in september. we have
police in tenerife confirm that the search for missing british teenagerjay slater has been called off after nearly two weeks. england s game against slovakia in the knockout stages of the euros has just kicked off in germany. whoever wins that match will play switzerland, who ve caused a major upset by knocking out the defending champions, italy, 2 0 in berlin. these are live pictures of fans gathering in london. these arejust some of the scenes of fans gathering in many places across london. this is north west london somewhere. in wembley where they are waiting, the game has kicked off. we are going to bring you a sense of the excitement and reaction from fans and other places across the country as well later. that is a glimpse of the atmosphere. a reform uk candidate has disowned the party and endorsed the local conservative candidate instead. the candidate said it is significant moral issue in parts of the party following what he called reports of widespread racism and sex
blair henley. great to get you on the programme, and what an exciting moment indeed. we ve just got and what an exciting moment indeed. we vejust got some and what an exciting moment indeed. we ve just got some of the biggest names on the courts today, including novak djokovic. anything in the way of unexpected results? weill. novak djokovic. anything in the way of unexpected results? novak djokovic. anything in the way of unexpected results? well, i think alle es of unexpected results? well, i think all eyes were of unexpected results? well, i think all eyes were on of unexpected results? well, i think all eyes were on rafael of unexpected results? well, i think all eyes were on rafael nadal - - of unexpected results? well, i think all eyes were on rafael nadal - last| all eyes were on rafael nadal last night for those of us in the states, he was knocked out in the second round by mackenzie mcdonald, he s the defending champion and number one seed. we know he s prone to injur