Has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the Equalities Minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. We have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. Voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. Over the past two days weve been in Selby And Ainsty in North Yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. Today were in uxbridge and South Ruislip to the west of lond
has been in the newspapers this morning but as far as i can tell the equalities minister is one of those calling for the guidance to be strengthened from original drafts who wanted to go further in restricting the ability of people at school to identify as a different gender. we have reached this place where we do not know when the government is going to do in terms of the timetable for issuing new guidance, we do not knowing exactly when it will arrive when it comes to what it should look like short despite repeated assurances including in the last few weeks when we have been asking the government about when it was coming, it has been delayed and we do not know when and tell. voters in three constituencies across england will go to the polls tomorrow in byelections and over the next few days well be in all three seats. over the past two days we ve been in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset. today we re in uxbridge and south ruislip to the
will be injust a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step will be blasting off. the first step in will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 step in our return to the moon for 50 years. legacy of covid the new zealand museum collection, recording the country s response to the pandemic. music and europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london, after a three year break, due to the pandemic. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. we begin in pakistan, where more than a thousand people have now died in floods, described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one sixth of the population are said to have been affected, wi
and are there now and some who were also in russia. deborah haynes is sky news defence and security editor. nic robertson is international diplomatic editor at cnn, we have a freelance journalist and so too is olga tokariuk. and francis scarr is here from bbc monitoring. welcome to you all and thank you so much for coming on the media show. olga, if we just start with you, where are you and what is the atmosphere like in ukraine today? you ve been tweeting about our prime minister, boris johnson s visit to kyiv. i know that. yeah, well, hi, everyone. and thank you for having me on this show. i m currently in western ukraine in the town of chernitsi. and i apologise for the background because i m speaking to you from a basement because we ve had already four raid alerts today. and since i m working from home, ijust decided to stay in the basement for the show so that, you know, i don t get interrupted by another air raid alert. radio viewers won t see that, but our tv viewers
more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the country s foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistan s government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters come downstream. our correspondent pumza fihlani has the latest. local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for everyone. as seen here within minutes, the food runs out. ..and the team is forced to leave quickly. the picture is the same around the country. translation: we left our homes in a hurry and couldn t gather- all our supplies to cook