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figure in the organised attempts to forcibly overturn presidentjoe biden s 2020 election victory. another leader, zachary rehl, recieved 15 years. here s our correspondent, peter bowes. these are some of the longest sentences imposed on anyone tried and convicted for their involvement in january the six attacks and in the case ofjoe biggs he was seen as one of the leaders, one of the leaders in the crowd to encourage people to move into the capitol building, the very moment event vice president mike pence was certifying the results of the 2020 election. and we now know that of course that trump had spoken to crowd earlier in the day. he had discouraged strongly mike pence from certifying the election and encouraged the crowd to move to the capital building. we know that there are being the scores and scores of trials, more people to be sentenced under some cases are still ongoing, but in the case ofjoe biggs and zachary real they have now been sentenced, both men appear ....
let s start with this video which shows the incident. you can see the plane here circled. it disappears out of view for a few seconds and then you can see the impact. now, we have verified this. everything in the video is consistent with what we know about the area and the weather this morning in the belgorod region. that was the moment the plane going down about 20 seconds into the video. we see this this smoke plume. could this be a sign that the plane was hit by a missile? well, experts we ve spoken to think, yes, it could be. the open source defence intelligence company believes that this smoke cloud may hint at the use of surface to air missiles. they also told us it could be a warhead detonating near the plane. another expert, mark hansen from the centre for strategic and international studies, has said that this is consistent with an aircraft being shot down. this smoke plume, he says, is consistent with an explosion. so there s that. the governor of belgorod sai ....
we ll be at craven cottage ahead of tonight s second leg. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. more expensive stamps and fewer deliveries per week are all possibilities for the future of the postal service as a range of proposals are put forward by regulators. the centuries old service has to be reformed they say because of the present day reality of fewer letters being sent. the royal mail is required to deliver 93% of all first class mail within one working day. but last year it managed that only for 73% of the total. second class mail was also behind target. the change in the last 12 years in the volume of letters we write and send has been significant from more than 1a billion a year, down to just over 7 billion. today the prime minister told mps he s absolutely committed to retaining deliveries six days a week. here s our business correspondent zoe conway. have you thought any more about making a hole in the wall. allison and chris young making a hol ....
to reach the league cup final. good morning. storm jocelyn has been packing a punch overnight. only slowly today will they wind moderate and most of us will have a dry day. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th january. in the next hour, the communications regulator ofcom will recommend options for changing how the postal service works, as part of its review of royal mail. one focus is expected to be on the future of saturday letter deliveries. currently, royal mail is legally obligated to deliver letters six days a week, something its owners say is unaffordable. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. britain s postal network has been delivering letters for hundreds of years. but these days, royal mail is finding it harder than ever to maintain the service, and its customers are getting frustrated. among them is tina from south east london. in november, she told us about her experiences. i have multiple medical problems, and hospital letters are not gett ....
and the threat to seals from the plastics in the sea. we report on a new scheme in the uk that should reduce the danger. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. france s emmanuel macron said the russian attacks signalled a profound change in the war. president biden said the us will provide us advance air systems in response. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in months, with explosions in other cities including lviv, dnipro and zaporizhzhia. many civilians areas were hit. ukraine officials say at least 11 people have been killed and 64 injured so far. it s the most widespread russian bombardment since the start of the war. paul adams reports from ky ....