to meet with the president in a show of solidarity with the island. and panda diplomacy is back: china announces plans to send a new pair of bears to san diego zoo later this year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and a warm welcome to the programme. we begin in space: a us firm has successfully landed a private spacecraft on the moon for the first time since the apollo missions five decades ago. odysseus was built by intuitive machines in south texas. it touched down near the south pole of the moon, where scientists hope there could be a source of water. this is the moment contact was established with the lander and announced by the mission director. what by the mission director. what we can confirm, by the mission director. what we can confirm, without - by the mission director. what we can confirm, without a - we can confirm, without a doubt, is our equipment is on the surface of the moon, and we are transmitting. so, congratu
to find a compromise fell apart. opposition members walked out to boycott the vote. speaking to the country monday night, mr netanyau defended the reform. translation: today we carried out the required translation: today we carried out the required democratic - out the required democratic movement which is aimed at restoring a degree of balance between authorities which was here for 50 years. we passed the bill of reasonableness to the bill of reasonableness to the elected government can lead to the policy in accordance with the decision of the majority of the country s citizens. israel s opposition leader yair lapid called the reform a defeat for israeli democracy. our correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem amid the protests. the streets of israel were soaked in anger. moments after one of the most contested laws in the country s history was passed. anti government protesters were being blasted with water cannon, and the rage towards mr netanyahu or bibi was boiling
will continue, says the head of the watchdog ofsted, after a headteacher took her own life when her school was downgraded. how a russian child s drawing against the war in ukraine saw her taken from her father after her school complained she hasn t been seen since. and top gear is parked up for the foreseeable future. the bbc stops filming the series after presenter freddie flintoff had an accident in december. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we will look ahead to the sart of the women s six nations championships, can anyone stop the reigning and some violence over the french government s proposals for pension reform. the trip was due to have been the new king s first visit abroad, but president macron said that, with more protests planned for tuesday, he felt it would be inappropriate for the royal couple to travel. mr macron s plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64 has faced stiff opposition, but it was his decision on monday to fo
strikes across the country. and, a victorious comeback. brazil s former president, lula da silva, beats his far right opponent, jair bolsanaro, to win his old job back. labour is demanding that the home secretary, suella braverman, addresses mps today about worsening conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent. many migrants that arrive in small boats are processed at the port of dover. but some are moved to a holding facility further north in manston where there is overcrowding, and there have been reports of a diptheria outbreak. let s take a look at what s been happening in more detail. over the weekend there was a petrol bomb attack at a home office migrant centre in dover. hundreds of people were then taken to a migrant processing centre in manston. last week, the independent border inspector, david neal, told mps he had been left speechless by the really dangerous situation at manston. the government said it was controlling immigration and deterring traffickers
hi, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. the ex-president today on the verge of snatching jail time from the jaws of civil liability. donald trump taking the stand today in his civil fraud trial in new york after being ordered by the judge to testify about comments he made regarding a court clerk. now, you all know this. we don t normally air his remarks for fear of amplifying them, particularly when they are so clearly tied to threats of violence and intimidation. we re going to play them for you right now, because they led to near immediate liability for the ex-president. this judge well, because this judge is a very partisan judge with a person who s sitting very partisan, sitting alongside of him, perhaps even more partisan than he is. on the stand for just one minute after saying that, trump claimed that he wasn t talking about the person sitting next to the judge. he was actually talking about michael cohen. who at the time was in the middle of his second day of testimo