and a very specialjoey the first southern koala born in europe as part of a major conservation drive. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 6.30am in myanmar where peaceful protests have turned into what the un has now described as a civil war. the un has also told the bbc that the situation in myanmar is becoming as serious as syria. it says more than $800 million is needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, as 12 months of violence has forced 400,000 people to leave their homes, and led to more than 1,500 civilian deaths. one year ago on the 1st of february, the military seized control of the country. its leader, aung san suu kyi, was jailed after claims of widespread fraud following the 2020 election though the election commission said there was no evidence of this. strikes and protests ensued, but the military put them down with live fire, water cannons, and rubber bullets. the country descended into civil war,
but covid restrictions mean hundreds of millions of people can t go home to celebrate the lunar new year. and, a very specialjoey the first southern koala born in europe as part of a major conservation drive. it s 9:00 am in singapore, and 7:30am in myanmar, where peaceful protests have turned into what the un has now described as a civil war. the un has also told the bbc that the situation in myanmar is becoming as serious as syria. it says more than $800 million is needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, as 12 months of violence has forced 400,000 people to leave their homes, and led to more than 1,500 civilian deaths. one year ago on february the 1st, the military seized control of the country. its leader, aung san suu kyi, was jailed after claims of widespread fraud following the 2020 election, though the election commission said there was no evidence of this. strikes and protests ensued, but the military put them down with live fire, water cannons and rubber bullets.
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president putin says the us is ignoring russia s security concerns over ukraine. in his first public comment on the situation since december, he said the us was using ukraine simply as a tool to contain his country, adding that washington had failed to address russia s key demand that nato should not expand further eastwards. meanwhile, ukraine s president has warned that any russian invasion of his country would lead to a full scale war in europe. he s been hosting britain s prime minister, borisjohnson, for talks in kyiv, from where our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for borisjohnson today, a change of subject, a change of place. he arrived in ukraine to make a show of support for a country facing the threat of invasion a country where political survival has an existential meaning. first stop, the presidential palace. he told volodymyr zelensky that britain would always stand up for ukraine
hedges. coming up on this week s programme: facing herfears we follow an anxious traveller as she heads abroad for the first time in almost two years. it was that first view of the sea, and i was like, i can do this, i made it. this is going to be ok, this is going to be good. we ve got tech that s designed to take the stress out of your overseas adventures. i ve rounded up a bunch of gadgets that will be sure to guide you to a state of zen. we find out what bangkok s taxi drivers did when their customers disappeared. and we meet the people helping passengers with their paperwork. we re here to reassure them, to guide them and to make sure that they have everything to hand. hi. it s london, it s january, and the weather s, shall we say, cold. so what many of us desperately want is some much needed sunshine. i think it s fair to say that travelling right now is more than a little complicated, with a seemingly never ending list of rules and regulations. so, if you re someon