summit. expecting to hearfrom us presidentjoe biden in a few hours from now. a press conference where he will face questions from the us and world press. it is being seen as a test for him and his performance given what happened in that presidential debate of course a couple of weeks ago. a busy day in the summit. ukraine still very much the focus of discussions. the us president met with ukrainian president volodymr zelensky. nato leaders also gathered for the nato ukraine council. they reaffirmed their support in its war against russia. we ll have more on the specifics of that in a few minutes, but all eyes really onjoe biden. growing calls for the us president to step aside from the presidential campaign. overnight, we saw the first democratic sentor break ranks, peter welch from vermont. he wrote in the wall streetjournal the president should withdraw for the good of the country . and just as we came on air, more bad news for us presidentjoe biden. the us democratic repr
77 miners have been brought to the surface, with 76 surviving. the risk of methane gas explosions are complicating the search and rescue of one further person. the mine in upper silesia is one of the oldest in poland. the kenyan president, william ruto, has sacked almost his entire cabinet. the dismissals follow the withdrawal of planned tax increases that caused protests across kenya last month. in a televised address, mr ruto said he wanted to make his government more efficient. a pot of nearly 80 pilot wales has died after washing ashore on a beach in 0rkney northeast of scotland. 12 of the wales were still alive when rescuers arrived, but the decision was made to euthanize them after attempts to re them fail. it s the largest mass stranding in 0rkney in decades. we start the programme in washington and the nato summit continues of course. expecting to hearfrom us presidentjoe biden in a few hours from now. it is being seen as a big test of his performance on the world sta
million to a pair of georgia election workers that a jury concluded he defamed after the 2020 election in our out of, this world lead right now two astronauts who are stranded aboard the international space station spoken a video interview today, the boeing starliner spaceship that took the two to space has been plagued with problems and cannot bring them back home right now despite seeing no return ship, the pair s spirits could not be higher literally higher ultimately, they say they trust their team. and the science to bring them back you can follow the lead on x at the lead cnn, if you ever miss an episode a lead you to listen to the show whence you get your podcasts, the news continues now on cnn, i ll see you tomorrow hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states all around the world and everyone streaming us on cnn max, i m rosemary church just ahead president joe biden hosts nato leaders at the white house as the cause of democrats some suppor
westminster waits for the report that could determine the prime minister s future, as borisjohnson rejects calls for him to resign. and we ll have the latest on the humanitarian effort in tonga, as aid deliveries to the island gather pace. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 6pm in the evening in new york, where prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury. he formally denied all the allegations against him, as he gave a court his official response to allegations of sexual assault. virginia giuffre accuses the duke of york of forcing her to have sex more than two decades ago at the london home of the convicted sex trafficker ghislaine maxwell. the 11 page document sets out the duke s detailed response, strongly denying that he abused ms giuffre when she was 17. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence a denial of the central alle
minister pedro s nchez called the snap vote after losses in regional elections in may. he s been telling voters his party is closing the gap on his right wing rivals. but he s facing a strong challenge from the centre right people s party and the far right vox party. the big question is who will be able to form a government come sunday? we to form a government come sunday? will show yol now we will show you a lot of pictures now coming into the final hours of the rallies. the rallies you re watching now is being held by pedro sanchez. he called the vote in response to a dismal performance aduu response to a dismal performance adult mate local election in which the socialist party came second to the socialist party came second to the main rival conservative popular party. as you can see, lots of supporters gathered in what will be the final hours of this election campaign ahead of sunday s vote. i put all of these questions to antonio barrasso, and annulus and asked and asked