hello and welcome to the programme. president putin has been addressing crowds filling moscow s main stadium for a patriotic gala concert, to mark one year of russia s invasion of ukraine. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation . our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to show that russians back president putin and his war in ukraine. irina seems to. we weren t the ones to start this , irina says. i trust our president. inside the stadium, the main event. vladimir putin shared the stage with russian soldie
good evening, the first time since might easily have been a deadly attack on her husband paul house speaker nancy pelosi is talking about the ordeal. she was not at their san francisco home the early-morning hours of october 28th when is when paul was awakened by an intruder asking to talk with his wife. according to federal prosecutors the suspect told he intended to hold nancy pelosi captive, interrogate her and possibly break her kneecap if her answers did not satisfy him. paul pelosi managed to call 911. police arrived just in time to see a suspect hit him with a hammer fracturing his skull. tonight mr. pelosi is out of the hospital. speaker pelosi is telling her story. ised. i m so sorry for all that has happened. how is your husband doing and what does his recovery look like? well, thank you. it s a long haul but he knows he has to pace himself. he s just as gentleman that he s not complaining about he s also knowing that it s a long haul. he s so concerned about th
and the us leads western countries in promising more weapons for ukraine, including air defence systems. we re going to do everything we can, as fast as we can, to help the ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect the ukrainian people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. i want to bring you some news that s just come through in the last hour from the us, where a usjury in connecticut has ruled that the conspiracy theorist alexjones must payjust shy of $1 billion in damages to the families of those killed in the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attacked in 2012. a little earlier, our correspondent gary 0 donoghue told me why alexjones has been held accountable. really, from when it actually happened, alexjones, on his info wars channels, reachi
of our galaxy. the kremlin has accused western countries of using the un human rights council to demonise russia, after the body voted to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine. the inquiry will examine accusations that moscow s forces carried out atrocities north of kyiv at the start of the war. in shocking images caught on cctv, the bbc has found clear evidence of war crimes alleged against russian soldiers near ukraine s capital. two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report. it contains flashing images and some parts which you may find disturbing. these are russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill, but their every move is caught on multiple cameras. and so is leonid, the security guard, as he approaches them. the men talk, even smoke and then, the soldiers leave. but suddenly, two turn back. they shoot leonid and a second man multiple times in their backs. leonid somehow survives. his boss dea
Are switching accounts for Better Service for our money. In sport, seven points clear now. Chelsea close in on the Premier League title with a vital victory over southampton. Well also be looking at how your garden grows, as a new report says Climate Change affects the north and the south in very different ways. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Another cool day in prospect. Still some wintry showers in the forecast but there will be some sunshine as well. Later, cloud coming in from the north west and the wind eases but i will have more detail in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and to Restore Bursaries for nurses in training if it wins the General Election. The party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to i . It also plans to introduce a law that ensures Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. Marchers by Student Nurses and