sleep. lucky to be alive almost 350 people rescued from a truck in mexico. the driver s whereabouts are unknown. the legacy of japanese boyband moguljohnny kitagawa is examined in a new bbc documentary, including multiple allegations of sexual abuse and we meet the team behind the elephant whisperers, the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing its all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondentjames landale sent this report fr
couzens has been sentenced for 19 months on top of the whole life term he is serving four sarah everard s death. of the whole life term he is serving for sarah everard s death. also on the programme: three people are found dead in a crashed car in cardiff days after they went missing. two others remain seriously ill in hospital. in iran, fury from parents of hundreds of schoolgirls who ve been victims of suspected gas poisonings. welcome to a place that is astonishing. and the beauty of the british isles, documented by sir david attenborough for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, fulham look to equal a club record sixth away win in the top flight as they travel to brentford, who are also riding high. his extraordinary run in front of the goal continues. good evening. victims of the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens, who s been sentenced for three offences of indecent exposure, have said he could have been stopped before murdering sarah evera
who once worked with him. the wonders of the natural world for the first time ever sir david attenbourgh looks at britain s wildlife. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed . here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who remain in the city and in villages nearby, conditions are terrible, with little access to water, heat or power. translation: iwant peace, silen
wrote the forefront of fighting for freedom. wrote the forefront of fighting forfreedom. now wrote the forefront of fighting for freedom. now they are facing a frightening and invisible now they are facing a frightening and invisible adversary. parham ghobadi, bbc news. a new bbc documentary examines the legacy of the japanese music executivejohnny kitagawa. kitagawa founded a male only talent agency which has produced many of japan s biggest boybands. however, multiple allegations of sexual abuse have been made by boys and men who once worked with kitagawa and aspired to make it in the japanese pop market. mobeen azhar reports. japan has the biggest music market in the world after the us and one company joining in associates has dominated thej pop orjapanese pop market since being established in the 1960s. its founder, johnny kitagawa, has had rumours surrounding him for decades that he sexually abused boys in his male
after inhaling odorous gas. in december, cities in two more provinces reported the same incidents. injanuary, students in two other provinces were poisoned, while schools in qom and other cities were repeatedly attacked in the meantime. in february, two more, including capital tehran. in march, it expanded exponentially and now almost the entire country is affected. after months, iran s supreme leaderfinally broke his silence on the issue. translation: they must be condemned to severe punishments. it s a serious and unforgivable crime. there will be no amnesty for them. many iranians suspect these are revenge attacks on schoolgirls who joined the protests that swept the country for months since september. iranian girls were at the forefront of fighting for freedom. now they are facing a frightening and invisible adversary. parham ghobadi, bbc news.