this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and one o clock in the morning in ukraine, where a court has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shishimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia s invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62 year old civilian, but said he d been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn tjust a trial, it was ukraine s day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21 year old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick. more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62 year old
at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during which a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause . the deal was approved by israel s cabinet after a lengthy meeting that ran into the early hours. ahead of the meeting, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war effort would continue even if a hostage agreement was struck. the deal has been welcomed by president biden, who says it should bring home additional american hostages. in its own statement, hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments, says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. in the past few minutes, qatar, which helped broker the deal, has said the starting time of the pause will be anounced within 2a hours. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more on the hostages who
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u.s. and all around the world, i m max foster joining you live from london, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in gaza, where the war is about to start the second month. with pushes under way to prevent wider conflict in the region, secretary of state antony blinken is in turkey right now meeting with his turkish counterpart. u.s. officials say he will underscore the importance of protecting civilian lives during that meeting on sunday, blinken made an announced visit to iraq to discuss the hamas conflict. in gaza, communications are down, and there was a complete interruption on sunday. the telecom network services aid agencies say they lost contact with its workers the third communications blackout. it comes as the head of 18 aid agencies including usaid agencies called for a human taken cease-fire in both israel and the palestinian territories. the search continues for survivors of a deadly blast in the refugee cam
He not only resigned, but basically stormed out. he launched a scathing assault on the kremlin, saying he s never been so ashamed of his country, of the aggressive war unleashed by putin against ukraine, against the entire western world. he said it was not only a crime against the ukrainian people, but also the people of russia. i managed to get through to him on the telephone and he told me more about why he decided to resign from the russian foreign ministry. i to resign from the russian foreign minist . , ., , ., ministry. i strongly disagree and disapprove ministry. i strongly disagree and disapprove what ministry. i strongly disagree and disapprove what the ministry. i strongly disagree and | disapprove what the government ministry. i strongly disagree and i disapprove what the government is doing disapprove what the government is doing. and i don t want to be associated with it any longer. how difficult a decision associated with it any longer. firm difficult a decision
Russia and ukraine. israel of course has more than 1 russia and ukraine. israel of course has more than1 million people here who are of russian descent, or certainly russian speaking. and up to now they have been criticised by some people for not taking a tough enough line with vladimir putin and not offering enough support to ukraine, in particular not sending military support. they have only sent protective equipment, flak jackets and helmets and that sort of thing to be used by civilians. these comments by sergei lavrov are likely to put pressure on the israeli government perhaps to change that policy. we do have this meeting expected later today where the russian ambassador has now been summoned for talks with the russian foreign ministry. summoned for talks with the russian foreign ministry. . . foreign ministry. israeli foreign minist . foreign ministry. israeli foreign ministry- i m foreign ministry. israeli foreign ministry. i m sure foreign ministry. israeli foreign minis