and the story of this startling image a 16 year girl old in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. it s 8 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead, to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington. we should warn you her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her parents saw her. we don t want you to
well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged, but the progress is being made. that s clear. one of the reasons of the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting. we are not targeting. ..civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately only hitting military targets, and it takes time. we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else like that. but the progress is th
after controversial remarks about the prophet muhammad by officials from the governing bjp. the party has now suspended two officials. hello and welcome to our second and last look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, political editor of the huffpost uk, and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard. have pretty much got a set of front pages now. here are the highlights. the times leads with new plans from the prime minister, which could allow housing benefit claimants to buy a home. he ll also cut bills left, right and centre according to the daily express, which claims he will ease the cost of living crisis. the price of filling up the average car will hit £100 that makes the front page of the mirror. the guardian also leads with rising fuel prices and adds that the worsening economic situtation in the uk will prevent the pm from reseting what they call his troubled premiership . the mail reports on th
girl in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington we should warn you, her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her paren
To overturn federal abortion rights. he was also upset about an imminent ruling on gun control. dozens of human rights groups are putting pressure on the un human rights chief to resign immediately, arguing that she whitewashed the situation in china during her visit there last month. they say michelle bachelet had squandered a rare chance to push for accountability over what they allege is beijing s systematic human rights violations against muslim uyghurs and others in the xinjiang region. the former hollywood film producer, harvey weinsteen, is facing two criminal charges of indecent assault. the alleged offences took place in london 26 years ago. the metropolitan police charged mr weinstein, aged 70, after reviewing the evidence against him. let s return to ukraine and an image that has gone around the world.