That should be celebrated. And, you know, and people that dont want to do that, that should be challenged. And for me, thats what im on the road to do. Well, they are tears ofjoy. Now close to qualifying for her second olympics, the Trailblazing Campbell is intent on lifting the nation once again and making an impact on the medal table and beyond. Emily campbell dan roan, bbc news. The very best of luck to her. Time for a look at the weather. Heres elizabeth. Really good weather for ducks as we head through this week. It will be wet and very windy at times. But much better news ahead for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, from good onwards, it will start to dry out. We could see some issues with mist and fog. Some such an times and it will feel a bit warmer too. But a lot of weather to get to before we get there. Quite windy today, freshening south easterly wind, a lot of rain to come. This is the rainfall accumulation chart as we head through the next 5 days. Plenty of wet weather to co
A warm welcome to the programme. Im Sally Bundock. We start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, which killed 137 people. The four suspected gunmen in the Moscow Concert Hall Attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. Theyve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. Media reports have named all four men, saying they are nationals of tajikistan, three have reportedly pleaded guilty. The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack and its uploaded graphic videos of it. Anna aslam reports. Handcuffed and blindfolded, for suspected gunmen brought into court. They all appeared injured. One man arrived in a wheelchair and sat in the dock with his eyes closed throughout the proceedings. All were charged with committing an act of terrorism. The four men are reportedly tajikistan nationals, russia said there were caught fleeing to ukraine and had contacts there. Ukraine denies list of the attacks but
An attack on a the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack but russian officials have stated, without evidence, that there was ukrainian involvement. Kyiv says the claim is absurd. Well, there are a number of reasons. One is syria. So is have in the past put out statements and quite recently saying we will never forgive and forget because in syria, Russian Air Force and Russian Forces are fighting. And Russian Forces are fighting isis, is, Islamic State, as are the americans. Secondly, theres afghanistan where the taliban are fighting isk, which is the khorasan wilayat, thats the province of or the branch of isis that operates in afghanistan in that area. And back in september 2022, isis attacked the Russian Embassy in kabul. So they consider that the russian government is an ally of the taliban and the taliban is their enemy. And also there are a number of disputes that theyve got with regimes in that part of the world. The third reason i think, which is perhaps
Hello. Im nicky schiller. Welcome to the programme. We start this hour in the middle east. The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter Northern Gaza. In a post on social media, unrwas head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous. He said israels decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. Theres been no word from israel. It comes as the countrys defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. Israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around Al Shifa Hospital. Juliette touma is from unrwa. She says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. Well, its simply outrageous. The clock is ticking, and with this recent
Houthis. Ireland is set to have its youngest ever Prime Minister with 37 year old simon harris declared as fine gael leader. And jasmin paris the first woman to complete one of the worlds most gruelling races speaks to the bbc. Live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. Its newsday. Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow, which killed 137 people. The four suspected gunmen in the Moscow Concert Hall Attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. Theyve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. The authorities said one of them a citizen of Tajikistan Has pleaded guilty. A nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with President Putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow, in memory of the victims. The Islamic State group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of