account is among those to lose verified status. the publishers there is a will not pay for the privilege. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to
for the privilege. ukrainian officials have said a deadly explosion at a cafe in st petersburg shows that domestic terrorism is breaking out in russia. there s no indication of who was behind the blast, on sunday, that killed vladlen tatarsky, a well known blogger who backed the russian invasion of ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event at the cafe when the bomb went off. sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave us this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to listen to his account on the ongoing russia ukraine war. and the blast went offjust after vladen tatarsky received a gift from one of the visitors. he was given a statue, a small statue of himself covered with gold paint. he just put it on the table and right after that, minutes after, the blast went off. there are some reports that the s
hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko, from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to listen to his account on the ongoing russia ukraine war. the blast went offjust after vladen tatarsky received a gift from one the visitors. he was given a statue, a smal
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the impact of gary lineker s removal from the match of the day programme in the uk is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output. coverage of the women s super league, and sunday evenings, match of the day 2 programme, have been hit, because fellow presenters and commentators refuse to work, in support of the presenter. the bbc had forced gary lineker to step back from his duties, after he posted a tweet criticising the government s language on migrants. the prime minister says the controversy is a matter for the bbc, but opposition mps have accused the corporation, of bowing to pressure from the conservatives to sanction the presenter. with more, here s our media correspondent, david sillito. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i i m going to walk my dog and i m going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my own? the agenda this morning for gary lineker was walking the dog, shopping and saying nothing ab