It was seven o clock in the morning - on the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, l when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. - this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore, our headlines: the head of the united nations sees for himself the price paid by civilians during russia s invasion of ukraine. president biden asks the us congress for $33 billion in extra support for ukraine. in china, the megacity of guangzhou has cancelled hundreds of flights and launched mass testing after just one suspected covid i9 case. it mirrors the approach in shanghai which has been under lockdown for