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live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and two in the morning in moscow, where russia has said there is room for further dialogue on the ukraine crisis but warned that the us position as set out in a letter to the kremlin, does not meet their security demands. key to what russia will do next is vladimir putin. is he trying to stop the eastward expansion of nato or has he already made up his mind to invade? steve rosenberg reports from moscow. the world is still puzzling to piece together a picture of what vladimir putin is thinking. what he s planning. what are his intentions in ukraine and in europe? russian muscle flexing. ..is one piece of the geopoliticaljigsaw. military exercises and 100,000 russian troops near ukraine s border are fuelling fears of a russian invasion. so are moscow s demands. we just ask our partners in nato countries get out. get out from our borders. get out from post soviet countries, becau ....
developing story. what mahaffey had from the white house on this? we got a statement from from the white house on this? we got a statement from president from the white house on this? we got a statement from president biden, - a statement from president biden, and as she said, she is saying that three us service members were killed and many wounded during a drone attack on us forces in north east jordan, nearthe attack on us forces in north east jordan, near the border with syria. he blamed the attack, as you just said, on radical iran backed groups. if i canjust read a bit more from that statement from biden. he says, today, america s heart is heavy. he says his wife and i willjoin the families of the fallen and americans across the country and grieving the loss of these wadis in this despicable and unjust attack. joe biden has found that there will be consequences to this. he says, have no doubt, we will hold all those responsible to at a time and in a manner of o ....
in the uk, as the bank of england warns the longest recession on record lies ahead. the united states calls for a un security council meeting to discuss north korea s continued use of ballistic missiles. and the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing in less than 30 years. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin the programme with dramatic developments in pakistan, where the former prime minister imran khan has been shot and injured while leading a protest march in the east of the country, calling for early elections. mr khan had been greeting supporters from the top of a lorry as a convoy of vehicles made its way to the capital, islamabad. he s been treated for injuries to his leg. pakistan s president called it a heinous assassination attempt. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday s protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. gunfire f ....
amid a mounting military threat from north korea, the bbc gains rare access to the american and south korean joint operations centre designed to fend off any attack. the daughter of a prominent russian ultra nationalist has been killed by a car bomb on the outskirts of moscow. darya dugina was a journalist and vocal supporter of the invasion of ukraine. there is speculation that the target of the attack might have been herfather, aleksandr dugin, an idealogical ally of president putin. russian investigators say the attack was preplanned and commissioned. will vernon reports from moscow. a fireball on the streets of moscow. 30 year old darya dugina, a political commentator, was killed when a bomb exploded in the car she was driving. at the scene, her father, alexsandr dugin, an ultra nationalist philosopher. russian media said mr dugin was meant to travel in the car with his daughter, but changed his mind at the last minute, and there is speculation he was the intended t ....
attack from the north. welcome to the programme. here in singapore, the country s prime minister has said singapore will end its ban on sex between men, but will take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. prime minister lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and the british colonial era law was out of date. the legal ban on sex between men, while not enforced, has long been criticised by lgbt activists although many more conservative citizens still support it. the government will repeal section 377 a and decriminalise sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most singaporeans will now accept. the prime minister speaking there. with me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong, who has been following and reporting on this issue for years in singapore. great to get you on the programme, tassagh. ithink it s fair to say that there has been huge joy it ....