and a very specialjoey the first southern koala born in europe as part of a major conservation drive. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 6.30am in myanmar where peaceful protests have turned into what the un has now described as a civil war. the un has also told the bbc that the situation in myanmar is becoming as serious as syria. it says more than $800 million is needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, as 12 months of violence has forced 400,000 people to leave their homes, and led to more than 1,500 civilian deaths. one year ago on the 1st of february, the military seized control of the country. its leader, aung san suu kyi, was jailed after claims of widespread fraud following the 2020 election though the election commission said there was no evidence of this. strikes and protests ensued, but the military put them down with live fire, water cannons, and rubber bullets. the country descended into civil war,
but covid restrictions mean hundreds of millions of people can t go home to celebrate the lunar new year. and, a very specialjoey the first southern koala born in europe as part of a major conservation drive. it s 9:00 am in singapore, and 7:30am in myanmar, where peaceful protests have turned into what the un has now described as a civil war. the un has also told the bbc that the situation in myanmar is becoming as serious as syria. it says more than $800 million is needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, as 12 months of violence has forced 400,000 people to leave their homes, and led to more than 1,500 civilian deaths. one year ago on february the 1st, the military seized control of the country. its leader, aung san suu kyi, was jailed after claims of widespread fraud following the 2020 election, though the election commission said there was no evidence of this. strikes and protests ensued, but the military put them down with live fire, water cannons and rubber bullets.
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are miatta fahnbulleh, who is the chief executive of the new economics foundation, and kate maltby who is a columnist for the i paper and arts critic. welcome back to you both. let s look at what belt is coming in. what else. the shocking findings of an investigation into the met by the police watchdog is the lead for the metro. the report uncovered discrimination, bullying and misogyny in the ranks of the force. as the government prepares to announce its long awaited levelling up strategy tomorrow, the guardian quotes critics who say the 12 point plan lacks funding and clarity. the paper also carries an image of borisjohnson meeting his ukrainian counterpart in kyiv earlier, amid threats of a russian invasion. despite the prime minister flying to eastern europe, he hasn t been able to leave his problems behind. the i says senior tories have put the pm on notice over partygate, wit
But covid restrictions mean hundreds of millions of people can t go home to celebrate the lunar new year. and, a very specialjoey the first southern koala born in europe as part of a major conservation drive. it s 9:00 am in singapore, and 7:30am in myanmar, where peaceful protests have turned into what the un has now described as a civil war. the un has also told the bbc that the situation in myanmar is becoming as serious as syria. it says more than $800 million is needed to tackle the humanitarian crisis, as 12 months of violence has forced 400,000 people to leave their homes,
Welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. myanmar in civil war, according to the united nations. a year after the military takeover, the un says the situation is becoming as serious as it is in syria. as russian forces show no sign of pulling back from ukraine s border, president putin accuses the us of trying to drag russia into war . translation: their most important goalj is to contain russia. in this sense, ukraine itself is just a tool to achieve this goal. the year of the tiger begins, but covid restrictions mean hundreds of millions of people can t go home to celebrate the lunar new year.