and thousands of workers across the uk switch to doing fewer hours for exactly the same pay, after the world s biggest trial of a four day work week. president putin is to set out his latest thinking about the war in ukraine shortly, as the anniversary of the invasion of ukraine approaches. these are the live pictures from moscow where he ll be addressing both houses of the russian parliament and senior military figures. it comes a day after president biden s surprise visit to kyiv where, in a joint statement with president zelensky, he said that putin s war of conquest is failing. president putin s speech was meant to take place in december but was postponed after a series of setbacks on the battlefield. his last state of the nation address was nearly two years ago in april 2021. the fighting has cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides and hundreds of thousands of russians have been drafted into the army. we are expecting president putin to portray this almost year
The president of ecuador has won a referendum on introducing tougher security, to counter a surge in violence by drugs gangs. Daniel noboa says his government now has more tools to fight crime. The measures include allowing the military to patrol the streets, and the imposition of harsher jail sentences. The country now has the highest murder rate in Latin America as the influence of powerful drug cartels has grown. Ione wells sent this report from the capital, quito. Ecuador s capital, quito, is bursting with life. But among the songs and smiles, clues that this is now the continents most violent country. The bloodshed at this youth centre is just a sport. But on the streets, many young people are losing their lives at the hands of violent drug cartels. Carmens brother was killed by a gang member who wanted money when he wasjust 19. Translation the gang i threatened us at our house, throwing stones at us because the murder occurred next to my son. They said if the gang member goes to
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The police, the met police have made in relation to the fresh evidence. I am hoping that reassures the lawrence family at door the lawrence family, doran in particular that under the new leadership in the Police Service, they will redouble their efforts to make sure that doreen and the family think that this Police Service has learned the lessons from yesterday. With more on this Daniel De Simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought tojustice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect, matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness doreen lawrence, gives her first interview about the new evidence and the met s response. We knew there was five, possibly s
Of a war that has been raging in yemen for two years. Yemen is split by a fierce civil war between the internationally recognised government, backed by a saudi led coalition, and houthi rebels, allied with iran. Yemen has become a Breeding Ground for disease. Cholera has swept the country, with nearly 2000 deaths since the outbreak began in april. Access for International Journalists is very rare, but our middle east correspondent 0rla guerin, with her producer Nicola Careem and cameraman nico hameon, have got in. Theyve sent this report from aden and a warning there are distressing images throughout. We cross the red sea to reach yemen, past the sunken wreckage of a hidden war. This was the only way to the port city of aden. The saudi led coalition, bombing the country, grounded the un plane due to fly us in. This is the kind of suffering they dont want the world to see. Rassam is 11. He is one of many children wasting away across the country. Since the war, Malnutrition Rates have so