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.
a plea to get young children vaccinated against measles, as the take up rate drops to its lowest level in a decade. and a southern koala, born not in australia but england, as part of a major conservation drive. and coming up on the bbc news channel: adios, aubameyang the arsenal striker and former captain joins spanish giants barcelona on a free after a busy transfer deadline day for premier league clubs. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, says conservative mps still overwhelmingly support borisjohnson, following the release of the initial findings of the report into lockdown parties in downing street. sue gray s inquiry concluded there d been a failure of leadership. but tory mp andrew mitchell this morning accused the prime minister of running government like a medieval court . and he warned the crisis risked breaking the conservative party. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the prime minister o
as the take up rate drops to its lowest level, in a decade. officers at the met police exchanged highly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages, claiming it was just banter according to a highly critical report from the police watchdog. and, a southern koala, born not in australia, but england, as part of a major conservation drive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, says conservative mps still overwhelmingly support borisjohnson, following the release of the initial findings, of the report into lockdown parties in downing st. sue gray s inquiry, concluded there d been a failure of leadership. but the tory mp andrew mitchell warned the crisis risked breaking the conservative party. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused borisjohnson, of trying to save his own skin, and taking the public for fools , in his defence of his own actions, in relation to alleged breaches of covid rules. with the latest, her
report into down street parties. another of his mps have called for them to go. andy who says medical waste from the pandemic is a threat to the environment and to human health. and the who. let me bring you right up to date on the tensions around ukraine. in the past hour, the uk by minister boris johnson has warned that europe is at a critical moment. we also note the mats and russia and the west have been engaged in talks diplomats. and president putin has made his first public comment on the situation there since december. translation: the united states most im ortant translation: the united states most important goal translation: the united states most important goal is translation: the united states most important goal is to translation: the united states most important goal is to contain translation: the united states most important goal is to contain russia. - important goal is to contain russia. that is the most important thing. in that sense ukraine is