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for dialogue over ukraine. these are the images live from the centre of london. as many people gather around the country to remember 77 years since the liberation of the auschwitz birkenau camp on holocaust memorial day. one of the most influential figures in british comedy for the last six decades barry cryer has died at the age of 86. 77 years ago today the nazi concentration camp of auschwitz was liberated. more thani million people, most of them jewish, were murdered at the camp in occupied poland. today is holocaust memorial day. and to mark it, different artists have painted the portraits of some of the uk s last remaining holocaust survivors. the project was commissioned by prince charles and the people have been encouraged to light candles in their windows at eight o clock tonightjust as candles in their windows at eight o clock tonight just as we speak. and at gatherings including here in central london if you can see and we have seen shots all around the country ....
on this, holocaust memorial day. borisjohnson denies he personally ordered the airlift of animals out of afghanistan. it s claimed emails from officials suggest otherwise. and tributes to one of the most influential comedy writers of his generation. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, arsenal are looking to arrest their poor league form in wsl can they extend their lead at the top with the win over good evening. the health secretary, sajid javid, says a new chapter in the battle against coronavirus has begun, with the omicron variant now in retreat. today in england, restrictions in place since december, have been eased, meaning face coverings are no longer mandatory indoors in most public spaces. but some businesses are still encouraging people to wear masks, including major supermarkets and rail operators. and face coverings will remain mandatory in public spaces in scotland, wales and northern ireland. england is also diverging from the other home n ....
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 ....
warnings from an expert straight ahead this hour. but i want to start now with cnn s supreme court analyst steve ladek and global affairs analyst susan glass here to talk about what is going on with breyer s official retirement has not happened but that s the word that it s going to happen soon. good evening to both of you. susan, president biden gets a supreme court pick, a chance to turn a new page in his presidency, a way to shore up the base and fulfill a big campaign promise. but still, it probably won t be an easy road, will it? in these divided times that we re living in right now. you know, nothing is easy, don, anymore in our politics. i mean, for president biden it s really full circle. as the chairman of the judiciary committee he was around three decades ago helping to preside over the confirmation hearings of justice breyer. now he ll get to pick his replacement. i m struck by the initial tone from conservatives which has not been fire-breathing, you know ....
drama. we re going to have more on that in a moment. the president s standing by his campaign pledge to nominate the first black woman to the court. the question remains, however, who will that person be? and will the process be completed before the midterm elections. we are also following some breaking news on the economy. thankfully some good news. in the last year the u.s. economy grew at the fastest rate since 1984. this according to a new report out this morning, we re going to have much more on that coming up. but first cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider and white house correspondent jeremy diamond are standing by with more on the news about justice brierbreyer stepping down. how do we expect this to play out timing-wise? we re still waiting to hear from justice breyer directly or potentially a statement from the supreme court. we re expecting maybe that will come later this morning, early afternoon. but a source has told kaitlan collins that ....