since the russian invasion thanks british politicians for their support, but urges the uk to give them fighterjets. writing on the helmet reads we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. have freedom, give us wings to protect it drama at disney as 7,000 jobs are set to go. the entertainment giant says it must cuts costs as streaming customers fall for the first time. and praise continues to pour in for nba superstar lebronjames after he becomes the competition s all time leading points scorer. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes, which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly. but first, l
from streaming services. and, later in the business news, the sacked boss of the british lobby group the cbi tells the bbc his reputation has been totally destroyed following his abrupt dismissal. hello and welcome. we start in the us, where the fox news network has reached a last minute settlement, in a defamation case brought against it by a voting machine company. the case is linked to claims that the 2020 us presidential election was rigged against donald trump. fox news agreed to pay dominion voting systems $787.5 million. with the settlement, fox will avoid a high profile trial. dominion originally sued fox news for $1.6 billion so they actually settled for less than half of what they were asking for. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 us election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who had falsely said that dominion voting machines
ukrainian forces in broken russian lines in a major offensive in the territory. that is only possible south of the country. because of the sophisticated weapons being supplied by the west. the two 16 year old boys have died after getting into difficulty ukrainian military said operations in a loch in county londonderry. had been launched in multiple locations in the south today. today, the ukrainian military said that russian positions, and munitions depots, equipment had been attacked. welcome to bbc news, very good to it is really hard to independently have your company stop. verify those claims, because it is difficult to get access to residents the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million living in kherson in occupied to help pakistan deal with the devastating floods. territory, but last night president the un secretary general, zelensky did not talk about what was antonio guterres, says the country happening in kherson, he said ukraine was
to re double their commitment to the alliance. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our correspondent, david willis, in la says it s one of the largest sums of its kind. george floyd s death at the hands of minneapolis police officers sparked the black lives matter movement, one of the largest protest move