not third party contractors, in a decision with wide implications for the gig economy. and why max the springer spaniel is getting an award after helping thousands of people cope with lockdown. max helped me from recovering from depression and if he can help others now, and our other dogs, if they make people smile, then i say, bring it on. and coming up bbc news, has taking the knee had its moment? the chair of football s anti discrimination body agrees with crystal palace striker wilfried zaha saying the gesture has lost its meaning. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the duke and duchess of sussex have confirmed to the queen that they will not be returning as working members of the royal family. as a result the couple will now no longer hold the honorary military appointments and royal patronages given to them by the queen. in a statement buckingham palace said that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it would not be possible to continue wi
police in new york arrest the suspected gunman behind tuesday s subway shooting, bringing to an end a 24 hour manhunt. in the uk, a government minister quits, after borisjohnson becomes the first sitting prime minister found to have broken the law. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 3am in mariupol where russia is claiming more than 1,000 ukrainian troops have surrendered. but kyiv says the beseiged southern port city is still in its control. gaining full control of mariupol would be a major win for moscow, creating a land bridge between crimea which russia illegally annexed in 2014 and areas held by russian led separatists in the donbas region. it would enable thousands of troops to be deployed to the east, for a new offensive planned there. but caught in the middle is mariupol, its mayor says around 21,000 civilians have been killed, and a 120,000 remain trapped. 0ur correspondent tom bateman re
to defend mariupol. russia says it has now fully taken mariupol s sea trade port, but this has not been confirmed. russia says more than 1,000 ukrainian marines have surrendered. the man who murdered the conservative mp sir david amess in essex last year will spend the rest of his life in prison, after being sentenced to a whole life term. sir david s family said there was no elation following the killer s sentencing, and they would struggle through each day for the rest of our lives . our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports from the old bailey a crime that shocked a town, the murder of an mp in this church in an leigh on sea, a crime that united the political world and the country, all wanting justice for sir david amess and his grieving family. today, that day of reckoning at the old bailey, where ali harbi ali, the self confessed terrorist, would learn his fate. during the trial, he had used the witness box to spout islamic state propaganda. today, his d
videos have emerged in the united states of a police officer fatally shooting a black man as he lay face down on the ground. and the desperate search for survivors in south africa. the president calls the flooding there a catastrophe of enormous proportions. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russian state media are reporting that the most important ship in russia s black sea fleet, the moskva missile cruiser, has been badly damaged after ammunition on board blew up, causing a fire. the moskva is the flagship of russia s black sea fleet. quoting the russian defence ministry, interfax says the crew had all been evacuated and the cause of the fire was being investigated. earlier, a ukrainian official said the ship had been hit by two missiles, but this has not been confirmed. let s go to washington to speak to lieutenant colonel daniel davis, a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank defense priorities. how significant is the damage to the fla
president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has described the country as a crime scene. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what will it take to end the waeradimir putin initiated in ukraine? in military terms, russia now seems intent on a grim campaign of attrition in the east and south, a strategy which is already taking a terrible human toll. could economic isolation inflict enough pain to force the kremlin to reconsider? well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financia