now we start with our exclusive bbc interview with the man who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he stands no chance of winning but given what has happened to many other opposition politicians, it s a move that carries significant personal risk. we ll hearfrom boris nadezhdin a prominent ant war campaigner in just a moment, but first olga malchevska in the newsroom can tell us more about how he s managed to get enough support to mount his bid, in a country where criticising russia s special military operation in ukraine can result in a jail sentence. this is yakutsk city in northern russia. it is 43 celsius and people are queueing to pledge their support to the opposition candidate boris nadezhdin. now, such queues have been seen across russia and he has to gather 100,000 signatures to be eligible to stand against vladimir putin in the next presidential race. what do we know about boris nadezhdin? currently, he is one of th
official figures show that the uk economy returned to growth injanuary. and will it be michelle s moment? we talk to the malaysian star hoping to win big at the oscars. hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been underway. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg, at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is peering inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and are storming the building. slowly, carefully, they make their way upstairs, no idea if the gunman is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local je
official handover today. hello and welcome to the programme. the fire department in the us city of memphis has sacked three people in connection with the fatal police beating of tyre nichols earlier this month. an investigation found two paramedics and a driver failed to provide mr nichols with adequate care. five police officers have been charged with second degree murder. two others have been suspended. a number of premature s have been held in multiple cities across america. community leaders and locals coming together to honour the life of tyre nicholls. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. more and more individuals now having to take the committee for what happened that night? the circle of punishment is widening in regard to the death of tyre nicholls, that s for sure and today it was announced that two more police officers from the memphis force have been disciplined in regards to their allegedly involvement in their allegedly involvement in the in
important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
in peshawar in pakistan has claimed more than 90 lives a plan to allow everyone to live within 15 minutes of a green space or water is unveiled by the government and united by music liverpool s new slogan as it prepares to host this year s eurovision song contest coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, the latest on football transfer deadline day as arsenal agree a £12 million deal with chelsea to sign italian midfielderjorginho. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there s a gloomy prediction about the state of the uk economy this year from the international monetary fund which says it will perform worse than all other major advanced nations. and that is including russia. their assessment suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6% that s a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now on the right track. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year. here s our economics correspo