the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, said the pentagon s main concern was for the soldier s welfare. we believe that he is in brk custody and so we are closely monitoring and investigating the situation. we are working to notify the soldiers next of kin and engaging to address the incident. in terms of my concern, i have absolutely foremost concern about the welfare of our troop. and so we will remain focused on this and, again, this will develop in the next several days and hours. earlier i spoke to our north america correspondent sean dilley, who was at that press conference, and asked what the white house and the pentagon were willing to divulge at this point. the pentagon themselves said as much and as little as you would expect they could. at that time in the afternoon, as it was, it was 1230 eastern time, the pentagon wasn t even naming this soldier because they were engaged in discussions with the next of kin. they were saying they were monitoring the situation clos
to scrutiny or facts and runs counter to the truth. pope francis asks people to pray for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. we start this hour with some breaking news a big fire is blazing at a casino hotel in north west cambodia, on the border with thailand. the authorities in the city of poipet say at least ten people are confirmed dead and another 30 are being treated for injuries. our news reporter azadeh moshiri joins us in the studio. what else do we know about this? what we narine hours at several people have died and at least 30 have been injured. authorities say the flames are under control right now thanks to the efforts of firefighters from both thailand and cambodia, but the police did not give a final last update on the casualties right now. now, when you look at these flames, the word fire seems like it just doesn t cut it because these are massive claims engulfing this entire building. in fact, it is more of a complex, the grand diamond c
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s eight in the morning here in singapore, and six in the evening in the province of saskatchewan where police investigating the stabbing of ten people on sunday have arrested a suspect. myles sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the attacks. the other, his brother, was found dead on monday. a motive for the attacks still isn t clear. i spoke to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who is in melfort, saskatchewan for us. this manhunt for myles sanderson has now concluded, police can affirming that they have taken him into custody. this hunt stretched over three provinces and over the last few days our team has been here and we have seen for ourselves these piercing mobile phone alerts that you get every few minutes from the police saying that he has possibly been cited here, he s been cited there, he was seen in the city of red china which is around three hours from he
iphone, why there s a boom in old fashioned dumb handsets. life from our studio in singapore, this is life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in brussels, where the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas after president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia s invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian. in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia s president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it
a6 thousand migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year a new record and a 60% rise and a 100 year old war hero, who s now a reading teacher, is the oldest person to get an award in the uk s new year s day honours. hello and welcome. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil s new president, 20 years after first becoming the country s leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges that have since been annulled. he ll now lead a deeply divided country. at his inauguration in the capital brasilia he told the crowds he d rebuild brazil from what he called the terrible ruins he had inherited from jair bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson now reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsanoro didn t even hand over th