and thousands of workers across the uk switch to doing fewer hours for exactly the same pay, after the world s biggest trial of a four day work week. president putin is to set out his latest thinking about the war in ukraine shortly, as the anniversary of the invasion of ukraine approaches. these are the live pictures from moscow where he ll be addressing both houses of the russian parliament and senior military figures. it comes a day after president biden s surprise visit to kyiv where, in a joint statement with president zelensky, he said that putin s war of conquest is failing. president putin s speech was meant to take place in december but was postponed after a series of setbacks on the battlefield. his last state of the nation address was nearly two years ago in april 2021. the fighting has cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides and hundreds of thousands of russians have been drafted into the army. we are expecting president putin to portray this almost year
festival returns after a covid enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a long delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. we can go live now to geneva and speak to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project. very good to have you with us, thanks forjoining us, peter, particularly in the middle of the night for you. i understand how important you consider this report, but what if any implications do you think that the release of this report will have? i the release of this report will have? ~ . . , have? i think certainly it will have? i think certainly it will have implications. have? i think certainly it will have implications. we - have? i think ce
jacob zuma s newly formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he s made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren t official yet, but they re clear. the anc has lost the outrigh
Top bus parade this afternoon for huddersfields promotion. To the Premier League. Good morning. Its tuesday the 30th of may. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. With just over a week to go until the General Election, the main parties are returning to their key election themes, following last nights tv grilling of the conservative and labour leaders. Theresa may will put the focus back on brexit accusing eu officials of adopting an Aggressive Negotiating Position which will need strong leadership from the uk. Jeremy corbyn is campaigning on the partys promise of Free Childcare for two to four year olds and answering questions on the mumsnet website. And in the next few minutes, Nicola Sturgeon will launch the Scottish National party manifesto, promising to invest an additional £118bn in Public Services across the uk and a call for scotland to stay in the european Single Market, after brexit. Emma barnett pressed the Labour Leaderfor more details. We know from po