And the defending european champions, portugal, are beaten in a six goal thriller in munich in the euros. Hello and thanks forjoining us. We start in brazil where the number of deaths related to covid 19 has passed half a million the second highest in the world. The virus continues to spread as presidentjair bolsonaro refuses to back measures like social distancing. Experts say the outbreak could worsen with slow vaccination rates and the start of winter. Mark lobel reports. As covid death rate half a million here, the painful goodbyes continue. Translation: the death rate has been much higher lately, despite all the precautions. I have lost members of my family. Brazil s health minister members of my family. Brazil s health minister tweeted members of my family. Brazil s health minister tweeted the health minister tweeted the grim news of the 500,000 lives lost saying is working tirelessly to vaccinate all resilient in the shortest time possible and to change the scenario that has
That s it from me, lewis will be here at the top of the hour with more news. Now on bbc news, a schoolboy told his mum he was going out to play, but his body was found in a river. Police initially said it wasn t suspicious but christopher kapessa s mum kept asking questions. Christopher enjoyed the outdoors. You know, he wanted to be outside, making friends. My fear was something would happen. The cynon valley was home to 13 year old christopher kapessa. Christopher was a little character, he was. There was never a dull moment, you know, when christopher was around. He was so loving. Clever, as well, very intelligent, very smart. We re going to school right now. Bye, guys. He was full of too much energy. There was always moments where, you know, you re screaming out his name, you know, christopher, christopher! in the spring of 2019, alina and the children moved to the fernhill estate, near mountain ash, from further up the valley. Christopher went to the local school. He was so popula
of the un charter. a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. new york state s attorney general files a civil lawsuit against donald trump and three of his children forfraud. and we have a special report from central china the father of the british teenager who took around live up teenager who took around live up to viewing harmful content on line tells an inquest how shocked he was after she died to discover the hideous material she had been looking it. and we have a special report from central china as the government continues with its zero covid strategy. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin in russia where a human rights group says 1,300 people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin s announced partial mobilisation of military reservists. up to 300,000 russians could be called up to fight in ukraine, the first mobilisation of civilians since world war ii. russia has bee
welcome to hardtalk i am stephen sackur. like a gambler desperate to reverse a losing streak, vladimir putin is raising the stakes as he loses ground in ukraine. he has ordered a partial mobilisation for this war that he claims is not a war and is bringing up his threats to go nuclear if necessary. what does this mean for ukraine and the support it relies on in the west? my guest is ivanna klympush tsintsadze, chair of the ukrainian parliament eu integration committee. can putin s threats undermine support for kyiv? ivanna klympush tsintsadze mtf, welcome to hardtalk. ivanna klympush-tsintsadze mtf, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for invitin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a for inviting me. it s a pleasure for inviting me. it s a pleasure to - for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have - for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have
but i feel that the large venue is just it s a very exciting night, and when you don t have that, it takes a lot of it takes a lot of energy out. that s donald trump pushing for a crowd at the presidential debates, which is not currently part of the terms he agreed to yesterday. we ll go through all the debate drama in just a moment. also ahead we ll bring in expert legal analysis on the former president s criminal trial in new york as his former fixer, michael cohen, is expected to return to the stand later this morning. plus, the latest out of china on russian president vladimir putin s state visit to beijing, which comes amid his arm s escalating offensive in north eastern ukraine. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin today with some major, major news on the 2024 campaign. after uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates would ever debate each o