in a school and met olena zelensky and met 0lena zelenska the wife of the ukrainian president. the actor dennis waterman, the star of minder, the sweeney and new tricks has died at the age of 7a. also this afternoon.. stars are gathering on the red carpet for the bafta television awards in london. the channel 4 drama it s a sin leads the nominations. and actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor who. he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. it feels really amazing. it s a true honour, this role is an institution. it s so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself. hello. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he ll be at stormont tomorrow to meet party leaders, to urge them to get a power sharing government back up and running. results from the northern ireland assembly elections made sinn fein the largest party the first time that has been the case for a nationalist party. but the second largest party, the democratic
in a school and met 0lena zelensky the wife of the ukrainian president. labour hits back at fresh claims over keir starmer s lockdown meal with colleagues saying he didn t break covid rules. actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new doctor in doctor who . he ll take over from jodie whittaker next year. it feels truly amazing, the role is an institution and it means so much to people including myself. and coming up, we ll take you through all the winners from tonight s bafta awards ceremony. hello. the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis says he ll be at stormont tomorrow to meet party leaders to urge them to get a power sharing government back up and running. results from the northern ireland assembly elections made sinn fein the largest party the first time that has been the case for a nationalist party. but the second largest party the democratic unionists say they are not prepared to go into government with sinn fein unless new post brexit trading ru
actor shooti gatwa has been announced as the new lead in doctor who in one of british tv s longest running dramas. it feels really amazing. it s a true honour. this role is an institution and it s so iconic and it means a lot to so many people, including myself. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning here in singapore, and also in the philippines, where the polls have just opened in the most divisive presidential election for many years. there are several candidates hoping to replace the current leader, hardliner rodrigo duterte, but just two clear frontrunners. leading in the polls is ferdinand bongbong marcosjunior. the main challenger to him is leni robredo. polls in the philippines arejust opening, and karishma vaswani is at a polling station in manila. karishma, over to you. big day for the philippines. and i m cominu big day for the philippines. and i m comin: to big day for the philippines. and i m coming to you b
hello, this is bbc news, i m lukwesa burak. we start in belfast on a historic day, as a devolved government has been restored in northern ireland, with its first irish nationalist leader. michelle o neill has been elected first minister of the devolved government. her party, sinn fein, hopes to one day unite northern ireland with the republic of ireland. sinn fein became the biggest party during elections two years ago. it is also two years to the day that the assembly at stormont last met after the main unionist party, the democratic unionists, walked out of the power sharing agreement over post brexit trading rules. our political editor, chris mason, reports from belfast. good morning, stormont! stormont sits back up and running today, we ve been running the past two years. limbering up and under way park runners here first thing pounding around the stormont estate. and the politicians are back, too. whoo! and it s notjust you guys rattling around here now. no, there s go
this is the third round of strikes led by the us and uk, and involved support from australia, bahrain, denmark, canada, the netherlands and new zealand. in addition to these latest joint strikes, us central command says it also launched what it calls defensive strikes against six anti ship cruise missiles in houthi held areas in yemen. in a statement, the us defence secretary lloyd austin says the action sends a clear message to the houthis that they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not end their illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we have also heard from the uk defence secretary grant shapps. in a statement he says: the raids follow us strikes in iraq and syria on friday. 85 sites were hit in retaliation for the killing injordan of three american soldiers by iranian backed militants. these pictures, verified by the bbc, show the aftermath of friday s strikes in iraq. iraqi officials say that 16 people were killed and 25 injure