facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. also coming up in this hour of newsday. ambulance staff and nurses in england and wales will strike on the same day next month in the health service s biggest walk out of the current dispute. and another day gets underway at the australian open, but defending champion rafael nadal heads home after his dramatic second round exit. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in ukraine where the government says it s suffered its biggest loss of the war, when the three principalfigures in the interior ministry were killed after their helicopter crashed in kyiv. interior minister denys monastyrskiy died with his deputy and the department s state secretary, along with the crew, when the aircraft came down in bad weather in brovary, a suburb of the capital. the crash set fire to a children s nursery. at least 1a people died, including one child. our ukraine c
hour of newsday after her acquittal on tax evasion charges, philippine journalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa tells me about what she calls the weaponisation of the law against her. and you know, it went down to these three things facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. and another day gets under way at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home, after his dramatic second round exit. welcome to newsday. we begin with breaking news. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern has announced she s to leave her post, saying she no longer had enough in the tank to do thejob. she said that a general election will be held in october, and confirmed she will also stand down as an mp at that moment, although she will finish as prime minister no later than february 7th. she said. i am not leaving because i believe we cannot win the next election, but because i believe we can and will , she told a labour caucus meeting in napier. her
and the russian co founder of crypto exchange bitzlato is arrested in miami, accused of processing $700 million of illicit payments. prime ministerjacinda ardern of new zealand says she is standing down and will leave office in february. her resignation comes ahead of a general election, which is due to be held in october. here s how she broke the news. this summer, i had hoped to find a way to prepare for not just another year but another term, because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. and so today, i m announcing that i will not be seeking re election. and that my term as prime minister will conclude no later than 7th february. i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do itjustice it s that simple. after she made her announcement, together with her fiance clarke gayford, she was greeted by her party colleagues. cheering and applause. as you can hear, she was met with warm applause and congratulations
with thousands of protesters, demanding fresh elections, descending on the capital. a study finds greenland s ice sheet is the warmest it s been for over a thousand years. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. we start with breaking news from new zealand where prime ministerjacinda ardern says she is standing down, and will leave office in february. she has led her country for five years. her resignation comes ahead of a general election, which is due to be held in october. here s how she broke the news. macro, this summer, i had hoped to find a way to prepare for not just another year but another term, not just another year but anotherterm, because not just another year but another term, because that is what this year requires. i have not what this ear reauires. i have what this year requires. i have not been able what this year requires. i have not been able to what this year requires. i have not been able to do what this year requires. i have no
senior ukrainian government minister has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv that has killed at least 1a people. we ll be live in somerset where a major incident has been declared because of the risk of severe flooding good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon. mr good afternoon, here, too. good afternoon, mr davies! and the 100 year old war veteran whose latest mission is to help children in cheshire learn to read. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the world of snooker reacts as ten chinese players are charged in connection with alleged match fixing allegations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the biggest day of strikes in the nhs so far is now set for monday 6th february, after ambulance workers announced today that they would walk out on the same day as nurses in england and wales. tens of thosuands of nurses in england are already on strike again today in their dispute over pay affecting a quarter of