island is that to have its youngest prime minister. and jasmin paris, the first woman to complete one of the world s most gruelling races, speaks to the bbc. wiped from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. we start with events in russia following the deadly attack on a concert hall in moscow which killed 137 people. the four suspected gunmen in the moscow concert hall attack have appeared in court accused of committing terrorism. they ve been ordered into custody pending a trial set to take place in may. the authorities said one of them a citizen of tajikistan has pleaded guilty. a nationwide day of mourning was observed on sunday with president putin lighting a candle in a church at his residence outside moscow in memory of the victims. the islamic state group said it was responsible and has posted graphic videos online of the attack. russian officials, without evidence, have tried to implicate ukraine, which kyiv has rejected outright. our russia ed
hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the head of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous . he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. well, it s simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, an
and he will soon approve the evacuation of civilians but added that it would take time for the incursion to begin. it does not spell much hope really for the continuing ceasefire talks that are ongoing in the qatari capital of doha, and a senior hamas official said that israel s response to the latest proposals there seemed negative and constituted a step backwards. all of this is likely to take centre stage of talks with the us secretary of state antony blinken, when he comes to israel on friday, at the end of a middle east tour that has taken him to saudi arabia and, on thursday, to egypt. the israel leg of the troop was previously unscheduled and comes as this increasingly acrimonious relationship between the us biden administration and the netanyahu government here in israel. antony blinken s aim will be to try to restrain an israeli leader who seems increasingly intent on pushing on with this fight, both in the war and for his political survival. meanwhile, aid groups sa
hello, and welcome to unspun world here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. in this edition is now the moment when the russians turn the tide in ukraine. it is russia making its size and resources count. it s russia that can throw more men at its fight. haiti, arguably the world s most ungovernable country, erupts yet again. the security forces in haiti are clearly in a situation of disadvantage against these gangs, who now control big sections of the capital, port au prince. and will the oceans one day be navigated by ships without a single human being on board? future vision of lots of companies looking into this to have, say, a captain sitting there on land in charge of multiple ships sailing the oceans around the world. things aren t looking at all rosy for ukraine at the moment. the days when russia s armed forces were slow, clumsy and predictable have gone. they ve upped their game. and the huge advantage russia has in manpower and industrial might has starte
dr. didn t kneecap putin s war machine he just moments ago, the white house released a huge list of new sanctions against russia the largest crackdown since russia invaded ukraine. we are pouring through the details and hostage deal on the line as it israeli negotiating team makes his way to paris at this hour, the talks coming as israeli prime minister benjamin next yahoo is once again saying what his vision is for a post-war gaza, a nursing student is found dead. police suspect foul play classes are now canceled. i m kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central from president biden for the first time since imposing the largest single-day round of sanctions. there s on russia since the start of the war in ukraine. he speaks this morning as seconds ago. the white house released new details of more than 500 new sanctions they hit individuals. the white house says are directly connected to the imprisonment and death of russian opposition leader