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up their support for his country. there is no alternative to speed because it is the speed that the life depends on. delay has always been and still is a mistake. and a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison for spying for russia. hello and welcome. we begin in memphis, tennessee — where five former police officers have pleaded not guilty to second—degree murder — and other charges — in the case of tyre nichols. mr nichols — a you...

sanctions over the war in ukraine are hurting russias economy. the senior correspondent mike tobin is live in kyiv with more. mike? >> trace, another update coming from russian news agencies. gershkovich has a hearing on the books now scheduled a week from tuesday. so far no u.s. representative has been able to get in the yale to see gershkovich. the "wall street journal" said private lawyers got to see him. the u.s. ambassador in moscow had a meeting with the deputy minister. not much...

good evening, welcome to bbc news. in memphis, tennessee, five former police officers have pleaded not guilty to second—degree murder and other charges in the case of tyre nichols. mr nichols, a young black man, died after a police beating in memphis, tennessee last month. videos showed the officers repeatedly kicking and punching nichols in a traffic stop close to his home. the five officers, all out on bail, entered their not—guilty pleas during an arraignment hearing in shelby c...

bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. and in the capital: how londons firefighters saved 11 lives in turkey. and the doctor whose surgery has never been busier — he tells us about the pressures hes facing. good evening. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting which involved fake russian agents — who in fact worked for the british security services. t...

other drugs. though fentanyl abuse and deaths are a nationwide problem, some states are especially hard hit. the darkest colors on the map represent the greatest number of deaths per 100,000 with graham zero being appalachia, west virginia in particular. i will talk to a medical professional from there as well. throughout the hour we will talking about how we will address this publicly -- behind you see there from the substance abuse and mental care services administration. 162 health,...

maximum. the opening goal arrived. free chick and that header. united in the lead and soon, in total control. and the finish was via deflection, fingertips not quite enough. and if were newcastle his best efforts as united held firm. eric gets his first trophy is the boss at old trafford. in the army with the long wait goes on. massive performance- _ with the long wait goes on. massive performance. he _ with the long wait goes on. massive performance. he can _ with the long wait goes o...

of the reasons behind this... empty shelves, and limits on what we can buy in the shops. the environment secretary ended up suggesting we save our home—grown veg instead. it is important to make sure that we cherish the specialisms that we have in this country. a lot of people would be eating turnips right now. tempted by turnips? the bigger question for us this morning — can rishi sunak tempt his party and the northern irish unionists to back his likely deal? dominic raab, the pri...

with an independent study into the british monarchy�*s links to the slave trade. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. its newsday. its six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the white house is releasing —— seven in the morning and 7pm. a report which says little more could have been done to prevent the taliban takeover of afghanistan. the review, commissioned by president biden, does admit the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. ...

hello, welcome to the programme. we have got another action packed programme for you tonight. coming up, the white house says they have still had no consular access to anerican journalist evan gershkovich, who is being held by the russians on spying charges. we will speak tonight from the former soviet dissident natan sharansky, who was held in the same moscow prison in the 1970s. we will also hearfrom mark urban on his continiung investigation into russias 331 parachute regiment, and ...

world. im laila harrak. u.s. president joe biden says ukraine doesnt need jets right now. what ukraine says it must have to pushback moscows forces as the war grinds into its second year. and in east palestine, ohio, officials are going door to door to check on the health of residents after the toxic train wreck. well discuss the risks they could be facing. and a rare winter storm is bringing historic snow, dangerous flooding, and blizzard conditions to california. the latest wea...