Burmese Border News Today

stands in for ukraine. live from our studios in singapore this is bbc news. its news day. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. 0ur west coast corresp...

official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome to the programme. the hollywood star alec baldwin has been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. the actor had been rehearsing a scene for the western film rust when the shooting happened at a ranch near sante fe, new mexico in october 2021. sophie long reports from los ange...

and welcome to liverpool, eurovision arrives for its official launch as the city that brought us the beatles stands in for ukraine. hello and welcome. hundreds of thousands of workers here in the uk are going on strike for what will be the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. more than 100,000 teachers in england, wales and parts of scotland are taking part in a dispute over pay. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted. university lecturers, train driv...

Expect more protests in the weeks to come. as the paris march was drawing to a close there were a few brief clashes between some militant protesters and the police. the tear gas soon cleared but the widespread national anger against these reforms is going nowhere. two years ago — myanmar military leaders overthrew the government led by aung san suu kyi. the fall out from the coup continues to this day. its estimated that around 70 thousand people have left the country with over one million peo...

Hutchens and distort the courage ofjustice and they will fight the charges and they will fight the charges and they will win. and theres similar response from the lawyers for hannah gutierrez—reed, the armourer responsible for the firearms on the set. we have been told that neither alec baldwin or hannah gutierrez—reed will be arrested. but if it goes to trial there will be a preliminary hearing. sophie long, bbc news. two years ago, myanmar military leaders overthrew the government led by a...

To the country, many people think that is a hand that they realise they wont be able to hold this election this year. as much as this election has been condemned in advance, without it the country is condemned to yet more brutal and debilitating stalemate. for now thank you jonathan head on the thai burmese border. and of course there are so much more detail and analysis on our website of that two year anniversary. us vice president kamala harris, reverend al sharpton and members of george floyd...

Cardinal george pell�*s coffin has arrived at st marys cathedral in sydney ahead of his private funeral service on thursday. the 81—year—old, who died on the 10th january, was once considered the third most influential man in the vatican, but his final years were marked by allegations of sexual abuse. its two years since myanmar military leaders overthrew the government led by aung san suu kyi. the fall—out from the coup continues to this day. its estimated that around 70,000 people have...

To ease tensions in ukraine, but it follows a bitter exchange of accusations during a public session of the un security council. here on the thai—burmese border is where the myanmar military —— its a year since the military seized power in myanmar. now, the country is in the grip of a virtual civil war with no end in sight. also, making the beautiful game more inclusive: mexico tries to combat homophobic chanting at football matches. hello. thanks very much for joining us. the british prim...

Its a tough new world for these city boys turned jungle warriors. george was injured in battle late last year and hasnt yet seen his youngest daughter. what do you think about the soldiers, about the soldiers, they are burmese people like you? of course they do have their own families too, like me, i have a newborn baby, but soldiers are soldiers. and you are prepared to kill them? if necessary, not willingly, if necessary. to fight, flee or surrender, that is the stark choice now confronting so...