in london in which 72 people died. music. and could the best be yet to come? after nine years together, the k pop supergroup bts announce they re taking a break to focus on their solo careers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and ”pm in the evening in the uk, where the first scheduled flight due to take migrants from britain to rwanda under a controversial agreement was stopped at the last minute. the flight was meant to be removing dozens of people, but a series of legal challenges progressively reduced that number to zero. the flight was due to take off from a military facility in the south of england. our correspondent duncan kennedy is there. thank you very much for coming up for us. there has been lots of surprises in store really, and what is the latest and what are you seeing at the moment? surprise hardly does seeing at the moment? surprise hardly does it seeing at t
cricket tournament for the next five seasons for a record $6.2 billion. star, owned by disney, has retained the domestic television rights of the popular twenty20 tournament for $3 billion, whereas viacom18 paid just over $3 billion for the global digital rights. the figures put the ipl among the highest ranked sport leagues, alongside the nfl in the us and the english premier league, in cost per match terms. the biggest band to emerge out of south korea s k pop scene, bts, have announced that they re taking an extended break to pursue solo projects. bts were the biggest selling global artists of 2021 and are said to have sold around 3a million albums during their nine year career. for more on this, i am joined now byjeff benjamin, a k pop columnist at billboard.