more compelling. twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. # well, i was born a coalminer s daughter. #. and musicians and fans pay tribute to the american country music star loretta lynn, who s died at the age of 90. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with ukraine where the country s forces have retaken more territory from the russians in the south. the focus is near the city of kherson in one of the regions unlawfully annexed by russia last week. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenzky says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances against russian forces and dozens of settlements had been recaptured from the russian military in the south and east. over the weekend, ukraine retook the strategic eastern town of lyman, which the russians had been using as a logistics base. but both sides paid a heavy price for the fighting there. 0ur senior international correspondent,
an audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. and a look at what s happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. welcome to the programme. we start with the controversy in washington. the white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of president biden s home in delaware. it s thought the documents are linked to barack obama s time in the white house whenjoe biden was vice president. and in the last half hour, us attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of special counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. this appointment underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. here s what the us president told reporters a little earlier. as i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvett
beautiful colours. very moving. it s the colours, i think, that s incredible. the orb, the sceptre, the crown. yeah, stunning. very solemn and serene and perfect. and in ukraine, president zelensky visits a newly liberated city, after thousands of square miles are retaken from russian forces. we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. (take live os westminster hall). this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of thos
after it was shelled this week. they say moscow s actions are increasing the risk of a terrible accident. # we re locking in the air. # we re walking in the air. and the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the children s book the snowman, has died at the age of 88. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where donald trump has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family s business practices. mr trump described the inquiry by the new york attorney general, letitia james, as a witch hunt. ms james is looking into whether the trump organization tried to acquire loans and avoid taxes by misleading the authorities. the former president s deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedented search at his florida home as part of a separate investigation. shortly after his visit to the ne
continues across the continent. music. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. we start with the war in ukraine. the leaders of ukraine, turkey and the un have been holding talks in the ukrainian city of lviv. one the agenda the situation at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country. it s here in the city of zaporizhia. and it s occupied by russian forces. kyiv has called for the plant to be demilitarised this is the ukrainian president. the nuclear security is a clear priority for everyone in the world, so russians should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of the nuclear power plant, as well as stop any provocations and showings. it is unacceptable that russia is intentionally bringing us on the verge of a catastrophe in a global scale. the nuclear black man on the part of russia is a decisive argument