for $1 billion to help turkey recover from last week s catastrophic earthquakes. the british prime minister travels to northern ireland amid speculation about a post brexit, trade deal. there is this possibility of a deal being agreed early next week. the prime minister is here and is going to want to try to smooth the way with the political parties. the family of hollywood actor bruce willis say he s suffering from a type of dementia. he announced his retirement last year. and an array of celebrities attend a memorial service for dame vivienne westwood in london. the era defining fashion designer died aged 81 in december. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion. ahead of that, ukraine s president zelensky has been speaking to our world affairs editorjohn simpson, reflecting on what s happened and what may happen ahead. president zelensky said his troops
he s now suffering from a type of dementia. and stars gather for a fashionable farewell. a memorial s held in london for dame vivienne westwood who died in december aged 81. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two leaders on opposing sides of the war in ukraine have spoken to the bbc in the run up to the one year anniversary of russia s invasion. ukraine s president zelensky tells us he won t concede territory to russia in any future peace deal to end the war. he insists doing so would leave ukraine weaker as a state and give vladimir putin cause to want to keep coming back. meanwhile, one of the russian leader s staunchest allies, alexander lukashenko of belarus, has told the bbc he d be willing to allow russia to launch a fresh ground assault from his country. we ll hear from steve rosenberg in the belarusian capital minnsk in a moment. but first here s our world affairs editor john simpson in kyiv. a year on, president zelensky may be stressed an
over pay and conditions. the 82 year old who reaches new heights. nick gardner scales the final peak to complete his mission to climb all of scotland s 282 munro mountains. new york police say the man suspected of attacking the author sir salman rushdie is to be charged with attempted murder and assault. hadi matar has been remanded in custody without bail. sir salman remains on a ventilator in a pennsylvania hospital with severe stab wounds after yesterday s assault at a literary event. the 75 year old has been the subject of death threats from islamists since the release of his book, the satanic verses , in 1988. nomia iqbal sent this report. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. sir salman was rushed to hospital and taken by helicopter
Security defence, and went into towns across southern israel. Israel described it as the darkest day in its history. The largest loss of israeli lives in a single day. It says 1200 israelis were killed, and more than 250 when taken hostage, seized at gunpoint and taken across the boundary into gaza. Gaza lies on the boundary into gaza. Gaza lies on the horizon, and for many weeks after the october 7th attacks, from here we could see the plumes of dark smoke rising, as israel intensified its retaliatory strikes, carrying out aerial bombardment is night and day. It then launched its ground operations. Six months on, israel is coming under mounting pressure, even from its own allies, about the weight is fighting this war. With a growing tally of deaths in gaza. 33,000, says the Hamas Run Health Ministry. Un Officials Say the gaza strip is on the brink of famine. Many questions are being asked. Where does the word go from here . In the last few hours, the Israeli Military says it has withd
parliament. we condemn scott benton for his comments which unjustifiably tarnish the reputation of all mps. some of the quotes which have come from that report into allegations made against the mp scott benton. to discuss this in a bit more detail, we can cross to our westminster newsroom and join our political correspondent harry farley. this is a developing story. what more does this report say? the a developing story. what more does this report say? this report say? the main headline is that it recommends this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 - this report say? the main headline is that it recommends a 35 day - is that it recommends a 35 day suspension and what that means for the next steps, crucially, is that rishi sunak could be facing another by election in a key seat in blackpool south. scott benton won that in 2019 the majority ofjust over 3,000. the report says that scott benton