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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...

lets start in china, where the latest figures just released show the worlds second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid—19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three—year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans—pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expecte...

but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. lets start with those two different ways of looking at whats happening to the worlds poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? ...

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...

the english city of liverpool. last years winner, ukraine, was scheduled to host the event but the uk took it up on their behalf because of the ongoing war. the competition begins in may. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. heres the good news. the proportion of the worlds population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. heres the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the worlds people relies on humanitarian assist...

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cameron in dublin in what will be taylors first professional fight in ireland. she was meant to fight amanda serrano in a world title rematch, but the puerto rican pulled out because of injury in late february. thats all from sportsday. you can get all the latest sport news, ireland looking good for the grand slam, check bbc news. callum norrie is losing, one set down. we will see your —— see you —— see you soon. heres something thats hard to get your head around. more and more...

the on—loan manchester united man scoring with a clever free kick. they are 10 points clear of the bottom three now while west brom missed the chance to go fifth. in scotland its fifth round weekend in the scottish cup and hearts are into the quarter finals with a 2—0 win at championship strugglers hamilton. stephen humphrys capping off a nice team move here to make it 1—0 before cammy devlin wrapped up the win in the second half. holders rangers play partick thistle on sunday. e...

and there was infanticide at scale to the western mind. therw the whole thing was repugnant and alien. but maybe the most un-american thing about the chinese, one child policy was a policya h itself. the idea that government could ment cf into the moste deta intimate details ofilof your private life struck most americans at a gut levell as incomprehensible. >> the whole point of america was to avoid plans like that. the whole point of america is personal freedom. thats where the countr...

months of this year. these are the first set of quarterly gdp figures since the end of the countrys strict covid poilcy in december. this boosted retail sales, which were up over 10% on this time last year. also a huge expansion in travel, with some 45 million air passengers taking trips last month. all of this has helped spark positivity from investors, with groups like citi upgrading their china growth forecast to 6.1% — thats well over chinas own targets. joining me now is rory gr...