account is among those to lose verified status. the publishers there is a will not pay for the privilege. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to
ukrainian officials have said a deadly explosion at a cafe in st petersburg shows that domestic terrorism is breaking out in russia. there s no indication of who was behind the blast on sunday that killed vladlen tatarsky, a well known blogger who backed the russian invasion of ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave us this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladlen tatarsky and to listen to his account on the ongoing russia ukraine war. the blast went offjust after vladlen tatarsky received a gift from one the visitors. he was given a statue, a small statue of himself covered with gold paint. he put it on the table and right after that, minutes after, the blast went off. there are reports that the statue had be
says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week against judicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase our detention. we have several thousand places that we use and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. hello and welcome to bbc news. pope francis is presiding over palm sunday mass at the vatican shortly just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. these are live pictures coming to us now, of st peter s square where the pope is taking part in this week
at least 21 people are known to have died. these are two of three british men the uk foreign office says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase how detention stay. we have several thousand places already and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week againstjudicial reforms, despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. after becoming one of the first cities in the world to authorise e scooter rentals, paris holds a referendum on whether to ban them. pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing
pope francis has presided over palm sunday mass at the vatican just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. thousands of people gathered in st peter s square waving palm and olive branches as pope francis was driven into the huge esplanade, sitting in the back of a white, open topped vehicle. he then celebrated mass his initial blessing was made standing up, but he spent the rest of the service sitting down. in his homily, he called on people not to ignore those experiencing great suffering and solitude. the service ended with a procession in st peter s square. and the pontiff left waving to crowds of worshippers from his popemobile. our correspondentjenny hill sent us this update. the palm sunday mass hasjust the palm sunday mass has just ended and the atmosphere in this square is one of