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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...

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...

Which didnt address concerns about how the country uses the death penalty. it said, we understand there are other countries that have different judicial system and different views about appropriate penalties. as we respect their right to determine their own laws and customs, we hope others will respect our sovereign right to follow our own judicial and legislative choices. these men on death row were all tortured into making confessions, according to human rights groups. one, a child at the time...

Who can dissent. the legal charity reprieve has been cataloguing a rising trend of executions. saudi arabia has a regime of secrecy around the death penalty. so you have people who are arrested, tried, sentenced to death, and then executed in secret. the saudi embassy in london gave us a statement, which didnt address concerns about how the country uses the death penalty. it said: these men on death row were all tortured into making confessions, according to human rights groups. one, a child at ...

Strategic decision. >> its a move in the right direction. its an impressive statement this early. we havent given them anything yet it may appear to be making confessions. this has happened twice before with north korea under kims father, kim jong il, where he promised the george w. bush administration that they give up a nuclear arsenal never to deliver goods. its a good time to wish and take them at face value. eric: 1994 the clinton administration made the oil and gas deal in north korea tota...

Is the objective of getting our unjustly held people out could remain front and center, but not in a way to simply encourage in this case, north korea or others, to take more americans hostage. that just increases the agony for everybody. i think the real bottom line here is what this tells us about the character of the north korean regime, and when it gets down to it, character dictates how they act in a whole range of areas from this barbaric activity to the nuclear weapons program. the north ...