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The us has condemned the latestjail sentence given to kremlin critic alexei navalny as part of the crackdown on dissent, to hide the war in ukraine. china is facing its worst set of covid—19 outbreaks since the original lockdown in wuhan more than two years ago. the city of shenyang, an industrial city of 9 million people, was placed under lockdown on monday night. more than 4,000 coronavirus cases have been reported, as the nations "zero covid" strategy is confronted by an 0micron wave. for m...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. im mariko oi. the headlines: as the un calls for an end to hostilities, we report on the battle for a key town in the south of ukraine where russian forces are being pushed back. this war is only a few weeks old, and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. fleeing the besieged city of mariupol — survivors tell of children literally starving to death. a prominent kremlin critic gets anotherjail se...

Her outhouse took a direct hit. she says the russians took two ukrainian soldiers prisoner in there, and she feared they were going to kill them, but then the battle got out of hand. thats the blood of russian soldiers who were sheltering in her house. while she hid in a cellar, her cottage became a russian field hospital. translation: they left at night in such a hurry. | they left almost everything behind. theyjust took their dead and wounded. it may be russias heaviest defeat so far, their tr...

That we are not even allowed to call the war, because here it is called a special operation. and people that come onto the streets with a banner saying "no war" are detained. russian mp maria butina thinks that in times of trouble, russians should support the motherland. as for alexei navalny? he cheated on the government, he cheated on certain businesses. it is widely seen as politically motivated. it is not politically motivated. absolutely not. so there are no political prisoners in russia? t...

Been crushed, kremlin critics have been silenced. this feels like a very different russia. and that feeling is all the stronger after president putins decision to send his troops into ukraine. the kremlin calls what its doing in ukraine a special military operation. it demands that everyone do the same. the freedom of speech is non—existent. this is the horrible war that we are not even allowed to call the war because here it is called a special operation. and people that come onto the streets...

Managed to flee. after170 miles, mined roads and 15 russian army checkpoints — freedom. their ordeal is by no means over, but for these families who have escaped from mariupol in a motley convoy of bomb—damaged vehicles, the last month has been as close to hell as any human should ever get. it was bombing every ten, five minutes and we havent any central heating, gas, electricity, food or water, nothing. before leaving, katya grabbed her obstinate dog jesse, but this isnt the first time shes...

In many parts of the country. but our first report comes from the southern town of voznesensk, where troops and a small population ofjust 35,000 people have seen off an attack by the russian army. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been there. in war, a single bridge can sometimes make all the difference. a bridge and a town determined to keep it from the enemy. and thats what happened here in voznesensk, a quiet farming community that stood its ground. security cameras captured the moment rus...

It is not. so, there are no political prisoners in russia? there are no political prisoners in russia. not a single one? not a single one, absolutely. and that is precisely the picture the kremlin paints for the russian people, hoping they will believe that there is no repression here, no war, no problem. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. youre watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: william and kate are welcomed to jamaica, but they may face some protests about the monarch...

But our first report comes from the southern town of voznesensk, where troops and a small population ofjust 35,000 people have seen off an attack by the russian army. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has been there. in war, a single bridge can sometimes make all the difference. a bridge and a town determined to keep it from the enemy. and thats what happened here in voznesensk, a quiet farming community that stood its ground. security cameras captured the moment russian tanks roared into town, d...

When a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. "after that, we lived in the shelter cooking "with wood and just trying to survive," says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well that their ...