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hello. i'm vishala sri—pathma. japanese media say the prime minister, fumio kishida, has been evacuated after an explosion was heard while he was giving a speech. tv footage appeared to show officers clearing the area and removing a man from the scene. one report said a pipe—like object had been thrown near mr kishida. details are still coming in about the incident in the city of wakayama. there was no immediate official confirmation of the blast, with local police declining to comment. japanese officials say mr kishida, who is 65, is safe and unharmed. he has beenjapanese leader...

and teachers�* unions today to avoid wednesday's planned strike in england and wales. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the former british prime minster, borisjohnson, has revealed to the bbc that he felt personally threatened by vladimir putin in the run—up to the invasion of ukraine last year. mrjohnson said that during a telephone conversation — and after a visit to kyiv — the russian president said it would only take a minute to hurt him with a missile. the ...

iranian state television says that the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has pardoned a large number of prisoners linked to protests. the state broadcaster says that ayatollah khamenei was responding to a proposal by the head of the judiciary. iranian media outlets say that the letter from the judiciary chief said that a number of people, especially the young, had committed wrongful actions and crimes because of incitement and propaganda by the enemy. our middle east analyst sebastian usher gave us this update. this is a pardon that comes on the eve of the anniversary of the 1979...

been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put disinformation into the information ecosystem? let's start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xijinping and everyone else within the chinese state. i am joined by howard zhang, editor of bbc news chinese. but first, yuan yang, how would you outline china's media strategy and its ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there ...

serving. in the european union has told the staff to delete their social media app tiktok from their phones to protect data and increase cybersecurity. it's 7:00am in the morning in singapore, and 1:00am in kyiv, where it's now exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of the country. estimates suggest tens of thousands of people have lost their lives but still, both sides remain defiant. on the eve of the anniversary, the united nations adopted a resolution condemning russia's actions and calling for peace as soon as possible. this is how the ukrainian foreign mini...