too close to call in turkey s crucial presidential election. it looks like there ll have to be a run off in two weeks time. concerns that people are being wrongly diagnosed with adhd after online assessments by private clinics. so this is the final round table and treachery rewarded. bafta glory for the hit reality show the traitors and its host claudia winkleman. and coming up on bbc news. it s agony for arsenal. their title chances slip further away following defeat to brighton as manchester city close in. good afternoon. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is in the uk for a surprise meeting with the prime minister rishi sunak. it follows visits to paris, berlin and rome where mr zelensky has been trying to secure more military support for his country ahead of its long awaited spring counter offensive against russian forces. downing street announced today the uk will send ukraine hundreds of air defence missiles and attack drones russia says it takes an extremely
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning in singapore and 11pm in london, where liz truss, who has been elected leader of the conservative party, is preparing to become britain s next prime minister. borisjohnson is due to announce his resignation to the queen later on tuesday, and the monarch will then invite ms truss to form a government. our first report is from our political editor, chris mason. liz truss arrived as foreign secretary and would leave as tomorrow s prime minister. the final act of the contest to replace borisjohnson the outcome. inside, an expectant crowd after a long campaign awaits the candidates. rishi sunak and liz truss. and then, the result. i give notice that liz truss is elected as the leader. of the conservative and unionist party the words to follow her winning, in the hands of her husband, a clear victory but not a lan
an amber weather warning. drivers at eight rail companies have voted to strike in a dispute over pay, but scotrail drivers accept an improved pay offer of 5%. the president of sri lanka says he will resign after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. and still to come, we ll be looking at england and northern ireland s chances ahead of both their euro fixtures tonight. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson says in his final few weeks as prime minister, he s determined to deliver what he promised when elected in 2019. in his first public appearance since resigning as conservative leader, he also said he wouldn t want to damage any of his colleagues s chances of getting his job by offering them his support. colleagues chances of getting his job by offering them his support. conservative mps will meet later to draw up the timetable and rules to replace him as the next party leader and prime minister. ro
antonio guterres has invoked a clause not used in response, the israeli representative to the un, gilad erdan, accused the secretary general of bias against israel and called for his resignation. he said the call for a ceasefire plays into the hands of hamas and gives them hope that the war will be stopped and they will be able to survive. meanwhile, israel s security cabinet has agreed to allow a minimal supplement of fuel into gaza, quote, to prevent a humanitarian collapse and the outbreak of epidemics in the south of the territory. the fighting there has intensified particuarly around the city of khan younis. our international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the growing humanitarian crisis and you may find some of the images in his report distressing. more palestinian civilians fled south towards the egyptian border after israel declared a brief pause in combat operations. almost two million gazans have fled their homes. israel says it is killing fewer civilian
orders in southern gaza but there is nowhere to go . israel has carried out more heavy aerial bombardment across gaza in its fight against hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. and the fighting on the ground has intensified in the south particuarly around the city of khan younis. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the growing humanitarian crisis and you may find some of the images in his report distressing. more palestinian civilians fled south towards the egyptian border after israel declared a brief pause in combat operations. almost two million gazans have fled their homes. israel says it is killing fewer civilians, as the us has requested. the un says nowhere in this tiny territory is safe. this person offers people lifts. he says he has seen casualties in the street with legs or heads blown off, and no one can reach them. the stream of misery entering the hospital in khan younis does not stop, and neither is growing condemnation fro