welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: as ukraine retakes more territory, we have an extended report on the areas being abandoned by russian forces and the high price being paid. russian army uniforms and birds, all of this cast aside by russian troops. what happened here wasn'tjust a defeat for president putin. it was a complete humiliation. hundreds of thousands of people in somalia are facing extreme hunger after the worst drought in a0 years.

300,000 people are living in famine conditions with another 2 million on the brink of famine. so it is hard to imaginea famine. so it is hard to imagine a situation more desperate, more urgent, more compelling. twitter confirms that the world's richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. # well i was born a coalminer�*s daughter... a? # well i was born a coalminer�*s daughter... 33. # well i was born a coalminer's daughter- - -_ daughter... #. physicians advance — daughter... #. physicians advance pay _ daughter... #. physicians advance pay tribute - daughter... #. physicians advance pay tribute to - daughter... #. physicians- advance pay tribute to country music staff loretta lynn who died at the age of 90. reaching for the sky. a man who spent 60 years building his spitfire by scratch can finally take off. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

welcome to the programme. the focus is on the city near kherson, in a region unlawfully annexed by russia last week. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says his troops making rapid advance against russian forces and in his nightly video address asserted in the past week alone dozens of settlements had been recaptured from the russian military in the south and the east. 0ver military in the south and the east. over the weekend ukraine retook the strategic eastern town which the russians had been using as a logistics base but both sides pay a heavy price for the fighting there. i'll sing a international correspondent 0rla guerin sent the report which includes distressing images.

driving into lyman — now liberated soil. ukraine is clawing back territory. it has the momentum. but among the ruins, victory can look bleak. further in, the wreckage of war. and among the pines, there is death. along the roadside, evidence of the human cost of russia's defeat. the bodies of fallen soldiers, still lying where they fell. ukrainian volunteers keep watch over the dead, trying to help identify the remains. unknown soldiers in vladimir putin's war. left behind when his forces retreated. once, they were someone's husband or someone's son. a few steps away, a soviet book for teenagers entitled adventure library. and something else russian

troops left behind. anti—tank mines — barely visible. the dead were zipped into body bags. their war finally over. well, there's evidence here notjust of fighting, but also of the desperate attempt russian troops made to get away. here on the road there is discarded bedding, backpacks, russian army uniforms and boots. all of this cast aside by russian troops. what happened here wasn'tjust a defeat for president putin. it was a complete humiliation. last friday, he announced to the world that he was annexing territory, including lyman. he said it would be forever russia's. well, looking around here, you get a very different picture. especially from the top of a captured russian tank. we are going to win. i feel very good, very great. but lyman may never be as it was before. these deserted streets were once home to 20,000 people.

pro—russian graffiti is daubed around town, including the cyrillic letters for the soviet union. lena and her ten—year—old son are out looking for water, and hoping their ordeal is over. "the hardest thing was surviving the bombing", she tells me. "the shells were exploding." "we prayed as we stayed down in the cellar." "we didn't eat regularly and we couldn't even make tea." deprived of school, her son has learned lessons of war. "well, war is very bad", he tells me, "because people are dying, so the population is being reduced." and how do you feel now? "my heart is more

at peace", he says. back at the edge of town, ukrainian forces head for new battles. they know they need to move fast. soon, freezing winter weather could slow their advance. 0rla guerin, bbc news, lyman. now to one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world. we have an extended report from somalia were hundreds of thousands of people, many trapped by conflict, are facing extreme hunger and death. after the worst drought in a0 years. 0ur reporter last reported in 2011 in which a quarter of a million people died. he sent this report from a city at the heart of the crisis.

baby cries in a crowded hospital the familiar and unbearable signs of famine. child cries 3—year—old ali has been brought in with swollen limbs, a sign of severe malnutrition. we like supplies. that must be incredibly frustrating. it is incredibly frustrating. it is terrifying _ incredibly frustrating. it is terrifying because - incredibly frustrating. it 3 terrifying because people are dying and we cannot support them. , , , ., , ., ., them. on the dusty plans around them. on the dusty plans around the city more _ them. on the dusty plans around the city more families _ them. on the dusty plans around the city more families arrive - the city more families arrive each hour and set up camp. bring a little with them stories of dead cattle, dead crops and the real rate of life changing climate will no longer

tolerate. officially, no famine has been declared yet here in somalia but today in now 300,000 people are living in famine conditions with another 2 million on the brink of famine. so it is hard to imaginea famine. so it is hard to imagine a situation more desperate, more urgent, more compelling. there is help arriving here in baidoa and plans are much more but it is too slow. plans are much more but it is too slow— too slow. we are behind. something _ too slow. we are behind. something catastrophic l too slow. we are behind. i something catastrophic will happen here. bi; something catastrophic will happen here. by catastrophic, famine spreading? _ happen here. by catastrophic, famine spreading? famine - famine spreading? famine spreading- _ famine spreading? famine spreading. the _ famine spreading? famine spreading. the drought - famine spreading? famine spreading. the drought is| famine spreading? famine i spreading. the drought is not the only challenge. somalia is at war, a long fight against an islamist insurgency limiting access to many vulnerable communities. fatima managed to escape the conflict with her ten—year—old son died of hunger

soon after reaching baidoa. he is buried here beside the family's makeshift camp. i cannot agree for my son. there is no time, she says. i need to find work and food to keep my other children alive. listening to her is 11—year—old son, the mention of his brother too much for him. one family among millions now wrestling with drought, war and our climate emergency. andrew harding, bbc news, baidoa, somalia. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the uk prime minister will use a major speech on wednesday to defend her approach since taking office. liz truss is expected to say that whenever there is change, "there is disru ption". she is facing mounting pressure from some within her party over a refusal to commit to increasing benefits in line with inflation.

protesters have blocked roads in burkina faso in an apparent effort to stop the arrival of a delegation of west african leaders. they're due to hold talks with the country's new military leader who seized power on friday. donald trump has asked the us supreme court the former president wants the court to reverse an appeal court decision which blocked the appointment of an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the documents. researchers in spain have found that the saliva of wax worms can break down some of the toughest types of plastic. scientists found that the enzymes in the worms' mouths can degrade polyethylene at room temperatures. the research shows that exposure to the saliva has the same impact on the plastic as years of outdoor weathering.

the billionaire elon musk has said he will go ahead with buying twitter after all. in the past few minutes, he tweeted: just months ago, mr musk tried to quit the deal, saying the social media platform was full of bots, or fake accounts. now, just weeks before both sides were due in court, he's agreed to pay the price he previously had offered. i'm joined now by our news reporter tom brada. thanks forjoining us on the programme. why did he change his mind? it’s programme. why did he change his mind? �* , programme. why did he change his mind? 3 , his mind? it's the badtempered business flowed _ his mind? it's the badtempered business flowed after _ his mind? it's the badtempered business flowed after the - his mind? it's the badtempered business flowed after the last l business flowed after the last six months, a will he or won't he, will be musk, the richest man in nxt, via twitter or waiting? the pantomime situation has taken the latest

twist, he has now agreed to by the company and has written a letter to twitter in which he agreed to by the company for $44 billion agreed to by the company for $41; billion which interestingly is the same amount he put in on his original offer in april. the context, he put the offer in in apriland the context, he put the offer in in april and ever since then he has been trying to wriggle his way out of that deal and the reason he is likely given is due to spots on the platform. twitter says they have around 5% of their monthly users to our bots, fake accounts, stem accounts. elon musk believes the real figure is much higher and it's important because the number of genuine users on the platform affects advertising sales and the overall value of the company. and mr musk is now going to buy the company for $44 billion regardless. it almost doesn't matter at this point if the deal goes through. for twitter users, do expect the experience to change? it is

the experience to change? it is interesting- — the experience to change? it is interesting. there _ the experience to change? it 3 interesting. there is of circulation about what mr musk wants to do. i want to read between you mentioned a few months ago —— moments, he wrote that buying twitter is: there is limited detail as to what that means. mr musk is quite provocative, quite playful online, often quite mysterious in his tweets. we know he's a very ambitious businessmen, in charge of spacex and tesla and what we understand as he may be considering an app which would merge things like social media messaging, even payments, somewhat like the chinese listing up we (chanting) and that's what he may have in the pipeline but we don't know the details. the other interesting thing that method uses is whether mr musk, who as we know is an advocate of free speech, the herrig consider some of the bands of prominent users of the 3pp, bands of prominent users of the app, so the name by everyone's lips will be former president donald trump, he was

permanently suspended from twitter last year in the wake of the capital riots and it'll be interesting now to see if mr musk, if he does go through with this deal, whether he reevaluates, when he wants those kinds of people on his platform and whether or not that kind of change happens but once again there are a lot of details we don't know sarah remains to be seen what plays out. remains to be seen what plays out, , ., , remains to be seen what plays out. , .,, ., out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying _ out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying for _ out. some people say the deal, he is overpaying for the - he is overpaying for the company, a lot of people have left, there is a bit of a toxic environment, created because it's gone in a very public way for months. people are not feeling particularly confident. have you heard anything in terms of whether it is worth the price he is paying? it terms of whether it is worth the price he is paying? it has been a really _ the price he is paying? it has been a really complicated - the price he is paying? it has been a really complicated a l the price he is paying? it has i been a really complicated a few months. you remember there was a really public spat between elon musk and twitter�*s ceo, so they are not in, they don't have a good relationship. one of the interesting things that's played out in the last few is that the share price of

twitter, the shares have really, to put it bluntly, they tanked. so twitter investors have really suffered and mr musk was due to be in court later this month in delaware to go later this month in delaware to 9° up later this month in delaware to go up against twitter. it is generally believed the reason that he at this point is because he believes that was probably a lost cause and inevitably he would lose. that's if he did lose that maybe it would be a worse outcome that he'd have to face penalties for causing some of the turbulence which led twitter investors, many twitter investors, to face such a challenging time. those twitter investors and twitter lawyers, if the deal eventually goes through, will be the people most particularly happy. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: fullfilling a childhood dream — we meet the man who spent 16 years building his own spitfire from scratch.

this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on, they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be, before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade _ was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck _ taking part in the parade and run towards the president, firing from — kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people

of california. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines: ukrainian authorities say fighting is continuing in a number of areas in the east as the country's forces retake more territory from the russians, in the south. twitter has confirmed the world's richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. the united states, japan and south korea have all conducted military drills in response to north korea's first test—launch of a ballistic missile overjapan in five years. south korean and us aircraft

fired at a mock target on an uninhabited island in the yellow sea, while the us and japan also jointly carried out drills over the sea of japan. the north korean missile was launched tuesday morning korean time. it travelled about 4,600km before falling into the pacific ocean. there have been no reports of damage or injuries. the range is believed to have been the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. yuki tatsumi is the director of the japan program at the stimson center and she explained why north korea resorted to such a missile test at this time. kim jong—un kimjong—un and kim jong—un and north korea kimjong—un and north korea as a country, they really would like the world to pay attention to what they do. and with everything else going on in russia and ukraine and between china and taiwan, they have kind of gone unnoticed by the

international community. the? international community. they would not _ international community. they would not like _ international community. they would not like to _ international community. they would not like to be _ international community. tie: would not like to be forgotten and that is usually when they resort to these kind of provocative actions and at this time, they chose the opportune time, they chose the opportune time to do so which seems to have coincided, i'm sure they timed it because vice president kamala harris is visiting south korea. ,,, ., ~ kamala harris is visiting south korea. .,~ ., ,, korea. speaking of the us, the us, korea. speaking of the us, the us, japan _ korea. speaking of the us, the us. japan and _ korea. speaking of the us, the us, japan and south _ korea. speaking of the us, the us, japan and south korea - korea. speaking of the us, the | us, japan and south korea have launched us military test fires, sending a message in terms of military exercises in response to this missile launch. what other measures do they have to prevent a nuclear attack? . ., ., ., . they have to prevent a nuclear attack? . ., ., , attack? nuclear attack? they reall , attack? nuclear attack? they really. once _ attack? nuclear attack? they really, once north _ attack? nuclear attack? they really, once north korea - really, once north korea decides to launch a nuclear missile, i'm sure one of those three country's radars will detect movement on the ground in one of their facilities and at that point, it would be the subject of whether they work

reactively, strike what they consider to be a source of the attack that they are about to launch, but three countries right now i desperately trying to deter north korea so they don't have to go there. australia has announced plans to hold its extinction crisis and save more than 100 species. it's the first time a federal government has announced an extinction plan for flora and fauna. the plan aims to protect an additional 50 million hectares of land and sea areas ijy hectares of land and sea areas by 2027. conservationists have welcomed aspects of the plan but i critical that australia has identified only 110 species but almost 2000 are listed as threatened under the national law. there is the australian environment minister tanya plibersek. environment minister tanya plibersek—

environment minister tanya plibersek. ., . , plibersek. the threaten species action plan _ plibersek. the threaten species action plan is — plibersek. the threaten species action plan is a _ plibersek. the threaten species action plan is a specific- plibersek. the threaten species action plan is a specific plan - action plan is a specific plan to stop further extensions in australia. we learn from the state of the environment report which i leased —— released a few months ago that the australian environment is bad and getting worse. we other mammal extinction capital of the world. we've seen around 100 species lost in the times since colonisation and we absolutely have to turn that around. if we keep doing what we are doing, we will keep getting the same results. that is tanya plibersek. tributes are pouring in for the multi—award—winning american country music icon, loretta lynn, who has died at the age of ninety. her family said she passed away peacefully at her ranch in tennessee. wendy urquhart looks back at her life and career. well i was born a coal miner �*s daughter... every gutwrenching

song loretta lynn ever wrote was based on something that happened in her own life or to someone she knew. the second of eight children, she was born in a i—room cabin in kentucky in 1932. the family were a 1—room cabin in kentucky in 1932. the family were dirt poor and her dad worked in the fields by day and the coal mines by nightjust to make ends meet. music was their saviour, with her mum on guitar, dad playing the banjo and loretta singing her heart out at every opportunity. when she was just 15 years old, she married oliver lynn and they stayed together when italy died nearly 50 years later despite his relentless drinking and womanising. don't come home a—drinkin' went to number one in 1956 and was followed by a raft of hit songs that were inspired by cheating husbands, divorce and alcoholism. coal miner's daughter, which told the story of her life was turned into an oscar—winning

film starring sissy spacek. loretta lynn told her stories from a woman's point of view and that went down a storm with her fans. and that went down a storm with herfans. she recorded 60 albums which included duets with the top country music stars. �* ., ., stars. but the man i love, when he icks stars. but the man i love, when he picks op _ stars. but the man i love, when he picks up trash, _ stars. but the man i love, when he picks up trash, he _ stars. but the man i love, when he picks up trash, he puts - stars. but the man i love, when he picks up trash, he puts it - he picks up trash, he puts it in a garbage can... the lyrics were legendary _ in a garbage can... the lyrics were legendary so _ in a garbage can... the lyrics were legendary so it's - in a garbage can... the lyrics were legendary so it's little l were legendary so it's little wonder she topped the charts 16 times and was nominated for 18 grannies, taking home three gongs. —— grammys. loretta lynn, was died at the age of 90. you may know the spitfire — the iconic fighter plane used during world war ii. but this one is different. it's not from decades past — in fact, its brand new. it was built from scratch by a man who desperately wanted one, but who couldn't afford an original. now it's finally taking to the skies, as duncan kennedy reports.

what do you do when a childhood ambition takes off in your dreams? steve markham always wanted to have his own spitfire. but instead of buying one, he built one. the spitfire to me is the best aircraft that has ever been built. i just love flying it. it's a copy of a world war ii spitfire photo reconnaissance aircraft. and it took steve more than 11,000 hours to make. has this been a labour of love? um, there were times when i did have some deep despair. it would be untrue to say not, but most of the time ijust loved doing it. steve was inspired as a boy by this film and fell in love with the

spitfire's graceful lines. he began the project in 2006 and, bit by bit, from airframe to avionics, he and his wife, kay, spent 11 years making it down the years. down the years, steve did try and buy a spitfire, but was often outbid. one already made would cost between £2 million and £4 million. the civil aviation authority has cleared steve's plane to fly. it may be a replica, but this is one man's tribute to an iconic original. duncan kennedy, bbc news in hampshire. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of our american —— reminder of our main news. ukrainian president says troops are making rapid and powerful advances against russian forces. , , ., forces. it his nightly video address. _ forces. it his nightly video address, he _ forces. it his nightly video address, he asserted - forces. it his nightly video address, he asserted in i forces. it his nightly video | address, he asserted in the last week alone, dozens of settlements have been

recaptured in the south and east. that is it for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. wednesday gets off to a windy start, a wet start in northern and western areas but an area of low pressure which is spinning up across the uk will quickly move on towards scandinavia, the trailing weather front from it taking rain southwards which will begin wednesday dry and following behind, sunshine and blustery showers. this is how things look at six o'clock in the morning. went across northern ireland and much in scotland, having arranged for wales in north—west england. look how mild, through wales and england in particular is the day begins. quite quickly ran out of northern ireland, out of much of scotland by end of morning, writer skies following behind with scattered showers, heavy and bunbury, moving quickly with gusty

winds. wales and north—west england dryer into the afternoon, sunny spells, chance of a shower, afternoon, spell a brain through east anglia and the south—east of what is a dry start of the day here, maybe a few sunny spells. windy day, some wind gusts, stronger through irish seacoast, particularly north wales in north—west england windy to begin the day and temperatures come down a bit once the rain has moved on through so it will feel cooler and particularly pressure into the afternoon. it's helped by that gusty wind. we continue with some showers moving in overnight, wednesday to thursday, particularly across the north—west of the uk are managing to give it longer speu are managing to give it longer spell of rain for the uk. mainly driverfurther spell of rain for the uk. mainly driver further south you are through and england, lower temperatures, still cooler start of the day on thursday. i pressure to the south giving many southern areas essentially dry on thursday. another set of weather fronts are coming close to northern ireland and scotland to hear, a few showers around to begin the day but it

will tend to cloud over will see some outbreaks of rain coming into northern ireland and parts of scotland by the end of the day, some of this can be quite heavy in places, mostly further south, mainly dry and a bit of sunshine around here. more heavy rain and parts of northern ireland and parts of northern ireland and scotland, overnight and into friday, pushing through wales and england, very slowly, behind it, further north you are, sunny skies, brisk wind, some showers around, some of them could be heavy, maybe with a rumble of thunder. an area of high pressure nosing across the uk to give many places a dry start the weekend before we see further outbreaks of rain, mainly to the north and west as we go on through sunday.

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