welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine. western countries say they will support the ukrainians for as long as it takes. funerals take place in thailand for some of the 37 victims of last week's nursery attack 23 of whom were children. the shockingly cruel killing of 70 young children does leave troubling questions for thailand. was it drugs, was it guns, was it some of the shortcoming in thai society? a royal date for the diary — buckingham palace announces that king charles will be

crowned at westminster abbey on saturday 6 may. nasa says its attempt to deflect the path of an asteroid has been a success in a major scientific achievement. and one of the last stars of hollywood's golden age, dame angela lansbury, has died at the age of 96. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned the attacks and reassured president zelenskyy that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security.

ukraine's president also addressed the g7 meeting, calling for more help with air defence, and presented his peace formula. from kyiv, here's paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday's storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government's warning to seek shelter, some heading for the metro. translation: we don't feel safe because we don't - know what's coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday was the scariest thing. translation: i'm not afraid because there i will be victory for ukraine, ukrainians, for all of our people. one of yesterday's missiles almost hit the city's famous pedestrian bridge. today, after getting the all clear, people came out to see what almost happened. this popular bridge isn'tjust a tourist attraction any more, it's now what the mayor calls

a symbol of ukraine's indomitability. but while the people of the city have had a pretty quiet day on which to reflect on yesterday's events, it hasn't been the same in other parts of the country. in the southern city of zaporizhzhia, a car showroom was gutted earlier this morning. officials said 12 missiles were fired at the city. zaporizhzhia has been hit almost every day for the past two weeks. officials in other cities have been ordered not to release images of damage to power plants and other infrastructure. with winter coming, they know energy is a key russian target. this afternoon, president zelenskyy directly appealed to allies for help in dealing with missiles and drones. he thanked them for helping to secure ukraine's skies, but said the threats kept coming and ukraine needed more. back in the capital, the clean—up continues. the government has told people here to be vigilant and conserve energy. in this war with many fronts, keeping warm may soon

become the next battle. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the head of the uk's gchq spy and intelligence service says ukraine is turning the tide against russian forces. sirjeremy fleming says russia is running out of both ammunition and troops, but he warned against complacency saying russia was still "very capable" of causing damage. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more. britain's biggest spy agency, gchq, is watching carefully at the war in ukraine. massive without disclosing his sources, its director general believes russia is running out of weapons. we know and russian military commanders know that their supplies and munition are running out. russia's forces are exhausted. the use of prisoners as reinforcements, and now the mobilisation of tens of thousands of inexperienced conscripts speaks of a really

desperate situation. ukraine has been coming under sustained russian missile attack from several directions, from the sea, from the air and across borders. the kalibr cruise missile is one of russia's most valuable precision guided weapons, and it's almost certainly running low on these. fired from a warship ora submarine, it can deliver a 500 kilograms warhead to a target hundreds of kilometres away, with great accuracy. other weapons, though, are blunter. like this s—300 missile, designed to shoot down aircraft, it's been used against built—up areas in cities all across ukraine. then there are these low tech tube launched rockets, many of them dating from the soviet era, not very accurate and prone to failure, but russia has a lot of them. today, the white house announced it was speeding up the delivery of advance air defence systems to ukraine, following the latest attacks.

so what evidence is there that we can access from open sources that russia might be running low on weapons like these? we know, for example, that the manufacturing writs of missiles like that at the sm“; calibre, russia's more modern cruise missile, where around 100 a year, on average, before the war. and given that russia has used over 2000 cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of this war, its stockpiles are probably dwindling. but that's little consolation to those on the receiving end of these weapons. the more success ukraine has on the battlefield, the more russia inflicts punishment on the civilian population. frank gardner, bbc news. prosecutors in the united states have dropped all charges against adnan syed, the baltimore man at the centre

of the high profile murder case which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. adnan syed was nineteen when he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend, hae min lee. he always maintained his innocence but it was the podcast that brought worldwide attention to his case, raising doubts about his conviction. (read 0n) —— case, raising doubts about his conviction.( i'm joined now by vinoo varghese, a wall street criminal defence attorney, former prosecutor and visiting faculty at harvard law school. he's in new york. this is just this isjust one this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, what this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, what is this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, what is it this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, what is it the this is just one of those extraordinary cases, isn't it? ultimately, what is it the turn the tide for him?— the tide for him? well, what came is a — the tide for him? well, what came is a change _ the tide for him? well, what came is a change in - came is a change in administration in baltimore and administration in baltimore and a unit that was there to investigate potential wrongful convictions but this all started because of the pod

cast. the pod cast, as you just said, drew international attention to this case. but for that pod cast and then the subsequent hbo documentary which basically replayed the pod cast, a lot of people would not have known about this and it's that pod casts that basically that one, as well as the netflix documentary making a murderer that is shed light or put sunlight upon prosecutors or law—enforcement in a way that it's never been done before because tv shows like law and order make prosecutors to be these holy or godlike warriors so i am a former prosecutor and i've been a defence attorney nearly half my life and this is a good thing that has come about. there is dna evidence that was tested that could have been tested that could have been tested a long time ago that adnan syed's bni was not on her

clothing, there was dna from four other people. —— dna. sorry to interrupt you, these are details that 300,000,000— odd people who downloaded this pod cast no far better than i do, i haven't followed the pod cast they presumably learned about all these unreliable evidences in the pod cast which was taken into the courtroom so thatis was taken into the courtroom so that is the direction of travel there? �* , .,, there? but they lost in the courtroom. _ there? but they lost in the courtroom. that _ there? but they lost in the courtroom. that is - there? but they lost in the courtroom. that is the - courtroom. that is the important thing to understand, the state of merrill and's highest court of appeal rejected arguments put forth. —— maryland. amazingly but not surprisingly, i say amazingly because from the perspective of a layman but not surprisingly from the perspective of a lawyer, the high court found that adnan syed's lawyer at trial was incompetent basically, that he had waived certain claims by not raising them earlier. she was incompetent because she failed to examine an alibi witness but

they said the guilt was overwhelming against him and that adnan syed waved his claim that adnan syed waved his claim that cell tower evidence was faulty and could not have properly linked him to this case. so they found... but they excused that excused prosecutors because in this country, a jury verdict is considered sacrosanct, it's believed, it's not to be disturbed expect disturbed unless there was something extraordinary and they did not find this extraordinary. let me ask ou find this extraordinary. let me ask you then. _ find this extraordinary. let me ask you then, our _ find this extraordinary. let me ask you then, our frequent - find this extraordinary. let me ask you then, our frequent do | ask you then, our frequent do you think these sorts of, if i can put it, miscarriages of justice are? is it a major, widespread, fundamental bloom in the states or are these just i—offs? i in the states or are these 'ust 1-offs? ~ , ., ., ., 1-offs? i think it is a ma'or problem. i 1-offs? i think it is a ma'or problem. i've i 1-offs? i think it is a ma'or problem. i've seen it, h 1-offs? i think it is a majorl problem. i've seen it, there are too many stories of this they do not get reversed because basically procedural roadblocks are put in place to allow for, to allow, to prevent

appellate courts from looking at the things that could clear somebody but really, but for this pod cast casting light on this, and again, notwithstanding the pod cast, adnan syed lost in court. it was with the change of administration and finally re—examining or examining dna evidence, that cleared him and now, the state's attorney, the local baltimore prosecutor, is going to file a motion to say he is innocent. right... while the high court attorney, the higher attorney prosecutor is challenging that as well as the family of the young woman who was killed. it family of the young woman who was killed-— was killed. it goes on. obviously _ was killed. it goes on. obviously this - was killed. it goes on. obviously this is - was killed. it goes on. | obviously this is about was killed. it goes on. - obviously this is about real people as well, we shouldn't forget that and it must be desperately difficult for the family of the victim as well. make you very much for your expertise. funerals have been taking place in thailand for those who were killed at a nursery last week when a former policeman went on a rampage.

family members, thailand's prime minister, and members of his cabinet were in attendance. a total of 37 people — including 23 children — were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. jonathan head has more. so many lives cut short, and so young. 0n the last day of these mass funerals, families prayed before the coffins of the victims for the last time. this woman is saying goodbye to her granddaughter, who she'd brought up since she was a baby. translation: she always played like a boy. - she could be quite rough. she used to climb on me or on her grandfather. she would make him fall over and then laugh at him. like me, he loved her dearly. it wasn'tjust children who died. 13 adults also lost their lives to the killer. this woman was in the nursery with the children when it was attacked.

translation: my daughter - might not have enough education to help her reach the stars, but today, she's like a hero. i'm so proud of her. the king ordered that the funerals be given royal status and a sacred flame was brought up from the palace in bangkok for the cremations. some of thailand's most senior military, religious and politicalfigures were here to demonstrate the rest of the country's solidarity with this small, rural community. this is a much grander funeral than they're used to around these parts, but families of the victims of told us it has brought them some comfort. but the shockingly cruel killing of so many young children does leave troubling questions for thailand — was it drugs, was it guns, was it some other shortcoming in thai society or was it just a freak attack that no—one could've stopped? the search for answers to these questions has only just started.

people came from far away to join this final farewell in impressive numbers. picking up sandalwood flowers to be added to the funeral pyre. then the first group was called forward to see their child's face one last time. it was nattapat, a little boy not quite four years old. one of so many families left bereft by the suddenness and injustice of it all. jonathan head, bbc news, northeastern thailand. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you what nasa's verdict is on its mission two weeks ago to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid.

parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he has gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—pound bomb exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, - rapping a hole — in the front of the building. this government will not weaken! democracy will prevail! it fills me with humility and gratitude to know i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath - for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll. ..bells tolled nationwide - to announce the first rescue, and chile let outi an almighty roar.

this is bbc news. i'm david eades. the main headline: as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support the ukranians for as long as it takes. �*defender of the planet�* is quite a title isn't it? and it's one that nasa is now claiming, after it said its mission to deflect the course of an asteroid was a success. a small spacecraft smashed into an asteroid millions of kilometers from earth, two weeks ago. observations by telescope show that the orbit of the asteroid was shortened by half an hour as a result of the collision. rebecca morelle has more. extraordinary images from a mission like no other, as nasa's dart spacecraft closed in on an asteroid 7 million miles away from the earth. its aim — to knock

the space rock off course by smashing into it. three, two, one! cheering. oh, wow. now, at a nasa press conference, the mission team has confirmed that it's worked. and so, today, nasa confirms that dart successfully changed the targeted asteroid's trajectory. this mission shows that nasa is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us. telescopes on earth tracked the moving asteroid, capturing the moment of impact, revealing the rocky debris being hurled into space. and this image from the hubble space telescope revealed how the crash created a plume of dust 6,000 miles long. all of this debris helped to alter the asteroid's path. the target was a double asteroid system — a larger space rock

called didymos orbited by a smaller one called dimorphos. before the collision, it took dimorphos 11 hours and 55 minutes to fly around the bigger rock. but crashing a spacecraft at 14,000 miles per hour into dimorphos has given it a kick, changing its speed just a fraction. and now, nasa has confirmed that this has altered its orbit. it now takes 11 hours and 23 minutes. that's a huge decrease of 32 minutes. if you wanted to do this in the future, potentially, it could potentially work, but you'd want to do it years in advance. warning time is really key here in order to enable this sort of asteroid deflection to potentially be used in the future. another close encounter of this asteroid is already planned. in two years, europe will send a spacecraft to study the crater left by the crash — helping us to see if this really is an effective way of defending our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

this is a nice picture. one of the last remaining stars of hollywood's golden age, the actress angela lansbury, has died at the age of 96. herfamily said she died at her home in los angeles. ms lansbury was best known for starring as a television detective in murder she wrote, but also had a presence on stage and in film. sarah campbell looks back at her life. suppose the master comes back and asks where you've gone. tell him ijust went for a walk. by yourself, ma'am ? she was 17, it was her first part, playing opposite ingrid bergman, and she was nominated for an oscar. angela lansbury�*s career couldn't have started better. in due course, there were starring roles in hollywood and on television. you are to shoot the presidential nominees through the head. in the manchurian candidate, she played the monstrous mother of a brainwashed son. increasingly, it was character parts like this that she was offered. rallying a nation of television viewers into hysteria to sweep us up into the white house with powers that will make martial

law seem like anarchy. in her 60s, she reinvented herself as a television actress — above all, as the genteel detectivejessica fletcher, in murder she wrote. in murder, she wrote. apparently, you haven't heard. last night, the police arrested him for killing hemsley post. she produced the shows as well as starring, and became, they said, the richest woman in hollywood, with a fortune estimated at $70 million. herfilms for children showed her gift for comedy. 0h, bother, ido hate shoddy work. there was bedknobs and broomsticks, and later, nanny mcphee. i smell damp. no, at least, not noticeably. my mother was a medium before me... at the age of nearly 90, she was starring in noel coward's blithe spirit in the west end... i had my first trance when i was four and a half. ..and was thrilled to be made a dame. it's a lovely thing

to be recognised and given that nod of approval by your own country and i really cherish it. a character actress as comfortable on stage as she was on screen — over many decades, angela lansbury was one of britain's most versatile and successful performers. music: theme music from murder, she wrote. we can go live now to los angeles and speak to jeany wolf, a hollywood reporter. if you work most of your career and it extends into your 90s, you are going to need to reinvent yourself once or twice but that report shows she was incredibly versatile? incredibly versatile and she felt she wasn't lucky. she was part of the mgm studio system said luckily for me i was not a glamour girl, which was a word

used than, which meant you could be fit into all sorts of parts and at 17, in herfirst role, she had to smoke and ingrid bergman and charles by a made fun of her because she was too young to smoke but they treated her with great respect. she was quite some actress in so many ways. she was quite some actress in so many ways-— she was quite some actress in so many ways. she had a sort of no nonsense _ so many ways. she had a sort of no nonsense field _ so many ways. she had a sort of no nonsense field to _ so many ways. she had a sort of no nonsense field to her- so many ways. she had a sort of no nonsense field to her which l no nonsense field to her which probably reflected how she was in the real world and recognises she was not the great glamour force of her age but that meant she would need to work to keep being successful and that is precisely what she seemed to do. . , . , precisely what she seemed to do. . , ., , ., do. that is what she wanted. remember. _ do. that is what she wanted. remember, she _ do. that is what she wanted. remember, she woke - do. that is what she wanted. remember, she woke with i remember, she woke with elizabeth taylor when elizabeth taylor was nine years old and she said from then on i knew what elizabeth wanted was bigger live, big attention and elizabeth and i remained friends till the end. that is not what she wanted. she wanted

a claim as an actress, she wanted her own life, take care of the children and she did want to act.— of the children and she did want to act. la want to act. and she also can lay claim _ want to act. and she also can lay claim to _ want to act. and she also can lay claim to being _ want to act. and she also can lay claim to being a - want to act. and she also can| lay claim to being a successful businesswoman in the process. with her husband, yes. she took murder, she wrote initially because you said all of the success we had, we did not have any significant money. so we went where the money is and went where the money is and went to tv. she produced the show, cared so much about this character who she described as a damn good woman and she loved her. i was at angela's home sometime last year, the one she had here, i interviewed her many times and she proudly showed up pictures of her family, pictures of her beloved house in ireland and talked

about having a very rich and happy life and career. interestingly, you mentioned her house in ireland. my mother was irish and an actress. she was irish and an actress. she was born just near was irish and an actress. she was bornjust near our was irish and an actress. she was born just near our studio in regent's park. issue one of ours or one of yours?! in regent's park. issue one of ours or one of yours?- ours or one of yours? i think she is at _ ours or one of yours? i think she is at the _ ours or one of yours? i think she is at the world's - ours or one of yours? i think| she is at the world's murder, she wrote place around the world and they were talking about the manchurian candidate, remember frank sinatra study that movie and one night my husband dinner with frank sinatra and his wife and all he wanted to talk about was murder, she wrote stopping you every episode. she did so many things, beauty and the beast, the list... each time you mentioned something, you get a smile because she did it with a full heart, enthusiasm and talent. my favourite memory is when she played main on

broadway and she comes down the staircase in a big fluffy fur coat singing at the top of her lungs and this is somebody who wanted to be the ultimate stage dealer. she was sensational. thank you very much indeed for your reminiscences. jeany wolf, thank you. buckingham palace has announced that the coronation of king charles will take place on saturday the 6th of may next year, with the queen consort to be crowned alongside him. king charles has previously said he wants represent all face in britain and his coronation is expected to reflect that and also the tough economic environment with a shorter service than when his

mother was crowned queen in 1953. we will have more detail on that on the website. thank you for watching stop hello. a chilly start again on wednesday morning across parts of east anglia and southeast england. the rest of the uk will be milder, cloudier, breezier, and you may be seeing some rain around. in fact, a damp start across much of scotland and northern ireland courtesy of this weather front, and that will take some outbreaks of rain into much of wales and parts of england during the day. it'll be very patchy and showery in nature. now, temperatures first thing, quite a contrast — from the 11 in belfast, in glasgow, to the coldest parts of eastern and southeast england that won't be too far away from freezing. more cloud here compared with tuesday, but likely to stay dry until after dark. the rain, early on in northern ireland, clearing by lunchtime, taking till the afternoon before it pulls away

from southeast scotland. sunny spells following behind into scotland and northern ireland, but for much of england and wales it'll be cloudy outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, pushing into parts of the midlands and southwest england as the day goes on. 18 to the southeast of the weather front, behind it, we're talking mid—to—low teens. it'll be into the evening, then, east anglia and southeast england start to see some outbreaks of rain — it'll be a milder night here into thursday morning. elsewhere, with clearing skies, it'll be a colder night and it'll start thursday not farfrom freezing in parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern england as well. a few fog patches in wales and england gradually clearing, a lot of fine weather to begin the day. but during thursday, some outbreaks of rain just fringing in towards the far south of england. some uncertainty about the northern extent of that. and a separate weather system will bring some rain into northern and western scotland and parts of northern ireland during the day. in between the two, though, actually quite a bit of fine weather. much of eastern scotland staying dry as well. so, here's a look at these two weather systems. the first one here will bring some strong winds, particularly into friday, and to the far north

of scotland. and going into the weekend, there's another area of low pressure that will come into the uk. so, a very blustery day on friday, particularly in scotland, in the far north, and northern isles could see some gusts in excess of 60 mph. lots of showers moving into northern and western scotland, northern ireland. and a few will move a bit further south through parts of wales and england during the day. but there will also be plenty of sunny spells, and the further south you are, you will stay mainly dry. so, into the weekend, another area of low pressure coming our way. will be a blustery weekend as a result, and there will be some showers or some longer spells of rain around, but not all the time. there'll be some drier, sunnier spells, too.

this is bbc news, the headlines: g7 leaders have reassured ukraine's resident that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. during emergency meeting, leaders of can then dam —— during emergency meetings, leaders have condemned a second day of strikes. keep it down us prosecutors have dropped all charges against adnan syed due to the true crime pod cast serial. he was released last month after spending half his life injail. funerals have been taking place in thailand for those killed at a nursery

last week after a former policeman went