welcome to bbc news. our top stories — as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support the ukranians for as long as it takes. what us prosecutors drop all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a medic as that gave rise to the true chrome podcast, serial. —— at the centre of a murder trial. serial. —— at the centre of a murdertrial. —— serial. —— at the centre of a murder trial. —— true chrome podcast. a royal date for the diary — buckingham palace announces that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey — on saturday 6th may.

0h, bother! ido 0h, bother! i do hate charlie work. —— shoddy work. and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood's golden age, has died at the age of 96. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us here on the programme. 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 zelensky that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine's president zelenskiy 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 knowi what's coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday was the scariest thing. translation: i'm not afraid, because there will be victory i 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 international monetary fund has told central banks around the world to stay the course come in the fight in inflation, despite their warning that a third of the global economy will be in recession next year. in its half yearly update, the imf said the worst was yet to come. it blamed a combination of cost of living pressures, russia's invasion of ukraine and a slowdown in china's important factors behind a fresh growth downgrade. the us, the eu and britain have all looks —— reported figures not experienced since the 1980s. funerals have been taking place in thailand for those who were killed, many of them children, when a former policeman went on a shooting rampage at a nursery last week. 37 people died in what was one of the worst mass killings in the country's history. in the grounds of one temple, monks chanted and flames lit up the evening sky, is 19 coffins were set ablaze on funeral tyres. this is adnan syed — he's 41 years old. he has spent more than

half his life in jail. but now prosecutors in the united states have dropped all charges against him as he has been cleared of the murder of his former girlfriend. his case gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial, which was followed by hundreds of millions of people. adnan syed was jailed at the age of 19 — and he's always maintained his innocence but it was the podcast, which created the catalyst for his release. vinoo varghese is a wall street criminal defence attorney and former prosecutor. earlier, i asked him why this had come about now. well, what came is basically a change in administration in baltimore, and a unit that was there to investigate potential wrongful convictions, but this all started because of the podcast. the podcast, as you just said, drew international attention to this case. but for that podcast, and then the subsequent hbo documentary, which basically replayed

the podcast, a lot of people would not have known about this, and it's that podcast that basically, that one, as well as the netflix documentary, making a murderer, that has 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. and so, while i am a former prosecutor, i've been a defence attorney nearly half my life, and this is a good thing that has come about. there was dna evidence that was tested that could have been tested a long time ago that syed's dna was not on her clothing, there was dna from four other people. sorry to interrupt you, these are details that 300—odd million people who downloaded this podcast know far better than i do, i haven't followed the podcast, but they presumably learned

about all the unreliable evidence in the podcast, which was taken into the courtroom, so that is the direction of travel there? but they lost in the courtroom. that is the important thing to understand, the state of maryland's highest court of appeal rejected arguments put forth. 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 syed's lawyer at trial was incompetent, but 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 syed waived 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, except disturbed unless there was something extraordinary, and they did not find this extraordinary. let me ask you then, how frequent do you think these sorts of, if i can put it, miscarriages ofjustice are? is it a major, widespread, fundamental problem in the states, or are these just one—offs? i think it is a major problem. i've seen it, there are too many stories of this that 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 podcast casting light on this, and again, notwithstanding the podcast, 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... buckingham palace has announced the coronation of king charles will take place on saturday sixth may next year with the queen consort to be crowned alongside him. the ceremony will be held at westminster abbey in london, led by the archbishop of canterbury. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he's been king since the moment of his mother's death. charles was in ballater, near balmoral, today, thanking local people for their support over recent weeks. alongside king charles, camilla, the queen consort,

and they will be side by side in seven months�* time, to be crowned alongside each other at the coronation. archive: and now, - here comes her majesty. injune 1953, queen elizabeth rode in a gold coach to her coronation. archive: her majesty moves to king edward's chair. - it's an event which, while it's purely symbolic archive: her majesty moves to king edward's chair. - it's an event which, while it's purely symbolic in constitutional terms, has a deep religious significance. crowd: god save the queen! it's a moment when a new monarch is crowned and consecrated, when a king or queen dedicates him or herself to the service of his or her people. for king charles, the coronation will be a blend, ancient traditions with a contemporary feel. in a statement, buckingham palace said: will britain, at a time of homelessness and restricting benefits and energy prices going up, really cheer to

the rafters the sight of a head of state riding in a golden coach? there are others who will say, "that's just what we want." nearly 70 years after the grandeur of queen elizabeth's coronation, the crowning of king charles and queen camilla will be shorter, smaller and more diverse. a coronation which, in the words of the new king's officials, will reflect the britain and the world of today. and will there be a public holiday to celebrate? that's a matter for the government, says the palace. nicholas witchell, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — going up in smoke. we'll tell you why the british artist damien hirst has burned art worth an estimated $11 million at an event in london.

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 i exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, - ripping 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. the latest headlines — g7 leaders have reassured ukraine's president zelenskyy that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine, during an emergency meeting. us prosecutors dropped all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case, which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. 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. 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. 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. the many, many guises of angela lansbury there. she has died at the age of 96. i have been speaking to a reporter about her career. she felt she was lucky. she was a part of the mgm studio system. she said, "luckily for — mgm studio system. she said, "luckily for me, _ mgm studio system. she said,

"luckily for me, i _ mgm studio system. she said, "luckily for me, i was - mgm studio system. she said, "luckily for me, i was not - mgm studio system. she said, "luckily for me, i was not a . "luckily for me, i was not a glamour girl," which was the work that you used them which meant she could be put into all sorts of parts and at 17 in the first role where she was nominated she had to smoke and ingrid bergman made fun of her because she was really too young to smoke but they treated her with great respect. she was quite some actress in so many ways. quite some actress in so many wa s. ,, . quite some actress in so many wa s, ,, ., ., quite some actress in so many wa s. ,, ., ., ., ways. she had a sort of no-nonsense _ ways. she had a sort of no-nonsense feel - ways. she had a sort of no-nonsense feel to i ways. she had a sort of| no-nonsense feel to her ways. she had a sort of- no-nonsense feel to her as well no—nonsense feel to her as well which probably reflected the way she was in the real world and recognising that she was not the great glamour puss of her age but that meant that she would need to work to keep big 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 worked - do. that is what she wanted. remember, she worked with j remember, she worked with elizabeth taylor when elizabeth taylor was nine years old and she said, "from then on, i knew what elizabeth wanted was big life, big attention, and we remain, elizabeth and i, remain

friends to the end. that is not what she wanted. she wanted a claim as an actress. she wanted a home life. she wanted to take care of her children. she wanted to do her cooking and she didn't want to act. energy also can lay — she didn't want to act. energy also can lay claim _ she didn't want to act. energy also can lay claim to - she didn't want to act. energy also can lay claim to being - she didn't want to act. energy also can lay claim to being an | also can lay claim to being an extremely successful businesswoman in the process. with her husband, yes. she took murder she wrote because she said all the success she had and she did not think there was any money so i said, "ok, we will go to tv." she produced the show. she cared so much about this character who she described to me as a damn good woman and she said she loved her. i was at angela's home time last year. i interviewed her many times. she proudly showed off pictures of her family, pictures of her beloved

house in ireland, and talked about having a rigid happy life and career. you richard her house in ireland. she was bornjust you richard her house in ireland. she was born just here around the corner from a studio at regents park. given that she spent so much i'm in the united states, she one of ours are one of yours?— of yours? she is the worlds. murder she _ of yours? she is the worlds. murder she wrote _ of yours? she is the worlds. murder she wrote plays - of yours? she is the worlds. i murder she wrote plays around the world and they were talking about the manchurian candidate and frank sinatra stars and that movie and she said, "one night my husband and i were having dinner with frank sinatra and all he wanted to talk about was murder she wrote. he knew so many episodes." beauty of the beast, the list, each time you mention something you will get a smile because she did it with a full heart, pull enthusiasm and full

talent. my favourite memory is when she played mame on broadway and at the end there is a big stairway and she down in a fluffy, fur coat seeing at the top of her lungs and this is somebody who wanted to be a home body and the ultimate stage stealer. she was sensational. get your head around this. the british artist damien hirst has burned art worth an estimated $11 million at an event in london, after asking buyers of his new collection to choose between a physical work or an nft of it — a virtual asset — the catch being that both things would not be allowed to exist at once. let's get more from our reporter stephanie prentice. yourjob is to eitherjustify or explain this, stephanie. what is this about? it or explain this, stephanie. what is this about?- what is this about? it is undeniably _ what is this about? it is undeniably a _ what is this about? it is undeniably a little - what is this about? it is undeniably a little bit i undeniably a little bit confusing. what he has done is definitely the's biggest fans and biggest critics in saying

this it seems to be a stunt thatis this it seems to be a stunt that is out of his usual playbook. it is controversial, somewhat perplexing, and people think it is a little bit theatrical but also it is designed it seems to provoke a conversation. that conversation is about the value of traditional art pieces as we know them and the value of nfts, these digital tokens. what damien hirst has been saying is that these two things in his opinion can't exist at the same time so at this event today he has taken physical artworks and put them into a fire in front of a crowd that had gathered at what he is telling these people is these are the artwork that buyers of his latest collection decided they did not want. they would rather have at nft. a little confusing as to why, but that is what they had done. he was speaking to the crowd all day. they were confused too and so he explained a little water to them about why some of his new collection has indeed got up in flames. , ..,,

collection has indeed got up in flames. , . :: :: :: flames. the nfts cost 2000 ounds. flames. the nfts cost 2000 pounds- 50. _ flames. the nfts cost 2000 pounds. so, the _ flames. the nfts cost 2000 pounds. so, the nfts- flames. the nfts cost 2000 pounds. so, the nfts all. flames. the nfts cost 2000 | pounds. so, the nfts all cost £2000, — pounds. so, the nfts all cost £2000, and they all have the possibility of being traded in for a — possibility of being traded in for a physical artwork, and these _ for a physical artwork, and these words are the ones that people — these words are the ones that people decided not to trade in. the physical that is big bird has a — the physical that is big bird has a permanent nft at the same time _ has a permanent nft at the same time he — has a permanent nft at the same time. he went on to say somewhat mystically that to him burning — somewhat mystically that to him burning that physical coffee was also burning the nft in july. — was also burning the nft in july. if— was also burning the nft in jul . , ~' was also burning the nft in jul. , ~ july. it sounds like he was talkin: july. it sounds like he was talking about _ july. it sounds like he was talking about art - july. it sounds like he was talking about art as - july. it sounds like he wasj talking about art as purely july. it sounds like he was l talking about art as purely a financial entity is perhaps its intrinsic value. he was burning some of it, not all of them. what is the split as to who wanted the nft and who wanted the real thing? the wanted the nft and who wanted the real thing?— the real thing? the old ways didn't win- — the real thing? the old ways didn't win. the _ the real thing? the old ways didn't win. the majority - the real thing? the old ways didn't win. the majority of. didn't win. the majority of people chose to have a damien hirst in their house that they could hang up on the wall and show at dinner parties. but it was not a landslide. this week, 4851 was not a landslide. this week, 485! out of those 10,000 was not a landslide. this week, 4851 out of those 10,000 will

be burned in front of people so a lot of people as you can see were choosy to get an nft and when he was questioned, damien hirst himself could not comment on which of the assets would hold their value going forward. it certainly has people talking and watching. stephanie, thank you very much indeed. if you want to keep up with the stories we are watching a damien hirst very his artwork we have a lot more for you on the website. at the moment, this is our main story as it focuses, of course, on the ukraine— russia conflict. you could scroll down to find a domestic, internationaland indeed artwork as well. just a reminder of our main story, and that is that the g7 leaders have offered their steadfast backing once again to president zelensky. he was

addressing them at a virtual summit earlier in the day, asking for more air defence, in fact, and helped militarily to deal with the latest russian attacks. two days now of missile attacks on ukrainian cities. thanks for watching. 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.

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