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 ukranians for as long as it takes. us prosecutors drop all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. a royal date for the diary — buckingham palace announces that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey — on saturday 6th may. nasa says its attempt to deflect an asteroid from its path has been a success in a major scientific achievement.

and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood's golden age, has died at the age of 96. hello. 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 those 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 zelensky 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 early 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 zelensky 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 in the fight against 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 russia's invasion of ukraine, and a slowdown in china as important factors behind a fresh growth downgrade. the us, the eu and britain have all reported inflation levels not experienced since the 1980s. 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

and 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. there was dna evidence that was finally tested that could have been tested a long time ago and in fact 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 this unreliable evidence in the podcast, which was then 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 all that and 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 this 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, 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... the biden administration has rejected an appeal by donald trump who asked the supreme court to intervene and admit an independent arbitrator to review documents seized by the fbi and his narrow largo resident in august. russia has had the us tech giant which owns facebook to a list of terrorist and extremist organisations. the two social media platforms were banned in march for what was called russia phobia after meta would

allow different post. strike action continues at oil refineries across france, petrol rationing being introduced. the deal was reached with some stuff but members of the cgt union are holding out for a better offer. 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. family members, and the prime minister were in attendance. so many lives cut short and so young. on the last day of these mass funerals, families prayed before the conference of the victims for the last time. one is saying goodbye to her granddaughter, who she brought up granddaughter, who she brought up since she was a baby. translation:— up since she was a baby. translation: ,, ., , , translation: she always played like a bo , translation: she always played

like a boy. she — translation: she always played like a boy, she could _ translation: she always played like a boy, she could be _ translation: she always played like a boy, she could be quite - like a boy, she could be quite rough stop she used to climb on me or her grandfather. she would make him fall over and then laugh at him. like me, he loved her dearly. it then laugh at him. like me, he loved her dearly.— loved her dearly. it was not 'ust loved her dearly. it was not just children _ loved her dearly. it was not just children who _ loved her dearly. it was not just children who died. - loved her dearly. it was not just children who died. 13 l just children who died. 13 adults also lost their lives to the killer. one was in the nursery with the children when it was attacked. translation: my it was attacked. translation: my daughter might not have enough education to reach the stars but today she is like a hero. i stars but today she is like a hero. ., stars but today she is like a hero. . ,., stars but today she is like a hero. . , ., ., hero. i am so proud of her. the kin: hero. i am so proud of her. the king ordered — hero. i am so proud of her. the king ordered the _ hero. i am so proud of her. the king ordered the funerals - hero. i am so proud of her. the king ordered the funerals be i king ordered the funerals be given royal status and a sacred flame was brought up from the palace in bangkok for the cremations. some of tylan�*s most senior military, religious and politicalfigures we had most senior military, religious and political figures we had to demonstrate the rest of the country solidarity with this small, rural community. this is a much granderfuneral than a much grander funeral than they a much granderfuneral than they used to in these parts but

families of the victims have told us it has brought them some comfort at the shockingly cruel killing of so many young children doesn't leave troubling questions for thailand — was it drugs, guns, some other shortcoming in the society of make a freak attack that no—one could have stopped. the search for answers is 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. a little boy not quite four years old. one of so many families left bereft by the

suddenness and injustice of it all. 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. 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 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. to stay with us here on bbc news. in to stay with us here on bbc news. , ., ., news. in 'ust a moment we will brina news. in just a moment we will brina ou news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa's _ news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa's verdict - news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa's verdict on - news. in just a moment we will bring you nasa's verdict on its| bring you nasa's verdict on its mission 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. you are watching bbc world news. our main story this our:

g7 leaders have reassured you grades president zelensky that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine during an emergency meeting. defender of the planet is quite a title, isn't it? it is one that nasser isn't it? it is one that nasser is claiming after its mission to deflect the course of an asteroid was successful. the spacecraft smashed into an asteroid millions of kilometres from earthjust asteroid millions of kilometres from earth just a few weeks ago and observations by telescope show that the orbit of that asteroid was shorted by half—an—hour as a result of the collision. 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 111,000 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. the family said she died at her home in los angeles. she was best known for starring as a

detective in murder, she wrote but she also had a presence in the stage, film and many decades. sara campbell looks back on 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. music: theme music from murder, she wrote. i have been speaking to a hollywood reporter about her career. incredibly versatile and she felt she was lucky. remember, she was part of the mgm studio system and she said, luckily for me i was not a glamour girl, which was a word they used then, which meant she could be fit into all sorts of parts and at 17, in that first role that she was nominated, she had to smoke and ingrid bergman and charles boyer 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. she had a sort of no nonsense feel to her as well, which probably reflected the way she was in the real world and recognises that, yes, she was not the great glamour pus of her age,

was she, but that meant that she knew that she would need to work to keep being successful and that is precisely what she seemed to do. that is what she wanted. she said — 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 remained, elizabeth and i, remained friends till the end. that is not what she wanted. she wanted acclaim as an actress, she wanted her own life, she wanted to take care of the children, she wanted to do all her cooking, and she did want to act. yeah, and she also can lay claim to being an extremely successful businesswoman in the process. well, with her husband, yes. you know, she said she took murder, she wrote initially because she said, "all of the success we had "and i did not really have any significant money. "and i thought, ok,

you go where the money is, "we'll 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 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 off 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. her mum was irish, and an actress, i think. she was actually born just up the road from our studios here, in regent's park. so tell me, jeany, given that she spent most of her life in the states, is she one of ours or one of yours? i think she is the world's. murder, she wrote plays around the world and they were talking about manchurian candidate, remember frank sinatra starred in that movie and she said, "one night my

husband and i were having "dinner with frank sinatra and his wife and all he wanted "to talk about was murder, she wrote." he knew every episode. yes, i think she did so many things, beauty and the beast — the list... each time you mentioned something, you'd get a smile because she did it with herfull heart, full enthusiasm and full talent. my favourite memory is when she played mame, on broadway, and at the end there's this big stairwell where she comes down in a big fluffy fur coat, singing at the top of her lungs and this is somebody who wanted to be the ultimate stage stealer. she was sensational. an enthusiastic gd wolf who is fond of angela lansbury who has died at the age of 96. we do

have more of that on the website, of course, educated riderthrough website, of course, educated rider through the catalogue of movies and a stage shows that she was associated with over so many years. as sa, on the website. 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 ii 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 president zelensky that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. during an emergency meeting, leaders condemned a second day of russian missile strikes and discussed what more they can do to support ukraine. president zelensky called for more help with air defence. us prosecutors have 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. he was released from prison last month after spending half his life in jail. funerals have been taking place in thailand for those who were killed at a nursery last week when a former