stay with us now here on bbc news, bbc news now is up next with my colleague annita mcveigh.orting that that police have charged a man with the attempted murder of slovakian prime minister roberto fico. he is in a critical condition after being shot. labour insists that it has not scaled back in its ambitions. on friday, visitors to buckingham palace will have the chance to see one of the biggest collections from the royal family's archive. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin this hour in china where russia's president putin is on a state visit. it's his first foreign trip since his unprecedented re—election for a fifth term, and his second visit to china in six months.

martine croxall, annita mcveigh, karin giannone and kasia madera will start employment tribunal proceedings in london. the court listing indicates that the complaint includes issues relating to age and sex discrimination, and equal pay. let's speak to our culture correspondent, lizo mzimba. what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary — what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing _ what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into - what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into an i two day preliminary hearing into an action brought against the bbc by these four female presenters that you have been talking about. this is something that goes back to decisions made by the bbc around a year and a half ago when it decided to merge its two news channels was dropping previously, the bbc had a domestic news channel broadcasting within the uk and an international news channel which has been broadcasting to audiences around the world. made the decision to merge those into one single news channel and when that was made, fewe

martine croxall, annita mcveigh, karin giannone and kasia madera will start employment tribunal proceedingsg to age and sex discrimination, and equal pay. let's speak to our culture correspondent, lizo mzimba. what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary — what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing _ what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into - what have we learned so far? there's two day preliminary hearing into an i two day preliminary hearing into an action brought against the bbc by these four female presenters that you have been talking about. this is something that goes back to decisions made by the bbc around a year and a half ago when it decided to merge its two news channels was dropping previously, the bbc had a domestic news

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionfrom london to singapore hit by severe turbulence.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionre hit by severe turbulence. the singapore—bound plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... maura fogarty, the senior news editor of our singapore bureau, updated us on the latest news on the incident.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionwe begin this hour in china where russia's president putin is on a state visit. it's his first foreign trip since his unprecedented re—election for a fifth term, and his second visit to china in six months. mr putin and china's president xijinping hav signed a joint declaration, stressing the importance of the two countries�* strategic partnership. the chinese president talked about the countries�* long shared history, saying the nations are deepening their support for one another. president xi also said that he and president putin agreed on the need for a �*political solution�* to the ukraine conflict�*. president putin thanked china for a �*warm�* reception — adding that the talks were also "pragmatic". our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has been telling us about the significance of the meeting. well, the overall message is just all about the symbolism. i mean, the biden administration has already accused the chinese government of offering serious material support for vladimi

i'm annita mcveigh. more now on the israel—hamas war.l—aqsa hospital is one of the last functioning healthcare facilities in gaza. doctors have been travelling from around the world to volunteer there, among them professor nick maynard. he'lljoin me live in a moment. but first, let's take a look at some clips he recorded for the bbc while he was there. we all know there are some wonderfully talented nurses and doctors there, but it is chaos on the ward. it was very different to the first trip we had to al—aqsa. we didn't see a huge amount of trauma. we did some trauma cases, but the amount of trauma was much, much worse before. but what we did see were the most appalling effects of the malnutrition that we're seeing across gaza. severe malnutrition prevents wound healing and will prevent these patients from recovering from injuries that otherwise they would recover easily from. and you get this vicious cycle where they really rapidly deteriorate in their health. they will then die of that if they're not treated. but these are often very

i'm annita mcveigh. more now on the israel—hamas war.tors have been travelling from around the world to volunteer there, among them professor nick maynard. he'lljoin me live in a moment. but first, let's take a look at some clips he recorded for the bbc while he was there. we all know there are some wonderfully talented nurses and doctors there, but it is chaos on the ward.

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionpassenger has been killed and more than 30 others injured on a singapore airlines flight from london to singapore hit by severe turbulence. the singapore—bound plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 3:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... maura fogarty, the senior news editor of our singapore bureau, updated us on the latest news on the incident. we are still waiting to get as many details as we can as this situation unfolds in bangkok. and i just want to announce that my colleague jonathan head is there. he's just arrived at the airport and is gathering as i speak here. what we do know so far is that one death has been confirmed due to the turbulence, that flight 50321 faced from london heathrow airport on its way to singapore, as you mentioned, diverted to land in in bangkok. we also know that the airport authority of thailand is holding a press conference in about 30 minutes�* time. so we'll be getting

hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionenger has been killed and more than 30 others others injured on a singapore airlines flight from london to singapore hit by severe turbulence. the singapore—bound boeing plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 15:45 local time. the aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. the airline said in a statement... "singapore airlines offers its deepest condolences "to the family of the deceased. "our priority is to provide all possible assistance "to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft." joining us now on the line is our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. katie austin joins us first. this strikes me as incredibly unusual news, to hear of the death apparently during this episode of turbulence. , . , apparently during this episode of turbulence-— turbulence. yes, a very sad incident — turbulence. yes, a very sad incident. turbulence - turbulence. yes, a very sad incident. turbulence itself. turbulence. yes, a very sad | incident. turbulence itself is

hello, i'm annita mcveigh welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reactionsouth africa has filed an urgent request to the international court of human justice in the request to the international court of humanjustice in the hague request to the international court of human justice in the hague asking that the court all delete in order israel to halt its offensive in rafah and do more to protect its civilians in gaza. in its findings, south africa described rafah as a last refuge for palestinians in gaza and said israel's assault on a population meant that new measures needed. it is the latest intervention by the south african government and its legal case against israel. it argues that on top of direct military attacks, israel is starving palace unions in gaza by obstructing access to food and fuel and medicines. israel, meanwhile, insists it acts within international law and says it has the right to defend itself. let's take a look at the scene inside the international court ofjustice. that hearing under way imminently, we understand, join anna holligan, wh