the usjustice department announces 17 new charges against the wikileaks founder — julian assange. ben bland in london. also in the programme: the uk government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans as speculation mounts the prime minister will soon announce her resignation. and tying the knot in taiwan, where it's now legal for same—sex couples to get married. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. glad you could join us. it's 8 o'clock in singapore, 1am in london, and 6:30 in the morning in india where prime minister narendra modi has proclaimed a ‘historic mandate‘ after being returned to power for another five years. voters gave his bjp party an overwhelming parliamentary majority. the party and its allies have 350 seats out of 543 in parliament. the result follows the world's largest ever election process as the bbc‘s south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from delhi. a warning that there are some flashing images in this piece. narendra modi, india's strongman, has retained his grip

the usjustice department announces 17 new charges against the wikileaks founder — julian assange. ben bland in london. also in the programme: the uk government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans as speculation mounts the prime minister will soon announce her resignation. and tying the knot in taiwan, where it's now legal for same—sex couples to get married. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. glad you could join us. it's 8 o'clock in singapore, 1am in london, and 6:30 in the morning in india

usjustice department returns indictment with 17 more criminal charges against wikileaks founderjulian. this is literally just this is literallyjust coming into the newsroom againstjulian assange. he is also potentially facing a tradition to the us and potentially to sweden as well. he is currently actually in a prison here in london where he is serving an amount of time for jumping bail. where he is serving an amount of time forjumping bail. he was of course in an ecuadorian embassy for a long time but now this breaking news coming in and i'm sure we will get more reaction on that so i will bring that to you the moment that we get it. let's move to the democratic republic of congo, where the world health organization and other agencies are struggling to contain an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus that started ten months ago. the disease is concentrated in the east of the country, and the un is concerned that it could spread to the drc‘s neighbours. more than 1200 people have died already. ebola is one of the world's deadliest diseases, but that's not the only reason the disease is p

the usjustice department has unveiled seventeen new charges against the wikileaks founder, julian assangehe's accused of violating the us espionage act by publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it shows the latest work by the mysterious street artist banksy made up of nine individually framed paintings to highlight the ongoing issue of big cruise ships docking in the canals of venice. and the top story in the uk: the uk government has delayed publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans — as speculation mounts the prime minister will announce her resignation in the coming days. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. this america's aviation regulator says the boeing 737 max can be the safest aircraft in the sky once a safety upgrade is complete. hope for huawei. president some —— president trump says the company could be included in any trade deal the two countries make. it's friday. good morning, asia. hello, world. glad you could join us this exciting addition of asia business report. we start off

with the new york times and wikileaks founder, julian assange, who has been indicted by the usjustice departmentbtaining and publishing secret military and diplomatic documents in 2010. india's business standard leads with indian prime minister, narendra modi, who has powered his bharatiya janata party to the nation's biggest re—election win in decades. the paper says his victory by such a stunning margin has surprised some political watchers. in the guardian business pages, the deepening trade and technology war between the us and china has sent global stock markets sharply down prompting a warning from the international monetary fund of there being an increasing risk to the global economy. 0n the taiwan news website, following the decision by taiwan to approve a bill legalizing same—sex marriage on may 17, the first ever weddings are due to take place today. the new certicificates however will not contain the words "same sex". there is some controversy over that. and finally on the bbc news website, the tiger who came to tea author judith kerr has died at the age of 95. she published more than

it seems the usjustice department is objecting tonight the idea by democrats, that they would have perhaps, question mr barr instead of necessarily themselves. thejustice department has said that that is inappropriate and, as far as they're concerned, they will engage with members of congress and not members of their staff. but at the same time, the head of that congressional committee says as far as he is concerned, he is simply afraid. india is in the middle of its huge and long national election. the majority of indians live in villages, and it's farming families who will determine the result. many have been driven to desperation by crippling debt and tens of thousands have taken their own lives in the past five years. farmers‘ anger could be the biggest threat to prime minister narendra modi's re—election bid, as the bbc‘s yogita limaye reports from the western state of maharashtra. hands that will decide the government's fate. 800 million indians make a living on farms. but rural india is in crisis. tens of thousands of farmers have killed themselves in the past five years, trapped in

the usjustice department announces 17 new charges against the wikileaks founder — julian assange.rexit plans as speculation mounts the prime minister will soon announce her resignation. and tying the knot in taiwan, where it's now legal for same—sex couples to get married.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the usjustice department has unveiled seventeen new charges against the wikileaks founder, julian assange. he was first charged last month over his alleged role in publishing hundreds of thousands of american military documents nine years ago. mr assange is already fighting extradition proceedings in london. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has led his party to a resounding victory in the general election. mr modi's hindu nationalist bjp and its allies are poised to get more than 340 seats in parliament. mr modi said it was a big victory for democracy. a violent tornado has caused heavy damage in the us state of missouri killing at least three people. rescue teams are carrying out door to door checks to make sure people are safe. you're up to date with the headlines. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. in november 1974, the ira bombed two pubs in birmingham and murdered 21 people. more than 44 years later the inquest into those deaths was reopened, attended by the families of the victims, includin

this is bbc news, the headlines: the usjustice department has unveiled seventeen new charges againstover his alleged role in publishing hundreds of thousands of american military documents nine years ago. mr assange is already fighting extradition proceedings in london. the indian prime minister narendra modi has led his party to a resounding victory in the general election. mr modi's hindu—nationalist bjp and its allies are poised to get more than 340 seats in parliament. addressing supporters, mr modi said it was a big victory for democracy. president trump has reacted angrily to the release from federal prison ofjohn walker lindh, the so—called american taliban, saying it was deeply troubling and wrong. mr trump told reporters he had asked if the release could be stopped but was told nothing could be done. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament.

this is bbc news — the headlines: the usjustice department has unveiled seventeen new charges againstublishing hundreds of thousands of american military documents nine years ago. mr assange is already fighting extradition proceedings in london. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has led his party to a resounding victory in the general election. mr modi's hindu—nationalist bjp and its allies are poised to get more than 340 seats in parliament. addressing supporters, mr modi said it was a big victory for democracy. i'm a violent tornado has caused heavy damage in the us state of missouri, killing at least three people. the state capital was also hit. rescue teams are carrying out door to door checks to make sure people are safe. the storms have also hit neighbouring oklahoma and texas. is more salmon — it's one of britain's favourite foods. but what's the impact on our pristine waters of the way it's farmed? most people who choose salmon off their supermarket shelves have no idea of the waste that's going into our marine environment as a result of that. as the salmon industry pl

the usjustice department disagrees, tthis is its website detailing this is its website detailing these pictures are from last month as she attended her trial in new york. mack has admitted to recruiting women by telling them they were joining a female mentorship group. she may now testify against keith raniere. mr raniere‘s trial is taking place in the same court. nada tawfik, new york. do we know who will be testifying against it? what we do know is that it will be set to the next several members of his inner circle and possibly some of the women victims who were considered his slaves. but we do not know yet if that will in fa ct we do not know yet if that will in fact include allison mack or the man charged and pled guilty to bankrolling a lot of their activities. and a lot of the graphic and explicit evidence that we have expected to come up should include dramatic testimony from these women. do we have any indications of what the prosecution but they will deploy? this was an important day in court where they had their opening statement where they were able to frame their case. th

hearings on capitol hill into how the usjustice department handled the special counsel's report on russian election interference turned ugly today. the speaker nancy pelosi accusing us attorney general william barr, who gave evidence yesterday, of lying and dishonouring the office he holds. the attorney general of the united states of america is not telling the truth to the congress of the united states. that's a crime. she's referring to mr barr's testimony yesterday to a senate committee, during which he rejected claims he'd played down the conclusions of the mueller report. my understanding was his concern was not the accuracy of the statement of the findings in my letter, but that he wanted more out there to provide additional context to explain his reasoning on why he did not reach a decision on obstruction. thejustice department has responded to speaker pelosi's comments, calling them "reckless, irresponsible and false". william barr refused to attend a session of the housejudiciary committee today. in his place, an empty chair, a bucket of kfc and a plastic chicken. democratic judic

the usjustice department announces 17 new charges against the wikileaks founderjulian assange. ben bland in london. also in the programme: after two fatal crashes, regulators from around the world meet to discuss the future of the boeing 737 max airliner. and tying the knot in taiwan — the first place in asia where it's now legal for same—sex couples to get married. good morning. it's 7 o'clock in singapore, midnight in london, and five thirty in the morning in india where prime minister narendra modi has proclaimed a ‘historic mandate‘ after being returned to power for another five years. voters gave his bjp party an overwhelming parliamentary majority, the party and its allies are poised to get more than 340 seats in the sig—member parliament. the result follows the world's largest ever election process, involving some 900 million people and weeks of voting. the bbc‘s south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports now from delhi and a warning, there are flashing images in her report. narendra modi, india's strongman, has retained his grip on power. back for a second ter