welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. the russian president says the sanctions imposed on his country because of the attack on ukraine are stupid and insane . vladimir putin said they had not only failed to work but were impacting the west instead. he denied that russia was to blame for the current crisis and for the spiralling inflation that has followed. he was speaking at an economic forum in st petersburg. translation: i reiterate - these are fundamental, - truly revolutionary and inexorable changes. it would be a mistake to think that during these tumultuous changes, you can simply sit it out, biding your time, that everything is going to get back to circuits, that everything is going to be as it was it won t! and yet, it seems as if the ruling elite of certain western countries are labouring under precisely these very delusions, choosing to ignore the obvious, persistently clinging to the ghosts of the past. in particular, they think that the domin
Hello, im lyse doucet. Welcome to our coverage of the israel and gaza war with all the latest updates this hour. Israels army says it conducted a fresh Ground Incursion into gaza overnight to target hamas fighters. It said infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. Anti tank guided Missile Launch sites and command and control centres were hit. The army said all israeli troops exited the area with no injuries. This is the second Ground Incursion in as many days. The israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted a full offensive is coming. But he said the date had yet to be determined. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult because of a lack of fuel in the territory. Unrwa says its having to drastically limit its consumption of fuel, which is seriously affecting what aid it can provide to people in gaza. But first, lets get more on deepening humanitarian cr
Is the normal midterm blues, but on steroids. What were seeing here is partly because of that mood of the nation, partly because the brand, the tory brand, the conservative party brand was damaged in September 2022 and earlier through partygate as well, and that is still feeding through into the public psyche. So, yes, to some degree, theres a pattern and its feeding through to the by elections. But patterns can also be broken by unexpected events. All change in a land normally wary of the new. Tories will be hoping there will be limits to these new habits. Thats all from us. Im back on monday. Until then, have a good weekend. Goodbye. Breaking news from Around The World 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. Rabbi meir hecht knows bothjudith and Natalie Raanan personally. He spoke to me just after the news of their release. Judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and shes been a part of our congregation in such an important way, and as
Lets return to one of those main stories, and the latest on the civil war that is an golfing suit on. With the governor of the Darfur Region now urging civilians to take up arms to defend themselves. Violence is escalating around the city of elashir, the city of elfashir, where the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces or rsf are trying to capture the city from the sudanese army. Medical aid agency msf says the citys South Hospital had seen more than 400 casualties since may ten, including 64 deaths, though it said the real toll was far higher. The United Nations says it has only received 12 of the 2. 7 billion being sought for sudan, adding that famine is closing in. People have said that they are terrified of the continued fighting exclusions. We have spoken to one local man whose identity we will protect for his own safety. It shows his life right now. Today is a friday, 17 of may. Im talking to you from el fasher since last friday, june of may, Fasher Witnessing Heavy Fighting between