of an explosion here at this courthouse. a man who d been detained eight years ago regarding an attack on the ukrainian parliament back in 2015 was at a hearing at this courthouse after the two hour hearing, the interior minister has told us. he then detonated a device, locked himself in the toilet, was confronted by guards as emergency services and special forces came to the scene. there was a further explosion which injured two of the guards and then eventually another explosion in which the man himself died. that s the latest that we ve been told from the interior ministry. they don t know how, for instance, he got those explosives into the courtroom. that s the subject of a criminal investigation. i should say at the moment there does not appear to be any link to russia s invasion of ukraine in this incident. yes. and as you said, one wonders how he would have got any kind of explosives into a courtroom. one would assume that security is so tight in those circumstances. t
projects. it is an interesting one, because on one hand, donald trump says that day one, dictator for a day, i m going to drill drill drill. russia producing more fossil fuels than anybody in the world by a long shot, and then antibodies ever produced. let s get down to the skin of some climate activists who say that maybe that is not the goal that we should be having. and so this is that intersection between energy dependent and being a leader in the world and guaranteeing freedom for people who don t want to buy their gas from russia, and at the same time, being conscious of the climate. it is an interesting tightrope that we are going to talk about. have a great weekend, i will see you again tomorrow morning. all right, take care alley. all right. right i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a blockbuster penalty that a jury has awarded the writer e. jean carroll in a defamation case against the twice impeached four times indicted ex president. yesterday, a
lyse, because we need to talk on some serious issues now, as the they pertain to iran. what do you think the discussion will be right now in tehran? think the discussion will be right now in tehran? they will remember what happened now in tehran? they will remember what happened with now in tehran? they will remember what happened with general - what happened with general soleimani, and the americans saying today, we will choose our response at the time of our choosing. they will be enormous pressure on president biden for that to be robust response. do you think there might be a few in tehran that they pushed it as far as they can? fir might be a few in tehran that they pushed it as far as they can? or are the auoin pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue doing - pushed it as far as they can? or are they going to continue doing this
one thing remains certain, the security of our continent depends on ukraine security of our continent depends on ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign ukraine winning this war. i commend the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine the foreign secretary for hosting ukraine recovery conference last week ukraine recovery conference last week following discussions with foreign week following discussions with foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine foreign ministers. is he confident ukraine will get the humanitarian support ukraine will get the humanitarian support it ukraine will get the humanitarian support it needs in the months ahead question support it needs in the months ahead question mark and when we going to -et question mark and when we going to get on question mark and when we going to get on with question mark and when we going to get on with not just freezing but seizing get on with not just freezing but seizing russian state assets as ou
dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russia s defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. that s the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving forward, whatever the pace is. i wish we broke all the lines by now and reached the sea of azov, but we re not stopping. and you have to take into account that for nine months russia was literally digging into the land, into the soil, reinforcing its trenches with concrete and steel, and mining virtually every square metre. in some areas, our soldiers are moving only 200 or 300 metres per day, crawling. at terrible cost, too. this is a war. and the difference between now and the russians is that we