Igor levitin, who worked as an assistant to the president , became an adviser to the head of state and special representative for International Cooperation in the field of transport. The head of the state Duma Committee on culture, elena yampolskaya, has been appointed advisor to the president. Saved mine position of special representative of the president on environmental issues, transport ecology, sergei ivanov. Vladimir putin also appointed the previous plenipotentiaries in the federal districts. In the state duma all day today, parliamentarians listened to the speeches of the candidates for minister of the new government. The speech of each of them was actually programmatic. The deputies learned the priorities of the work of all ministries, but the questions from parliamentarians that the applicants answered were more like a proposal to improve the quality of work of the executive authorities in russia. Alexey prokin watched the performances. There are 16 names on the list of candi
The Nobel Committee said ms mohammadis brave struggle has come with tremendous personal cost. Women, life, freedom. The norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 32 Narges Mohammadi, for herfight against the oppression of women in iran and herfight against the oppression of women in iran and her fight to promote against the oppression of women in iran and herfight to promote Human Rights And Freedom for all. That iran and her fight to promote Human Rights And Freedom for all. Rights and freedom for all. That was the moment rights and freedom for all. That was the moment we rights and freedom for all. That was the moment we brought rights and freedom for all. That was the moment we brought You Rights And Freedom for all. That was the moment we brought you live. The moment we brought you live earlier. With more on this now i am joined bbc persian s parham ghobadi. Just tell us a little bit more about her. ,. ,. , just tell us a little bit more about he
Of using the environmentally friendly Lawn Equipment. Thats where the friendliness ended. On the other side of the park, a battle of a. I. Verses used, sheep verses robot put to a vote. This seems like its funny, but its not. Reporter it wasnt serious at all. The competition pitted a flock of sheep from uc davis against an autonomous lawnmower, which acts like an outdoor roomba cutting the grass automatically using a gps sensing tower. What it does, it talks to the gps and it talks to the base station. Then you draw points along the lawn, and it makes a little square and knows where to go. Reporter the advantages it could mow any time day or night will make no noise and will automatically find its way back to the charging station when the battery gets low. The first part looks like a car and a black panther or Something Like that. Reporter it causes a lot less shock to lawns. No cost because youre running out of battery and they do no damage. The lawns are much healthier. Reporter not
Perfect memories. Little ronnie got a heel prick after birth. His newborn blood filled six spots used to test babies for dozens of disorders. A couple days after. We got a call. They learned ronnies heel prick revealed a disorder known as the bubble boy disease. His first infection could have killed him. Instead he was rushed to ucsf where he received life saving gene therapy and where he met dr. Puck. I could never develop a newborn test if we had not had stored dry blood spots. Reporter it was the first using distracted dna from leftover blood spots from the newborn biobank. You see, doctors only need a few spots for the life saving genetic test. The rest becomes property of the state. California has been storing blood spots from every baby born here since 1983 and can now test newborns for more than 80 Rare Disorders thanks to Research Using the blood spots. California has amassed the largest stockpile of blood spots in the country. One of only a handful in the states that will stor
Now on bbc news, unmasking a fugitive. Radio local news and information on wpro, providence. Nicholas ala hverdian. He grew up in foster care here, here in rhode island. He has passed away from a long battle with cancer. Nicholas alahverdian was 32. Cant say this enough, how bizarre this next story is. Yeah, as weve been telling you,. Authorities say a rhode island man faked his own death and then hid out in scotland. Nicholas rossi has gone by a variety of names over the years, one being Nicholas Alahverdian. He told me, he is a dangerous man. Hes wanted in numerous states. Then later on, i find out that hes alive. I said, i dont believe it. I was like, wow. Ia court in scotland has ruled thati a man who claimed he was a victim of mistaken identity is the suspect in a series of sex crimes in the united states. Mr rossi. Im not mr rossi at all. Ok, then. Thats not Arthur Knight. And you were always absolutely certain it was him . 100 . I was the whistle blower. Can you get out of the w