the 27 year old s guilty plea came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i?m stephen sackur. the war in ukraine is stuck in a form of bloody winter stalemate. but the expectation is major military offensives are coming as both russia and ukraine seek a game changing shift in the dynamic of the conflict. putin has a clear numbers advantage when it comes to fighting an all out war, but will that be enough given russia s evident vulnerabilities? my guest is vetreran russian foreign policy analyst and kremlin adviser sergey karaganov. is putin s invasion turning into a longterm disaster for russia? sergey karaganov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome, and let me ask you a simple question. after almost a year of war in ukraine, is russia ready to acknowledge that it is going badly wrong? it is a war. and we will be winning the war, there is
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
and 48 hours to come up with the next generation of video games. we ll be hearing from the man behind the global gamejam. hello there. we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row. the half a percent rise puts uk interest rates at 4%, their highest level in more than 1a years. a bonus, of course, for savers, but it piles more pressure on businesses and those with mortgages, loans and credit card debt. the good news is that the bank now thinks the uk s recession will be shorter and less severe than it previously thought, and there s a hint that rates may not have to go any higher. but a recovery could take years as our economics editor faisal islam reports. the squeeze continues. an official interest rate of 4% should not feel huge, but it does, and notjust here in nuneaton, forjoanne, who runs a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage on a furniture and gift shop. th
i m not going to bite down. the stakes are way, way too high. i think every republican knew there was baggage out there. the weight of that baggage is starting to feel a little closer to unbearable. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s friday, october 7th, 9 a.m. here in london, 4 a.m. on the east coast of the united states where we start in new york. that s where u.s. president joe biden gave a stark warning about nuclear talk coming out of russia. president vladimir putin hinted using nuclear weapons is not off the table. statement came after the military racked up losses in the ukraine. wednesday night mr. biden responded to that threat saying there s no such thing as the ability to easily use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up in armageddon. after the speech u.s. officials made it clear they did not see any change in russia s nuclear posture. phil mattingly explains, mr. biden s statement caught even some u.s. officials by
record 4,000 police officers are on pace to retire this year. a federal judge has ordered dr. anthony fauci and other white house officials as part of. alleges biden administration officials colluded with social media companies to censor information. bryce harper sending this ball into the stands to send the philadelphia phillies to the world series. fans going wild. astros punching their card to the world series over the yankees might as well jump go ahead and jump might as well jump steve: they are going to be jumping there in houston on friday night as you look at minute maid park listen to van halen currently 57 degrees, daytime high of 82. it s going to be houston and philadelphia. there you see the philadelphialy s they have not gone citizen bank park. they have not been to the world series in 12 years. they will face off on friday night in houston it. is the fillies phillies also th. they should be able to watch with an adult beverage. don t have to