There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
Im going to be discussing that with these two there they are an Eastern European economist who thinks selling the assets might mean less money for ukraine in the long run and estonias Foreign Minister tells me taxpayers, they shouldnt have to foot the bill for the aggression of his next door neighbour, russia. Plus, what about the damage inside ukraine . One of president zelensky s top economic advisers tells me about the struggle to keep financing the fighting and why getting millions of ukrainians back from abroad would be crucial for the countrys future. Wherever yourejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. You know, russias invasion of ukraine is now into its third year, costing Tens Of Thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Its huge impact has been felt in economies all around the world. Its had consequences for globaltrade, energy and food prices and, most of all, in ukraine itself. So, can the assets the west has frozen and
Details here on breakfast. Its sunday 3 march. Our top story The Chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesdays budget, telling the Sunday Telegraph he has to act responsibly. With three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. Here is our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Police drones that can assess Road Traffic Accidents one solution chosen by The Chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesnt make easy reading. But jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of Technology Like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. Five years time. At a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. The chancellor is under pressure to make tax
Action is being taken against the Sun Newspaper. Legal action against the mirror group over allegations of Phone Hacking. Who did you hack . Be quicker to say who i didnt hack, wouldnt it . Be easier. Celebrities, politicians. I was living in this sort of superhighway of illicit information. It was exciting. You felt like a spy. I dont know to this day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. Phone hacking was not practised by the Mail On Sunday or the daily mail. You have just about anybody whos ever appeared in a Tabloid Newspaper saying, give me large wodges of cash, please. I think its actually a legal scandal. Its not the money im after. Its. Its to expose their guilt. Its justice. As long ago as i can remember, All I Ever Wanted to do was act. That was it. Thats my only memory. Ive been lucky that i have loved myjob. But the other side of it, which i was completely and utterly unprepared for, was overwhelming. I fell very much in love with my first co star, and
Day how many people have heard my deepest secrets, my desires. Phone hacking was not practised by the mail. On sunday or the daily mail. You have just about anybody whos ever appeared in a Tabloid Newspaper saying, give me large wodges of cash, please. I think its actually a legal scandal. Its not the money im after. Its to expose their guilt. Its justice. As long ago as i can remember, All I Ever Wanted to do was act. That was it. Thats my only memory. Ive been lucky that i have loved myjob. But the other side of it, which i was completely and utterly unprepared for, was overwhelming. I fell very much in love with my first co star, and got papped with him, and the next day had ten people outside my house, and that was it. It was from one day to the next, it was not there, and then it was very much there. Ever since jude got together with sienna on the set of alfie, theyve been a real golden couple. | we talked before about the paparazzi, how are you coping . Because you seem to be fol