In next years elections. His political rival is barred from standing. Counting votes in a light various president ial election liberias president ial election, where former footballer of the year is seeking the top job. And the former leader serving a long prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption asks for forgiveness after receiving a president ial pardon. Im aware that the results produced by my government were well received by some, but i recognize that i let others down. To them i ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. And english footballer harry kane smashes a 22yearold record for most goals scored in a calendar year. Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. A group of russian electors have formally given their support to Vladimir Putin as a candidate in next years president ial election. Mr. Putin is seeking a fourth term in office and will run as an independent this time. He still needs 300,000 signatures before his nomination is confirmed. On monday, putins mai
You talk about frustration with government now, but your whole career basically sounds as though you have been banging your head against a brick wall. Did you learn some lessons from that . Of course, of course. What lessons did you draw . It seems like the only lesson you took was, you know what, after a while you betray your best friends in politics . No. I dont agree with that at all. I bet you know. I bet you know how do you feel as president that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . I understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you. Am i not right . Yeah, cheers. Hardtalk. To the next 20 years well you got water and ive got wine . thats terrible our show has a name which gives you a very strong clue as to what youre going to get. And i do wonder sometimes whether calling the programme hardtalk has been a huge adva
In next years elections. His political rival is barred from standing. Counting votes in a light various president ial election liberias president ial election, where former footballer of the year is seeking the top job. And the former leader serving a long prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption asks for forgiveness after receiving a president ial pardon. Im aware that the results produced by my government were well received by some, but i recognize that i let others down. To them i ask forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. And english footballer harry kane smashes a 22yearold record for most goals scored in a calendar year. Hello, and welcome to bbc world news. A group of russian electors have formally given their support to Vladimir Putin as a candidate in next years president ial election. Mr. Putin is seeking a fourth term in office and will run as an independent this time. He still needs 300,000 signatures before his nomination is confirmed. On monday, putins mai
Viktor yanukovych, fled to russia. The un says since the conflict began more than 10,000 people have died in the donetsk and luhansk regions. Andrew plant has the story. In the war torn east of ukrainian, carried on three plain buses, hundreds of prisoners are heading home, some after years in captivity. More than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap since september last year, arriving with their belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free. Translation i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. Translation i want to believe that people are tired of all of this and must find the strength to engage in a dialogue, because without dialogue, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. The prisoner transports arrived in the early hours in the donetsk region, in easter ukraine, at the mayors
The Us State Department has condemned the arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. A wave of protests has spread to some of the countrys biggest cities. Demonstrators have been demanding basic rights and an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in demonstrations on friday, including in the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz, and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights cities across iran hit by large and sometimes violent Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. And despite the repressive action taken against demonstrators by the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread across the country. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship with a huge fall in Living Standards over the last decade. But what started as a protest against rising prices has gr