the outbreaks have raised concerns about a city wide shutdown just as china s second largest city shanghai re emerged from a two month lockdown. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m steven sackur. russia s invasion of ukraine has raised anxiety levels across eastern europe, nowhere more so than moldova. this former outpost of the soviet empire shares a border with ukraine. it also hosts a pro moscow breakaway territory. it is poor, beset with corruption, and it could ultimately be in vladimir putin s sights. my guest is nicu popescu, moldova s foreign minister and deputy pm. how can moldova best protect itself? nicu popescu, in chisinau, welcome to hardtalk. it s good talking to you, stephen, hello. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, mr deputy prime minister, you ve had more than 100 days of observing vladimir putin s invasion strategy in ukraine. right now, do you fear that putin represents a threat to moldova, too? i think this war is making every
my guest is nicu popescu, moldova s foreign minister and deputy pm. how can moldova best protect itself? nicu popescu, in chisinau, welcome to hardtalk. it s good talking to you, stephen, hello. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, mr deputy prime minister, you ve had more than 100 days of observing vladimir putin s invasion strategy in ukraine. right now, do you fear that putin represents a threat to moldova, too? i think this war is making every single person living on the european continent not only feel the insecurity generated by this war, generated by this blatant breach of international law. and of course we, as all other people living on the european continent, feel the impact of this insecurity. of course, given our geography, our history, this insecurity in moldova is indeed felt quite strongly. at the same time, we are, of course, ready for all possible developments, for all possible contingencies. but in our assessment and this assessment is shared by o
of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. an investigation begins, after a train derails in southern germany, leaving at least four people dead. hello and welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon, but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. good morning. thank you very much. rather autumnal weather for day three of the platinum jubilee celebrations. not what we have come to expect thus far but it is not deterring hundreds and hundreds of people who are already arriving for that concert here tonight which does not get under way
Breaking news out of the middle east, Especial Msnbc our from irans state tv. They are reporting that irans president , Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. The president was traveling back from a visit to azerbaijan, when the helicopter he was in made a crash landing. For hours, Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. Have found the crash site, and there were no survivors. That weather is believed to have contributed to the crash, and it certainly slowed down a Search And Rescue efforts which were going on for hours. U. S. Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, earlier on sunday saying intelligence authorities informed him that there is, quote, no evidence of foul play in this crash, adding that it looks like an accident. It is still being fully investigated. The death of irans president comes during a volatile time in the region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks directly on each other, just last month, and militant groups, backed b
Border when the helicopter he was traveling in made a crash landing. Fur hours Rescue Workers were searching for the wreckage and any survivors. There were no survivors. Bad weather impeded the search. U. S. Majority Senate Leader Chuck Schumer says intelligence authorities informed him there was no evidence of foul play and looks like an accident, but its still being viewed as an accident. The death comes at a volatile time in this region. Iran and israel have exchanged attacks on each other and militant groups attacked israel as well as ships in the red sea. The countrys Supreme Leader still remains in control over iran after this unfortunate news. Lets go to nbc chief correspondent richard engel. Richard, as you have been following this story, what is the right way to look at this, summarize it, and what are the reactions that youre looking for from the region . Reporter so this was a shocking turn of events. A Helicopter Crash. I also am hearing from sources that foul weather, not