He said when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. As our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move, mr putin also mentioned the Opposition Figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir 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 Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. You can believe it or not. I said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. But what happened happened. Election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. The winner, by a mile and a half, Vladimir Putin. What an incredible l
Gang violence continues in haiti, the bodies of ten people have been found in a wealthy suburb. Witnesses said there have an attack of armed criminals and the president announced his resignation. Transitional council will choose his replacement but has yet to be appointed. Rishi sunak has insisted his party is united in the economy is turning a corner as he attempts to move past questions of leadership. Last week saw defection in a racism row in a plot to replace him. Local Election Campaign starting tomorrow in the Business Secretary called on her colleagues to stop the Westminster Psychodrama and the Prime Minister urged them to stick to the plan. The Prime Minister. Six more years for President Putin. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. Lets have a look at who did congratulate him. That is iran, china and north korea. Indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. And Pr
There for you. Saudi arabias crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has been invited to visit the uk in the autumn. The visit is likely to prompt sharp criticism over the gulf leaders Human Rights Record. It would be the first trip by the crown prince to the uk since the murder ofjournalist Jamal Khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. Us Intelligence Agencies concluded that the prince must have authorised the killing. Lets talk to may darwich, senior lecturer in the International Relations of The Middle East at the university of birmingham. Thank you for coming out of the programme will solicit about first while this invitation has been extended. I while this invitation has been extended while this invitation has been extended. ~. ,. , extended. I think there are several reasons as extended. I think there are several reasons as to extended. I think there are several reasons as to why extended. I think there are several reasons as to why the extended. I think there are severa
Duped by dishonest recruitment agents into going to oman. Georgina was promised a lucrativejob in dubai, but instead she found herself in the omani capital, muscat. Translation i was not allowed to rest. I was waking up at 3am and going to bed at 1am. The most difficult thing that made me desperate to escape was the boss forcing me to have sex with him. It was so painful because i had no way to say no. He threatened me and said if i shouted he would shoot me. I got badly injured because it wasnt only him. He would bring friends and they would pay him after. In oman alone, there are an estimated 300,000 Domestic Workers, most of them from africa or asia. Ekaterina runs an ngo which supports Migrant Workers in the gulf. We identify them as victims of trafficking or forced labour or other forms of exploitation. So we negotiate with their employer for them to be released. The laws that are in place prohibit a Domestic Worker to leave the employer. She cannot change jobs and she cannot leav
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