And the best Television Programmes of 2023 are being honoured at the Bafta Tv Awards in london the bbc s police drama happy valley has five nominations. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. Some Breaking News. The Russian Defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, is being removed from his post and will become the new secretary of russias Security Council. He replaces Nikolai Patrushev whos been in the post since 2008. A list published by the upper house of the Russian Parliament says the new Defence Minister will be andrei belousov. Well have more on that when we get it, and of course some reaction from russia as well. Well it comes as president zelensky says theres fierce fighting along a large part of the Kharkiv Region border in eastern ukraine. Russia says it has captured another four villages in the region an area where Russian Troops had been pushed back nearly two years ago. It means that since they launched their Surprise Offensive two days ago, they have taken nine villages. Today, there h
Of rabbits from the hat during party conference, he was under a lot of criticism because of the hs2 farce, so he has picked on one of the biggest groups in society, which are smokers. We have to remember that to put this in perspective, Smoking Rates have been falling for 50 years and they continue to fall, and the current Smoking Rates in all age groups are the lowest ever recorded level. So there is absolutely no need for this type of draconian policy. This is only going to fuel the black market because it will not stop young people smoking, they will simply get their tobacco from the black market, and of course once they are older they will get it from abroad. But there is more important issue, thats the whole in fertilisation of british society. Once you are 18 you are an adult and its up to you to choose whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to drink alcohol, whether you wish to Smoke Tobacco and of course, fewer and fewer people ar
Ryder cup that auntie. They understand its their Opportunity Note to write their kind of story and write their history this week and write their history this week and start creating that history for themselves so they are very excited to be here and very ready. Spain forward Mariona Caldentee says she hopes the womens team can compete at the olympics next year as long as its under the conditions the players think they deserve. Many of them went on strike, afterformer president of the Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales kissed a Player Rubiales has since resigned. But many players remained on strike until a deal was made with the federation over further changes. Spain Beat Sweden On Friday and face switzerland on tuesday in the Nations League group stage. The two finalists in the competition should spain make it that far will appear at the olympics in paris translation this is the global fight and we say we are Football Players but at the same time we have Global Responsibility to
Of Nagorno Karabakh. Armenian separatist Officials Say almost 300 people have been admitted to hospitals, with dozens in a critical condition. The blast, the cause of which is not known, came as thousands of Ethnic Armenians flee the contested enclave after it was seized by azerbaijan last week. Armenia says more than 13,000 people, 19,000. Or about 15 of the territorys population, have crossed the border, fearing persecution and Ethnic Cleansing. Envoys from armenia and azerbaijan are in brussels for eu backed talks. Its the first such meeting between the countries since azerbaijan seized the enclave. Nagorno karabakh is at the heart of one of the worlds longest running territorial and ethnic conflicts. Its recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan, but has been controlled by Ethnic Armenians for three decades. The head of the us agency for International Development said the us would provide 11. 5 million in humanitarian assistance and called for the International Community to