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 level of support and unity around the figure of pu
Today on inside politics, a burden of proof and politics. The trial against donald trump takes shape as a federal judge sets a date to decide when prosecutors will present their case. A timeline careening into a campaign. Now the former president issued a plea to the Supreme Court. Plus Kevin Mccarthy a auditions for supporting role in the trump defense. The House Speaker unloads an angry tirade over the special counsel indictment, Sidestepping The Former president ials election lies that led to a deadly attack on the capitol where Kevin Mccarthy serves. And made by bidenomics, new cnn reporting spotlights the strategy to make sure americans know their roads, dams and ports and jobs attached to them are thanks to joe biden. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Up first, Donald Trumps anger and anxiety triggered by a looming trial for alleged election crimes. The former president s public posture is defiance. Today donald trump made a demand that the Supreme C
And 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evolving assortment of cultures, creeds, religions and languages. Heading off the well worn tourist path, were on a journey which spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. Travelling from one of the driest places on earth. It is quite incredible, the sand. Its just crystal, hard cystals. White salt. You can probably taste it. To one of the wettest. These are areas really for the adventurous traveller. This isnt india on tap. Im on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. And also, meet the people who call this intriguing and sometimes overwhelming country home. Its going to be an amazing journey. For thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. At the heart of this enterprise was the sea. And the state of gujarat, with a thousand miles of coastline, served as a Shipping Gateway to africa, arabia and beyond. This is as far west as you can get in
This is how they flare. We are demanding that they stop the flaring. It must stop. These are my children. This is my family. Hello. Thanks for tuning in to our Weather Forecast for the next ten days. And i can tell you straight away that theres absolutely no let up to the kind of weather weve been having for weeks now. So once again, early august is going to be changeable, on the cool side, with rain at times. And if we look at the recent satellite picture, you can see weather systems, a daisy chain of them, lining up in the atlantic and heading our way. And through the course of this week, crucially, quite a strong jet stream across the atlantic. Also pointing in our direction, you can see even some dips in the jet stream, or troughs, as we call it in meteorology. And that means that cooler air at times will be streaming in from the north. I think thursday will be a particularly cool day across the north of the country whereas the warm weather is reserved for the southern climes. Onto
Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Im sure you would agree that amnesty S International reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. Mm hm. How do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now . Look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. People from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if its needed. I was very recently in peru meeting with Indigenous People who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. Who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time . Amnesty international. We went there and we kept being there for them. I was in taiwan two weeks ago. Amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. We fought the white terror government. We are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the Civil Society more generally