in the uk for the first time since records began. but high inflation means people s wages are falling in real terms. the wagatha christie court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. and the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. good evening. for 82 days, the ukrainian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night, more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port city has been key to moscow s military campaign giving russia full control of more than 80% of ukraine s black sea coastline. russian troops encircled mariupol in early march, damaging or destroying over 90% of the city. but ukrainian forces held out at the huge steelworks in
There has been growing concern in washington that the deal was being worked on by russia and north korea, it followed a visit to north korea by the Russian Defence minister. And so now in the last few hours we have confirmation from officials in washington that it is believed as you say that kim jong un and Vladimir Putin will meet at some point at a place to be decided it seems or at least revealed in russia over the next few weeks. A very high stakes meeting, they had met before 2019 was the last time in russia but clearly the situation is different now. We know that russia needs more Artillery Ammunition with very few friends around the world. It is perhaps telling they are turning to a pariah state, like north korea, too it seems source this weaponry that they crucially need to pursue the war in ukraine. That would not be one sided, what we understand and this is been reported by the new york times, this would come at a price and the price for north korea would be advanced technolo
Every single one of them should be released. Since the earliest hours of this crisis, the president has made clear he will do Everything Possible to secure the release of every hostage. During my own recent troubles in the region i am beside him urgency and importance of this to the United States and pressed partners to do everything they can to help us secure the release. Since that time we work relentlessly with partners to do just that. I cant speak publicly about the details of these efforts, i know you understand that, but the urgent work to free every single american, to free all of the hostages continues. As does our work to secure the Safe Passage Out Of Gaza for the american strap there. In this particular instance, i want to thank the government of qatarfor the important i want to thank the government of qatar for the important assistance. When i was in israel last week i met with the families of us citizens that hamas have taken hostage. President biden had the opportunity t
Case and what the jury will need to decide. Russia and china agree to tighten military ties and deepen their Economic Partnership after talks in beijing. What will washingtons response to that be . And police in slovakia have charged a man with the Attempted Murder of the Prime Minister, robert fico. The Prime Minister remains in a serious but stable condition. Good evening. Michael cohen once said he would take a bullet for donald trump. The prosection is hoping that in this case he is their silver bullet, but he has faced a withering day of Cross Examination as trumps lawyers worked hard this afternoon to demolish his credibility. Questioned the notion that Michael Cohen is a reformed man interested in justice. Putting to him the many lies he had told in defence of his former employer. He testified he lied out of loyalty and to protect the former presient when he was his personal counsel. At the heart of the case is a payment trump made to cohen in 2016 a reimbursement, say the prose
The easiest questions that could possibly be asked. Only a guy like michael can answer those questions. They have him tied up in this ridiculous prosecution that is not about dresses. It is all about politics. It is Election Interference and its tying up the president from being out of the campaign trail. This is a sham and that is the only thing this is. Its a joke, a farce, a travesty, we are better than this as americans. The only thing more depressing then this court room is what is happening in there. Its a scam its Election Interference at a level that is never taken place before and if you dont mind im going at it the icebox to sit for a long time. Former President Donald Trump getting a huge show of support by allies in washington as the unprecedented criminal trial continues in lower manhattan. The court is on lunch break at this moment. That was the former president departing just a few moments ago. We just saw him walk out of the courtroom and 1 quart resumes crossexaminatio