the 27 year old s guilty plea came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i?m stephen sackur. the war in ukraine is stuck in a form of bloody winter stalemate. but the expectation is major military offensives are coming as both russia and ukraine seek a game changing shift in the dynamic of the conflict. putin has a clear numbers advantage when it comes to fighting an all out war, but will that be enough given russia s evident vulnerabilities? my guest is vetreran russian foreign policy analyst and kremlin adviser sergey karaganov. is putin s invasion turning into a longterm disaster for russia? sergey karaganov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome, and let me ask you a simple question. after almost a year of war in ukraine, is russia ready to acknowledge that it is going badly wrong? it is a war. and we will be winning the war, there is
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
This is bbc news. i m victoria valentine, with the latest headlines, for viewers in the uk and around the world. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios avoids conviction at a court in canberra, after admitting assaulting a former girlfriend. the us department of defence says it s tracking what s believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon that entered american airspace two days ago. as european union leaders prepare for a summit on ukraine later on friday, president zelensky says he believes ukraine deserves talks onjoining the eu this year. and could this song, by the former sex pistols
This is bbc news. i m victoria valentine, with the latest headlines, for viewers in the uk and around the world. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios avoids conviction at a court in canberra, after admitting assaulting a former girlfriend. the us department of defence says it s tracking what s believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon that entered american airspace two days ago. as european union leaders prepare for a summit on ukraine later on friday, president zelensky says he believes ukraine deserves talks onjoining the eu this year. and could this song, by the former sex pistols frontmanjohn lydon,
This is bbc news. the latest headlines: the australian tennis star nick kygrios avoids conviction at a court in canberra after admitting assaulting a former girlfriend. the us department of defence says it s tracking what s believed to be a chinese surveillance balloon that entered american airspace two days ago. let s stay with that story. in the last few hours, the director of the cia william burns said china is the biggest geopolitical challenge currently facing the united states. doctor 0riana skylar mastro is center fellow at the freeman spogli institute for international studies at stanford university. she is also non resident senior fellow at american enterprise institute, and shejoins us now from stanford. thank you very much forjoining us, doctor.