There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir 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 A
From close range early on. They might have added to the lead, but instead liverpool turned it around before the break. Goals from alexis mac allister, a deflected strike, and mo salah made it 2 1 liverpool at half time. It stayed that way until the final minutes, when antony squeezed in an equaliser for united. Into extra time, we were just getting started. Harvey elliott made it 3 2 liverpool, another deflected strike. Marcus rashford brought united back into it, 3 3, and we were waiting for penalties when with almost the final attack, amad diallo squeezed in the winner. 43. He was actually sent off in the celebrations, but that was a footnote as uniteds hopes of silverware this season live on, they face Coventry City of the championship in the semifinal. After what happened here, they will feel in the fa cup this might be their year. Joy for united, but disappointment for liverpool. Lets hear now from both managers, starting with erik ten haag, who believes this fa cup result could b
An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. She was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. After voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. She also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. A Russian Election official says more than Eight Million russians cast their ballots o
But that was up there. An fa cup quarterfinal to live on in history. Where to start . Manchester united, many peoples underdogs, started brighter and went ahead through Scott Mctominay from close range early on. They might have added to the lead, but instead liverpool turned it around before the break. Alexis mac allister, a deflected strike, and mo salah made it 2 1 liverpool at half time. It stayed that way until the final minutes, when anthony squeezed in an equaliser for united. Into extra time, we were just getting started. Harvey elliott made it 3 to liverpool, another deflected strike. Marcus rashford brought united back into it, 3 3 and we were waiting for penalties when with almost the final attack, amad diallo squeezed in the winner. 43. He diallo squeezed in the winner. 4 3. He was actually sent off in the celebrations, but that was up at night as uniteds hopes of silverware this season live on, they face Coventry City of the championship in the semifinal. After what happene
Charles spencer also said the press attention suffered by his sister was more dangerous than the attention online focused on kate, the current princess of wales. Princess dianas brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc s sunday with laura kuenssberg. Earlier, i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what was the main thrust of earl spencers comments were. Well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. He has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of 11. He also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent nanny, nanny forster. And this is what he had to say. Really damaging violence to