Plenty of questions, and here to offer some answers for the next half an hour or so are mike prendergast, leader of the conservative opposition on Sefton Council ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any Candidate Other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. Icame to i came to vote for a man to make sure that our country prosperous and there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. , not in ukraine or any other part of the world the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment this was pr
hello, i m vishala sri pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukra
Temporarily fill the 74 year olds role. Before his procedure mr murnane yahoo gave a telephoto address to offer reassurances. Translation i under way an examination. I thank the people who have a record to show concern for my Health Including reporters. I assure you that i get through the treatment successfully and returned action very quickly. The bbc s middle east bureau Chiefjoe Floater explained his strategy as he navigates Health Challenges amid calls for him to step down. I think he was appearing tonight as an act of both reassurance and warning to his friends and critics. So the reassurance that he was still vigorously in charge of his government, as he prepared to hand over the reins of power to his deputy and a warning there to those people converging on towns around israel, but particularlyjust a few kilometres away outside the israeli parliament, calling for new elections and for him to step down, that those new elections would cause a paralysis. They would hamper negotiatio
have continued, as have those on the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas, which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our international editor jeremy bowen reports on the situation in the west bank and gaza. there s distressing footage from the very beginning. lost boys, brothers looking for their father my dad s been killed. i swear my dad s been killed. they re lost in the mighty vengeance promised by israel. then they found their father and brother were dead. the strike, filmed by a freelance journalist, destroyed the home of this family injabalia, northern gaza. these are the latest israeli army pictures. they re pushing forward into souther
abigail. and the other two would be women. three children, sorry, three americans to be included in this initial phase are 50 hostages. there are ten americans who are unaccounted for at the moment, presumed to be hostages, so three of ten, it seems, will be involved in this first phase. one more question, it is important to note that for the biden administration they have also emphasised that a pause in fighting here must also be used to get humanitarian aid in to the gaza strip. the gaza strip. that is right and again the gaza strip. that is right and again senior the gaza strip. that is right - and again senior administration official said it was expected that once a deal would be made that once a deal would be made that there would be a surgeon humanitarian supplies so the administration has pushed the humanitarians because to allow not only to facilitate the release of hostages but also to get more aid into gaza to that border crossing with egypt. they worked hard t