bringing the total to 15. scientists say they are still unsure what s causing the outbreak but they believe it can be transmitted between humans, as well as from animals to humans. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in the countries upcoming election. but if he were running, his chances would not be good. his poll ratings are poor. last year, columbia was gripped by street protests, poverty, inequality and violence remain endemic. president duque is my guest today. could his departure signal columbia s rejection of the traditional ruling elite? president ivan duque. a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thank to hardtalk. you so much for allowing me thank you so much for allowing me to be here in the show. it is a pleasure having you in the studio. in a few weeks time, you will be leaving office and the opinion polls in columbia state a clear majority of your people disapprove of th
it was applying to join nato. meanwhile, in ukraine, russia intensifies its attacks in the donbas region as its forces capture more territory in the south and east. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hormone replacement therapy prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. and rangers face heart of midlothian in the scottish cup final this afternoon, looking to put behind them the disappointment of their europa league heartbreak on wednesday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explains a meeting with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in downing street during lockdown. it s emerged the pair met several weeks ago but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here what can you tell us about this meeting? we know the prime minister and sue gray met and i am tempted to say thatis gray met and i am t
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People were killed and 16 people were injured. We are not clear how he got that information, we are not clear whether it is true, it certainly hasnt been verified yet. One of the things he said was that two russian generals had been badly injured in the attack. One is part of the operation in zaporizhzhia, which lies to the north east of crimea, and the other person is linked to russias north sea fleet. Both those people apparently, according to Ukrainian Military intelligence, badly injured. Mr budanov did not comment on reports that the admiral of russias Black Sea Fleet was killed, so that certainly, even from the ukrainian side, hasnt stood up in any way. Ukraine Special Forces have also commented on this. They have said basically the attack was timed to coincide with a meeting of the leadership of russias naval forces, but again they gave no evidence for that claim and it hasnt been independently verified. Russia on the other hand has stayed remarkably quiet. In fact, they have go
Living in the uk. Three men and two women. Three of these defence were charged earlier in the year with possessing fake id document, passports and others, for up to nine different countries. At that point we reported, we revealed this last month, that they were suspected of spying for russia. Now actual formal confirmation that these three defendants and an additional two are to be charged with spying for russia. They are suspected of being an operational Spy Cell Operating out of the uk but also going into europe. It is alleged that they conducted surveillance on targets. One of the defendants, orlin roussev, is alleged to have been running the operations from the uk, that he was also alleged to have been responsible for creating some of the Fake Passports that the Police Allegedly found in a couple of properties they searched earlier in the year. This is an unusual case, we dont often get cases like this. These defendants are going to be here in court are going to appear in court at