this morning kremlin opposition leader alexei navalny is back in a russian court. he faces extremism charges that his team says could extend his nine-year prison sentence by 30 years. the judge in the case has denied a request from the defense team to recuse himself, although it s not clear on what grounds they asked for the recusal. the team has complained about the format of the hearing including poor audio quality on the court s live stream. days after being released from the hospital pope francis leading sunday prayers at st. peter s square before thousands. he thanked followers for their prayers during his ordeal. the vatican says the pontiff will keep a light schedule he continues to recover from surgery. he is expected to meet with the leaders of cuba and brazil this week. and a ceasefire in sudan appears to be holding for a second day as intense fighting in the country s capital of khartoum has subsided at least
yeah, cooling tensions really seems to be. when he had just a deteriorating relation with eye china, kylie atwood thank you. you no to russia where alexei navalny is back in court. navalny faces extremism charges. new afternoon chas, he s already serving nine years behind bars for fraud and contempt of court. a new action could tack another 30 years on the sentence. cnn s matthew chance is in russia. and what kind of chance is navalny mounting and does it stand a chance of fending off these charges? well, i m not sure about that, but navalny and his legal team have been presented with many 4,000 pages outlining the crimes that he s alleged to have committed. like, his organization says when he s been behind bars. so, these are very extensive charges that the russian authorities have assembled against alexei navalny, as you
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that reads happy birthday. there are no estimates of how many people participated nationwide and cnn cannot independently verify claims of the numbers detained or their status. the volley is serving a nine- year sentence in a maximum security risen outside of moscow. about to go on trial again on extremism charges, which could result in a 35 year prison sentence. nato secretary general says sweden has fulfilled its obligations for admission to the alliance, sultan berg was in istanbul on sunday, meeting with recently re-elected turkish president erred no one, turkey has blocked weed in session to nato, because it accuses stockholm of housing, quote, terrorist organizations. swedish, turkish, and finnish officials will meet next week to discuss sweden s membership meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators in stockholm, protested that new terrorism legislation mentioned.
i need it cool at night. you trying to ice me out of the bed? only on game nights. you know you are retired right? am i? ya! save $500 on our next gen sleep number smart beds. plus, special financing. only at sleep number. jailed russian opposition figure alexey navalny appeared in court a shourt time ago for yet another criminal hearing. it comes amid new concern for his health in prison. we ll talk about how he looked in a moment. first of all, explain what the appearance is about. this is not an actual court hearing in a criminal case. this is a technical hearing because the investigative committee which is bringing extremism charges against him, has filed to limit the amount of