of primaries in several us states that could set the tone for november s mid term elections. the democrat representative, charlie crist has won the primary in the us state of florida. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk with me, stephen sackur. it is six months since vladimir putin ordered a multi front military invasion of ukraine. he set in motion a war which has already taken a terrible human toll and had profound consequences for european security, big power relations, and the world economy. putin calculated it was an aggression he could get away with. six months of interviews with key players may help you decide if he was right. in late 2021, us and uk intelligence made it clear russia was massing a major fighting force along ukraine s eastern and northern border. this didn t look like a sabre rattling exercise. it looked like an invasion in the making. at first, the ukrainian government led by volodymyr zelensky downplayed it, didn t
more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh
with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
six months of interviews with key players may help you decide if he was right. in late 2021, us and uk intelligence made it clear russia was massing a major fighting force along ukraine s eastern and northern border. this didn t look like a sabre rattling exercise. it looked like an invasion in the making. at first, the ukrainian government led by volodymyr zelensky downplayed it, didn t want to believe it. but by mid january, kyiv s defence minister, oleksii reznikov, felt only massive pre emptive western sanctions could stop putin launching a full on attack. the main message let s show to the kremlin that you seriously understand all threats and you can make this invasion very expensive for them. and you can start with the sanctions on this moment before, not after. if they do not, will you regard that as a betrayal? it will be very late because it will be a lot of blood in the land and it will be a lot of refugees, it will be disaster for europe, because this war i
another warning on energy bills half of all uk households could face fuel poverty this winter. a record day for channel crossings in small boats on monday nearly 1,300 people arrived in the uk. and man s emotional best friends how dogs can cry with joy. and coming up on the bbc news channel: after ellen white s retirement, jill scott is the latest lioness to call time on her football career after 20 years at the top. good evening. police in liverpool have named the nine year old who was shot dead in her home last night. olivia pratt korbel s death has sent shock waves through her community and beyond after she was shot in the chest by a gunman who was targeting a man who d run into the house. let s go straight ot our correspondent danny savage who s at the scene. danny. i think it was shocking enough for many people to wake up to the news a nine year old girl had been shot home, but then came the detail and i think this is the most tragic series of evends surround