As is their motive. Mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny s chief of staff until the Opposition Leader died suddenly in prison in the Russian Arctic last month. Speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. Thats why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. Matthew sussex is Senior Fellow of Central European studies at the Australian National university, he gave his take on the situation. Regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up Leonid Volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. And that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as Leonid Volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it is possible for you to end u
It freaks me out. But for me, something incredible might come out of it a chance to meet a sister i didnt even know i had. Her train is pulling in now. Id better go in and wait. We are Donor Conceived, and this is our story. Im about to start a personal journey that i didnt think i would ever go on. And im really nervous. I dont know how this is going to end. I was 17 and i found out i was pregnant. And i lived here at the time. My dad, he just couldnt even look at me. He was so upset. And i actually had a bleed that night, so my dad had to take me into hospital. I didnt know if he wanted to speak to me, so i went in and had the scan on my own and they printed the pictures out for me. And ijust came out and gave them to him and it was like all had been forgotten. Yeah. Then it was fine. If being pregnant at 17 was a shock, then the news my dad was about to tell me was something i never, ever expected. So, i was about six months pregnant. I came down, i was on my phone, just like, 0h, w
fragile democracy takes us to wisconsin, or a conservative majority supreme court just made it harder for its own citizens to vote, in a move that just happens to align quite nicely with the agenda of a certain twice impeached former president. and the velshi banned book club is in session, with a historical fiction title for younger adults, that has gotten parent so out of that it was the subject of a viral video, of an angry mom calling for its removal. velshi starts now. good morning, i am ali velshi. it is sunday, july 11th, 18 months and five days since a group of anti-american insurrectionists attacked the united states capitol in an attempt to overthrow the government and destroy american democracy in the name of a former president. mind you, that attempt is still ongoing in other ways. more on that later in the show. but luckily for america, the january 6th select committee continues its vital work in investigating that insurrection. and this morning, we are g
mystery. who bombed a controversial landmark in georgia good evening, everyone it was a brazen act of violence that has stunned japan and the world. shinzo abe, former prime minister of japan, ally to the u.s., and friend of american presidents, murdered in broad daylight by a lone assassin, shot in a country where gun violence is exceedingly rare it happened in the city of nara as the long-serving leader was appearing at an outdoor event in support of a fellow politician abe felled by two gunshots the shooter wrestled to the ground. authorities say he used a homemade gun and has confessed to the murder in washington, president biden reacting to the news saying he was stunned and outraged this afternoon, traveling to the japanese embassy where he signed a book of condolences. janis mackey frayer has our report we must warn you, some of the images are graphic. reporter: it was 11:30 in the morning former japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, was giving a campaign speech whe
director of a rape crisis center. i have firsthand experience being the support system for people who have had to go in and have abortions because it was the only choice for different reasons. because people are making assumptions that people are just having this done, why are people making this a law? why are they the ones making laws for someone else s body? someone s own body. when they do not know firsthand the reason. should not be doctors and the person whose body it is making the choice? why are you making laws over someone else s body? it is something that i ve heard over and over throughout the day dreamlike of rich so far. this supreme court is not done yet. a line from justice clarence thomas might be on the table here. this includes contraception and same sex marriage. right now, women with an unwanted pregnancy in a state where abortion is illegal, we ll be facing a stark reality. they will have to continue on with their pregnancy or take a tough journey into h