speak. the t-shirt in the green of the military. he s letting presumably necessary reasons his beard to grow. he s one of the people. this is more than symbolic. this is, you know, a man who nobody thought would be would have to face this, rising to the occasion and showing that he will not leave his people at the most dire moment in european history since the end of world war ii. i mean, we haven t seen this kind of thing in europe since the 1940s. it is extraordinary what s happening. and as this brave president does that in an encircled and perhaps seen to be besieged capital city, you have the russian foreign minister talking to the u.n. in the safety of his foreign ministry in moscow and lying again about who zelenskyy is, calling him a neo-nazi, calling the regime there a bunch of drug addicts and knee owe fascists. saying we had to do this. why? because the people of donbas, the russian separatists here, he said, was somehow not being
the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. but how much of that is a reflection of the current state of play in the north? the advance towards kyiv stalled weeks ago. in fact, in some areas it was already in reverse, with the russian units giving up large parts of makariv, irpin, and trostyanets to the west of the capital. chernihiv to the north of kyiv has been battered by russian shelling since the very first day of the invasion. the city s mayor says 400 residents have been killed so far. but since the announcement in istanbul this morning, the ukrainians say they are starting to see the withdrawal of some russian units. that said, the foreign ministry in moscow later qualified what was happening. for now, washington is reserving judgment on what this amounts to and how it should be viewed. this is it redeployment and we should this is it redeployment and we should all be clear about what is happening on the ground. here s the us secretary of state, anth
the construction of the controversial gas pipeline linking russia and germany has been completed. the russian energy company gazprom says nord stream two will double exports to germany, and the kremlin has called for deliveries to start soon. critics have warned the pipeline will threaten security by giving russia greater control over europe s energy supplies. russia has summoned the us ambassador and complained that america is interfering in its parliamentary elections. the foreign ministry in moscow says it has irrefutable evidence of american tech giants violating russian laws in the run up to next weekend s vote. last week, russia warned apple and google that they were breaking the law by failing to remove from their stores a smart voting app championed by the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. the head of the world health organization in europe says coronavirus may be around for years, adding that the appearance of new variants
the high court ruling. the construction of the controversial gas pipeline linking russia and germany has been completed. the russian energy company gazprom says nord stream two will double exports to germany, and the kremlin has called for deliveries to start soon. critics have warned the pipeline will threaten security by giving russia greater control over europe s energy supplies. russia has summoned the us ambassador and complained that america is interfering in its parliamentary elections. the foreign ministry in moscow says it has irrefutable evidence of american tech giants violating russian laws in the run up to next weekend s vote. last week, russia warned apple and google that they were breaking the law by failing to remove from their stores a smart voting app championed by the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. the head of the world health organization in europe says coronavirus may be around for years, adding that
and we all may live with more surveillance and security, but asked if we were safer now than 20 years ago, the head of m15 said there was no simple answer. gordon corera, bbc news. let s get some more of the day s other news now. russia has summoned the us ambassador and complained to him that america is interfering in its parliamentary elections. the foreign ministry in moscow says it has irrefutable evidence of american tech giants violating russian laws in the run up to next weekend s vote. last week, russia warned apple and google that they were breaking the law by failing to remove from their stores a smart voting app championed by the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny. the uk home secretary, priti patel, has confirmed that dame cressida dick will continue to lead the metropolitan police service until 202a. a number of her high profile critics had sent an open letter to the prime minister calling for her contract not to be extended. the head of the world health organizati