a russian court has sentenced one of president putin s most prominent critics to 25 years in prison for treason. vladimir kara murza has also been convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co operation with an undesirable organisation . he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the russian british former journalist and politician is the latest of a number of putin opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. let s get more on this story now with sergei goryashko from the bbc russian sevice. could you start by telling us what happened, what we know about what happened, what we know about what happened in court today? todd? happened, what we know about what happened in court today? happened in court today? today in court, in happened in court today? today in court. in a happened in
returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks. we have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. figs have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese armed - is like in khartoum. as the fighting l between the sudanese armed forces and the other forces parliamentary continues, sudanese people continue to live in very dire and difficult situations, with
kara murza. we will have more on all of those stories here in a moment. let s round up to the sports news. thank you, good afternoon. we start with football and the premier league where liverpool can keep their hopes of playing european football next season alive, with a win at leeds this evening. it won t be easy though forjurgen klopp s side against a leeds team fighting for premier league survival just two points above the drop zone. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a position that we don t want to be in the table. that means we have to act a little bit like this, we have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that s how it is. the things we have tried so far this season didn t work out properly, especially not consistently, and that s what we have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our home record isn t as bad as the away record but we play away. anyway, i m looking forward to the game. it is important to be strong in thi
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in new york city where two men have appeared in court charged with operating a chinese secret police station in manhattan. lujianwang and chenjinping are accused of acting on behalf of china s ministry of public security, to monitor and intimidate dissidents. breon peace is the federal district attorney in brooklyn. unlike typical officers, the mps officers who have been charged today are not focused on preventing crime. rather, the complaints charge these mps officers with engaging in transnational repression schemes, targeting members of the chinese diaspora community in new york city and elsewhere in the united states. and as shown in these complaints, the mps has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation s sovereignty, including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of new york city. our new york correspondent nada tawfiq told me more about the reaction from us authorites. what they are alleging here