Pictures coming from rebeccas home town of bukwo. Close to the kenyan border in uganda. Last night, on friday, family members, friends and activists against gender based Violence Viewed Rebeccas coffin at the Funeral Home in the kenyan town before her body was brought back to her hometown. We heard her mother was wearing a Souvenir Bag at the time, that the athlete had received at the Paris Olympics where she competed in the marathon. Patience akumu is a ugandan lawyer she told me what lessons needed to be learned from Rebecca Cheptegeis violent death. We need to reflect about the ways in which women, no matter their social status, ways in which women, no matter theirsocialstatus, no ways in which women, no matter their social status, no matter what they have achieved in life, are still expected to bow to the expectations of society, evenif to the expectations of society, even if it kills them. Domestic violence is still a reality for many women in africa, in euston africa. The statist
Drawn on whether hed persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Well, theres only one reason were having these discussions, and that is because putin has illegally invaded ukraine. And the quickest way to resolve this obviously lies through, you know, what putin actually does, because its for him to end this. But we are having the discussion. Weve stood with ukraine. Ukraine has a right to self defence. And weve stood united, not just with our allies here in the us, but across with our nato allies. Thats very, very important to us. These are the long range Anglo French missiles. Ukraine would love to fire into russia, the uk making the argument to allies. Its a request that should be granted. They rely on american Satellite Systems to work. You might ask why the Prime Minister has been so keen to dash here, to visit a president who we know will be gone in just a few months time. His answer is there are urgent i
This is a very sad day for this community. They have remembered her as a humble member of this community who inspired many children to take up athletics, and who was ready to help many people. Herfamily has been remembering her as a pillar of their family, of their large family. She was supporting many of them, and so this is a big blow for them and also for the community in bukwo. Earlier in the day, the counsellors met and passed a motion to name a road and a stadium in honour of Rebecca Cheptegei. So the chart is currently running the funeral programme, but this is very much also a military event. They will be honouring her. We understand with a Gun Salute where she will be buried not too far from here at her fathers homestead. Rebeccas violent death has prompted a great deal of discussion in uganda and kenya. What is likely to change, though, as a result of her dying this way . Well, the hope is that its going to change, um, the way the laws are implemented, because the experts say
President zelensky has repeatedly called for permission to use the weapons on targets across the border. He claims it is the only way to end the war. Our political editor, chris mason, has sent this report from the white house. I think the next few weeks and months could be crucial. What does President Biden make of russias threats against the west . I dont think much about that. This is the Blue Room of the white house, the president , the Prime Minister and their team spoke here for about an hour and a half. The war in ukraine dominated the conversation. Afterwards, Sir Keir Starmer wouldnt be drawn on whether he had persuaded the president That Authorising Ukraine To Fire Western Missiles at russia was a good idea. Instead, he said. Theres only One reason were having these discussions and thats because putin has illegally invaded ukraine and the quickest way to resolve this, obviously, lies through what putin actually does. Because its for him to end this, but we are having the disc
Certain content, most of which was prorussian content or content that was aimed at exploiting divisions in us society. So everything from being against the war in ukraine to exploiting divisions on race, on lgbtq issues, on criminal issues. And this was quite an interesting conspiracy in that it really was two employees of rt, which is a company that is banned basically from broadcasting in the united states, europe, the uk, has been since the start of the ukrainian war, and they were both working but representing multiple individuals behind the scenes, trying to make it seem as legitimate an operation as possible, and posing as a billionaire who ended up being fictitious. To say that it was a billionaire with a background in france, in brussels, who was a banker, who was trying to get this information out. And really, it was these two rt employees posing as him and employees that worked for him. Ok, let s, yeah, let s unpick it a bit more. You mentioned that company, that tennessee fi