Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,
There have been reports of a deadly incident last night in Northern Gaza where palestinians were waiting to get aid for teachers emerged online, claiming to be from the aftermath of the incident at Kuwaiti Roundabout here on salahadin road. Now, two very graphic videos appeared on social media showing a large number of casualties. This is one of those videos. Weve blurred some of the footage as its too graphic to show you. Weve been unable to verify the location, but we know that they both show the same scene of chaos and dead bodies and that they were first shared online late last night. We also see what appear to be bags of aid being carried in one of the clips. Doctors at Al Shifa Hospital nearby have told the bbc that a large number of people were brought in last night. The bbc have been in contact with one doctor called dr moataz herrera, who has been treating patients at that hospital. He said. Now, in their statement, the israeli army, the idf, said that armed palestinians opene
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Could amazon be to blame for a chunk of the losses . Amazon founder jeff bezos and billionaire bff Warren Buffett along with jamie dimon reveals a plan to revolutionize health care, and in doing so, put the entire Health Care Sector in the emergency room at this hour. Multiple subsectors from insurers to drugstore chains to big pharma painting the broader markets a deep shade of blood red. President loves to watch the stock market, not sure hes loving this first major selloff of 2018 coming just as he gears up to deliver very first state of the Union Address to the American People, scheduled for six hours from now. We know that he is rehearsing for the big speech as we speak. No doubt ready to take a big victory lap as the job market, the stock market and tax reform have done great things so far for the country, but could todays selloff inspire him or force him to make any last minute edits . Plus can he deliver a plea to both sides of the aisle in order to kick his 2018 economic agend
Hello im rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes Turkish Forces backed the Free Syrian Army in an operation to drive out a former al qaeda affiliate from its base in the countrys northwest. Casualties after a massive explosion at a gas station and gonna as capital. Out of a nature makes landfall in the u. S. State of mississippi its already killed dozens across Central America. Rallying for unity but spains Prime Minister says no to talks after catalonia is vote to break away. And we begin in syria where turkeys announced its starting a big operation and it led province isnt sending its own forces but it is providing the just. Sickle and intelligence support to rebels in the north west of syria much of it is controlled by. Its an alliance of factions spearheaded by a former alqaeda affiliate turkish president one says he wont allow that alliance to thrive along the border of his country. We have opened up a space in our region with Opera