bbc news, moscow. today marks the fourth anniversary of the parkland shooting in florida in the us. at least 17 people died when a former student opened fire on students at stoneman douglas high school. earlier, the father of one of the victims manuel 0liver climbed to the top of a construction crane near the white house, calling on the president to do more to get gun control legislation passed. earlier i spoke to zeenat yahya, director of policy at march for our lives, which honours those killed at stoneman douglas high school and campaigns for greater gun controls i think one of the biggest things to highlight here is that 47,000 people have died under the president s watch and there is clearly a sense of urgency coming from our organisation and the movement for some immediate action on the part of the president to be able to address this issue. 47,000 are staggering. if you recognise that. the tenant has,
covering the ukraine story, you ll see that the picture presented to the russian public is the polar opposite of how the west sees things. so, according to that kremlin picture, russia has no plans for an invasion instead, it s america who s the aggressor and pouring weapons into ukraine, it s nato that s threatening russia by expanding eastwards. still, that doesn t explain why russia is massing more than 100,000 troops right now near ukraine s border and why it launched a large scale military exercises in the region. so what is vladimir putin s aim? that is a difficult question to answer, because no one s quite sure. some in the west think this is all about russia trying to force ukraine back into moscow s orbit. some believe the kremlin s objective is much wider to carve out a new sphere of influence for itself in europe, basically to dismantle the post cold war european security order, to push nato back. today, with moscow sensing a lack of unity in europe and perhaps feeling
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