Ukraine im bret baier. Tonights Special Report coming to you from a city where ukrainian and Russian Forces have been inside now its in ukrainian control. These are the northern apartments used to be hundreds of people who lived here in these apartments before they were hit by Artillery Shells in the first weeks of the war. More than 100 people died in this region. This saturday marks two years since the russian invasion began in this country. Tonight, an exclusive sitdown with ukraines president , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the front lines for the first time ever. Just a mile and a half away from russian troops. We traveled by overnight train to kyiv from poland. Then to kharkiv in armored trucks and on to can a pans where Artillery Rounds could be heard interview Russian Forces and Ukrainian Forces back and forth just a mile and a half away first in the early days of the russian invasion many believed kyiv would fall quickly. They were wrong. Lets look back. Natos door is open. That is
revolt retreat, an astonishing 24 hours in global history. russian president vladimir putin staves off the biggest threat ever to his quarter century leadership as his one-time ally yevgeny prigozhin abruptly calls off a rebellion as his marches closer to moscow. prigozhin has agreed to leave russia for belarus. the wagner insurrection revealed major cracks and put his armor at home, now the world watches to see how it will impact a 16-month war on ukraine. good morning, and welcome to a special edition of the sunday, show i m jonathan katie phang who you normally see at this hour as the weekend off. we start with a sobering realization, we may truly never know how close the nuclear armed nation of russia came to a full blown civil war. the toughest test ever, putin s presidency is over, for now after brokering a truce with belarus, wagner leader if ghani prigozhin, called off a just hours after his mercenaries took control of the military headquarters in south of russia.
preaching, discrimanatory. jonathan hunt has been tracking the developments. we have seen these debates at schools across the country. the question always similar. when is it too early to begin teaching children about sexual identity? is it the job of parents of teachers? should stories featuring gay characters be banned? prince and knight is no more about gay sex than cinderella and know white are about heterosexual sex. parents should have the right for those topics. reporter: on one side of the debate, parents who argued scho schools have gone too far encouraging young children to question their own sexuality. how can they accept a very young child can diagnose themselves without professional help as one trapped in their own body and start thinking with aggressive treatment and hormones that can change their lives forever when we don t allow them to do much less drinking. reporter: the debate over sexual education in schools has sparked violence outside those s
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let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally