first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck close to the border with syria. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in vladimir putin s mind, ukraine is a fake state manipulated by the west. his effort to drag it back into the russian world began long before his all out invasion a year ago. back in 2014, he showed his contempt for kyiv sovereignty in crimea and the donbas. ironically, putin s denial of ukraine s identity has strengthened what he set out to destroy. my guest is olesya khromeychuk. writer, historian and sister of a fallen ukrainian soldier. even now, do ukraine s allies understand what the stakes really are in this war? olesya khromeychuk, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for inviting me, stephen. it s a great pleasure to have you in this studio in london. and you live in london. you re the director of the ukrainian institute here in london. you re an historian of ukraine and eastern europe. and yet, i
Members of Brittney Griner and paul whelan are set to meet with President Biden. And ill meet with former ambassador brown as the line extends for more than five miles wanting to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth. And the prince and princess of wales today before the funeral. Good District Attorney im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Where merrick garlands Justice Department lost all requests to a florida judge to allow them to continue using classified documents seized at maralago for now. This will delay the criminal investigation. Judge Aileen Cannon handing mr. Trump another legal victory by putting a especially master in charge of the documents. Judge raymond dearie, a senior judge from new york, respected by both sides, will have until November 30th to sift through thousands of papers to determine if any documents are privileged. Meanwhile, the former president is predicting trouble if hes indicted. I think if it happened, i think youd have problems in this country the likes of
Charles and the Queen Consort will host Faith Leaders at Buckingham Palace before the king and his siblings head to westminster to stand vigil by their mothers coffin this evening. Well bring you the latest from london, but first, lets turn to legal news in the United States. Right now were awaiting to see what doj is going to do next now that a federal judge has denied his request for access to classified documents to continue its investigation. Legal experts are scratching their heads at the decision. Also in the denial, judge cannon appointed a Special Master. Who he is and the deadline the judge set for him. Joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, also lisa ruben and carol lamb. Walk us through the decision from the judge here. Why did she say no to doj about being able to access those classified documents when they said it was a matter of National Security. This judge who was appointed by former President Trump really adopted the trump view
Republicans counter, of course, where have you been on this and the hypocrisy of all of this when you yourself have approved hundreds of such planes over the last year, two years year and a half i should say since hes been in power, approving migrants from all over mexico and south america, who have made their way here, sent oftentimes in the middle of the night to cities and states across the country. And theres no rage there. But again, were just keeping you posted on these developments and there is rage about not only the people coming across the border, but all the drugs and the Fentanyl Problems that often times comes with them and that is a very, very big worry for nebraskas republican governor pete ricketts, joining other governors saying this has got to stop. This is from earlier. One of the things weve seen Biden Administration as abdicated its responsibility to defend our Southern Border. A huge amount of fentanyl and other Illegal Drugs across the border. We see so much fent
what he says doesn t match the facts. joe biden was communicating with hunter biden and his associates. we ve heard the voicemail where the president was keeping up with the investigation. the facts don t match what the president continues to say. carley: brooke singman has the developments ahead of today s vote. brooke: will vote will decide if president biden has to hand over documents. 32 senate republicans writing a letter to merrick garland asking david weiss to receive special counsel investigation. evidence is mounting hunter biden committed numerous federal crimes including but not limited to tax frud, money laundering and foreign violations. it involves the president s son, we believe it is important to provide special protection to allow him to investigate potentially criminal conduct. houseoversight committee james comer s request was denied. unauthorized disclosure of information can undermine potential or ongoing investigations. on 60 minutes, president bid