on vladimir putin and possibly lead to a solution. so, away from the military tension and high level diplomacy, what do ordinary russians think of the prospect of full scale war in ukraine? steve rosenberg reports now from the city of vladimir. in russia putin is but one of many bladder bears. this is vladimir the town. it was vladimir. it was founded by a mediaeval prince who ruled from here. a reminder that russia and ukraine have common roots. his mother is from ukraine. he calls the two countries brotherly nations but he clearly sees russia as big brother. nations but he clearly sees russia as bi brother. ,, , , ., as big brother. translation: russia must have a as big brother. translation: russia must have a sphere as big brother. translation: russia must have a sphere of influence, - must have a sphere of influence, it s a superpower. countries can allied with who they choose. but
the living flee when they can, although convoys have been shelled. this was the exodus from mariupol today. an estimated 300,000 remain trapped in the city, where conditions are said to be mediaeval. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. that is coming and the interfax news agency. to put that in perspective an estimated 300,000 people are believed to still be there and there are people trapped in other situations in this conflict. a very tiny percentage of the overall people who are trapped managing to get out by a humanitarian coronaries in the last 24 hours. another russian target is odesa.
angela merkel will be visiting shorts, a small village a few kilometres here. schult. houses were swept away. some mediaeval. that pretty village is a scene of debris. she will be speaking to survivors and victims of the floods. thank you, damien. elsewhere in this is in this is two athletes have tested positive for coronavirus in the olympic village in tokyo. police investigating violence and disorder at last sunday s euro final between england and italy have released images of ten men they want to speak to. officers have condemned what they call the disgraceful scenes witnessed at wembley stadium. london s hosting of the match saw
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ohn Talbot, born in 1373 at Blechmore in Shropshire, was the second son of Richard, Lord Talbot. In 1414, he was sent to Ireland to suppress a rebelion and given the title of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He then fought in France as part of the Hundred Years War where he was renowned as a great leader even by the French themselves. He was present at the siege of Orleans in 1429 until Joan of Arc rescued the city forcing the English to retreat. At the Battle of Patay a few months later, the English were defeated and Lord Talbot was captured. As was usual in medieval times, the more important prisoners were held captive in the hope of exchanging them for a ransom fee. In John s case he was exchanged for an important French hostage that the English had taken. After his release he once again commanded the English in France and attacked Paris. After his successes in France he returned to England and was given the title Earl of Shrewsbury by King Henry VI. Returning again t