to the hospital earlier and they said the ambulance s key was lost for 20 minutes and they could not find it. can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea after a shocking murder highlights the country s weak stalking laws. hello, welcome to the programme. many russian citizens are trying to flee their country to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out and there are long queues on other border crossings. president putin s order to mobilise 300,000 russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests on wednesday, at which more than 1,000 people were reportedly arrested. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilisation here since world war ii, and apprehension at
about how she died. to the hospital earlier and they said the ambulance s key was lost for 20 minutes and they couldn t find it. can you believe this? many russian citizens are trying to flee their country to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out and there are long queues on other border crossings. president putin s order to mobilise 300,000 russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests on wednesday, at which more than 1,000 people were reportedly arrested. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilisation here since world war ii, and apprehension at what lies ahead. child cries. daddy, cries a child, as another group departs. but there was anger, too, outside a recruitment office.
putin s nuclear threats and the annexation of ukraine s lands. and fears of a chinese attack on taiwan. also, just what is vladamir putin thinking? i will talk to one of russia s richest men who knew the russian president well before putin jailed him. finally, the new term of the supreme court starts tomorrow. i will give you a sneak peek of my newest documentary, supreme power, inside the highest court in the land airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. but first, here s my take. italy and sweden are about as different as two european countries can get. one is catholic, mediterranean, sunny and chaotic. the other protestant, northern, chilly, and ordered. over the decades, they ve had very different political trajectories. but both are witnessing the rising parties that have connection to fascism, coinciding with collapse of support of the center left. all having to do with immigration. the likely next prime minister of italy is a charismatic 45-year-old polit
dominating the argument. welcome to bbc news. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika, and political ones known as glasnost or openness, which led to the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a historic life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev stood out he was young, energetic, unlike his colleagues. as kremlin old timers died in quick succession, the ussr was looking more like a cemet