Intimidate or suppress them. As our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned the opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. You can believe it or not. I said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. But what happened happened. Election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. The winner, by a mile and a half, Vladimir Putin. What an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of pu
Im anna foster. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas, which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northern and central gaza. There has also been rocket fire from the territory into Southern Israel. This is the scene live in gaza. The United Nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of Human Suffering there and the Un General Assembly called fo
Put forward by Arab Countries calling for a humanitarian truce. Hello, im anna foster. This is bbc news. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza broder, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm it has been a significant escalation overnight. Through the night, we saw bright flashes and loud explosions lighting up the night sky over the territory and this can be heard all around Southern Israel and gaza. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northe
Laura coates live starts right now. A. Laura. Hey abby, thank you so much. A great show as always. Ill read that book, for sure. Ill see you again here tomorrow night, okay . Im sure you can. All my free time. There are two more hostages now freed, but what about those who are still being held . There are more than 200 of them and they are somewhere in gaza. Tonight on laura coates live. The news tonight is bittersweet. Seeing the footage of 79 year old cooper and 85yearold thing helped out is an image none of us will soon forget. The frailty, their age, all of us trying to imagine how they were treated the day they were taken, what happened in those moments, let alone what they must have endured in the interim. Well now both women are freed, theyve been released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity. Medics say that two unaffiliated media outlet that theyre both in stable condition. They are in a tel aviv hospital tonight. But their husbands, who were kidnapped with them, ar