The head of russias Electoral Commission said there have been 20 incidents so far of people targeting ballot boxes. Protests are likely to continue on sunday when supporters of the late Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny are calling on people throughout russia to protest against president putin. Meanwhile in the estonian town of narva where many residents are russian people crossed the border to vote in russias president ial election. Narva is one of only a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia is still open. Bbc russian s Oleg Boldyrev sent this report. Here lies the frontier between the western world and russia. Across the river with its formidable fortress lies a town 170 kilometres away from St Petersburg and this is one of a handful of places where the border between the eu and russia is still open. What is even more unusual is in this place and the surrounding region thousands of people are in fact russian citizens. This is the legacy of the soviet union brea
Writing, i will always remember and well remind everyone that you were mcafee concluding the defense failed to prove willis financially benefited from hiring wade, but this finding is by no means an indication that the court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorneys testimony during the evidentiary hearing, judge scott mcafee wrote rather it is the undersigneds opinion that georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices. Mcafee also describing willis fiery testimony last month as unprofessional, been intrusive into peoples personal lives. Youll confuse, you think im on trial. These people are on trial for trying to so in an election in 2020, im not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. And her january remarks at an atlanta area church as legally improper first thing they say, oh, she played race card but no isnt playing the race card when they only question one . The j
Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were
Benjamin netanyahu hits back today at a top democratic calls for new elections in israel for a good evening i am Christina Coleman and for jon scott and this is a box report. Top white house officials insist it is up to the israeli people to decide if there will be new elections as israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says some of the Majority Leader Chuck Schumer call for new leadership in israel was inappropriate. The Prime Minister also sticking to his pledge to wipe out the Hamas Terror Organization but Lucas Thompson is live at the white house with more. I lucas. Chris christina earlier today on fox israels Prime Minister responded to that speech by the Senate Majority leader. Because i think schumers statements are wholly inappropriate. We are not a Banana Republic the people will choose when they have elections, who they will elect is not something we foisted upon us. President biden said schumer made a good speech and says he was given a heads up on its content in advance.
Princess dianas brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc s sunday with laura kuenssberg. Earlier i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what the main thrust of earl spencers comments were. Well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. He has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of 11. He also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent nanny, nanny forster. And this is what he had to say. Really damaging violence to children is going to affect them, whatever house they come from, whatever family theyre born into. And that nanny who did that to us, i mean, she used to crack our Hea