independencde in 1960. this is the first of almost 80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan?
well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged, but the progress is being made. that s clear. one of the reasons of the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting. we are not targeting. ..civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately only hitting military targets, and it takes time. we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else like that. but the progress is th
yet another record high. the supreme court is back in session tomorrow. key decisions on abortion could come as early as this week. but first tied the latest on this to deadly mass shootings in philadelphia. three people were killed and others killed in a popular entertainment district. three people died 14 those hurt in a shooting in a bar near downtown chattanooga, tennessee. alexis mcadams it s live in our newsroom. police to believe a fight between three guys in philly led to the mass shooting in their downtown area. doubt new video shows that altercation at the center of this investigation you can hear dozens of gunshots running out, watch. [background noises] [background noises] you hear so many gunshots there. also this surveillance video shows the chaos people try to take cover. running in every direction. you can see those large crowds there on south street. overall at least 14 people were shot in three of those people were killed. the people range in age from 17
it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
wherever you are around the, world cnn ongoing coverage of israel s war with hamas, i m john vause in atlanta where it is now one a.m., and seven a.m. in gaza, which is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling hamas militants in the north. for weeks, israeli officials urged palestinians to evacuate relative safety in the, south ahead of a major ground incursion. and as dawn now, breaks the israeli troops have gaza city completely surrounded according to senior idf commanders. in the past few hours, cnn crews reported flares and explosions, lighting up the night sky over northern gaza around the not far from the israeli border. so far, 23 israeli soldiers have beeeen killed dururing this military o offensive, whwhich is fofocused on locatating and destroying hamas t tunnel netwo, as well as senior hamas leaders. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few, days surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our forces are in