our political correspondent jack fenwick reports. he d previously said he disliked the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to align himself with putin. he s become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastward
campaigning in wales today, but his efforts to promote the conservative s welsh manifesto were overshadowed by questions about tory insiders allegedly gambling on the date of the election. the prime minister insisted multiple independent investigations were under way and that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. lets take a listen: there are full investigations that are currently happening. it s right that those investigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent. they are necessarily confidential, as you will appreciate. there s also a criminal investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those. you ll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there s not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, i will ensure that they are booted out of t
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By Victoria Azarenka. Andy murray will play later on centre court. This is my chance to prove myself. Peter parker and his alter ego spiderman are back on the big screen. Well get Mark Kermodes thoughts on the latest Marvel Blockbuster and the rest of this weeks releases in the film review. Good evening, our main story at 5pm the us President Donald Trump and Russias Vladimir Putin have met face to face for the first time shaking hands at the start of the g20 summit in germany. It follows months of speculation about their relationship, and allegations of russian intervention in the us president ial election last year. The two men are due to have their official meeting later at the summit in hamburg. With issues including Climate Change on the agenda, police are out in force to try to keep protestors away from the summit venue. John pienaar is following all of this in hamburg tonight. Outside this in hamburg tonight. Outside this centre here, police and demonstrators have been in runnin
Im extremely proud of him and im very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. As persecution of Rohingya Muslims intensifies, we ask the leader of myanmar if shes failing to stop a process of Ethnic Cleansing. I dont think theres Ethnic Cleansing going on. I think Ethnic Cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening. At the European Parliament, nigel farage laughs at suggestions that the uk should pay for an exit fee for leaving the eu. And why did pepsi cancel this advert less than 2a hours after its release . Coming up in the sport can chelsea extend their lead in the Premier League or will they open up the door in the title race against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge . Good evening. Syria and russia have both come under intense criticism at an Emergency Session of the un security council. Syria stands accused of mounting a gas attack in Idlib Province which killed at least 70 people and injured hundreds of others. President trump called i