This is bbc news, the headlines the irish Prime Minister, leo varadkar, announces hes going to step down before the next General Election. Sudan whats described as a war the worlds forgotten. Well have the latest on the crisis and the response. The uk government has banned 15 Synthetic Opioids, as a bbc investigation reveals its data may be underestimating their spread. And who will be picked in the draft for crickets newest, brashest competition the hundred . We have the latest. We will talk to our critic correspondent. All of that is before the sport correspondent. All of that is before the sort. ,. , correspondent. All of that is before the sort. , correspondent. All of that is before thesort. , the sport. Olly foster is in the bbc sort the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre. Good the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre. Good afternoon. Shohei ohtani made his long awaited debut since signing a record ten year 70
Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. 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,
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ballot. appeal means he will remain on the ballot for now until the justices decide whether to take the case. hello, everyone, i m anita vogel in los angeles. hi, bryan. bryan: i m bryan in new york, sandra and john are off, this is america reports . the former president is facing a dozen challenges to eligibility to office, but caucus next month in iowa and new hampshire, and today at least two of his rivals are barnstorming the state. anita: chad, how are trump s republican rivals responding to his legal issues? chad: vivek ramaswamy wants gop candidates to withdraw from states who refuse to place mr. trump on the ballot. republicans can protect ourselves, i ve led the way in doing it, by saying any state that removes donald trump from the ballot, none of us should be on the ballot because that then takes states like colorado out of the gop primary which stops them from engaging in this kind of election interference. chad: the colorado gop is appealing the ruling
Active in gaza. Mediators have been waiting for hamas to respond to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for a0 days and to exchange hostages for palestinian prisoners. But even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be a fresh Military Offensive in rafah. There has been Widespread International concern that an Israeli Ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent, anna foster, in jerusalem, has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. Ive been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying were on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they wont agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. The key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear Different Things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the e