In the last few weeks and water levels have dropped alarmingly. Spain has also suffered from the drought. Now on bbc news, ukraine a year on the frontlines. Over the past 30 years or so, ive covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. This is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in ourtime. There was a sense that the Security Architecture that we knew, the safety, the security that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. I was here injanuary and february of last year, counting down to the invasion. I was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. We were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. Its only 30 miles from the russian border. But inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. And i remember we went to film in a supermarket. There was no panic buying. The shelves were full. We met a lady called tatiana, who was 7a, and ve
over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans, and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in ourtime. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we met a lady called tatiana, who was 7a, and very feisty. and, i remember, she almost seemed angry that we had dared to ask the question, will the russians invade all? maybe it was denial. ma
to conflicts in ukraine and syria, and raised concern over attacks injerusalem and the surrounding region. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for ukraine: a year on the front lines. over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans, and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in our time. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we m
president trump and going after his possible pending indictment as politically motivated. un-american, and another a partisan attempt to try to bring him down. a manhattan grand jury is hearing a case related to a hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels in the run-up to the 2016 election. today they will hear from one final witness robert costello, a one-time legal adviser to president trump s former attorney michael cohen. he is expected to rebut cohen who has been the key witness against donald trump, isn t he a known liar? just establishing that fact. the grand jury will then need to decide whether it will indict donald trump and that could happen as soon as tomorrow. several legal experts are questioning the strength of this case however, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is looking to elevate the misdemeanor issue to a felony and make donald trump the first former president in history to face criminal charges. and house speaker kevin mccarthy went
At 10pm we will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, serbia the russia dilemma. There is something strange happening in serbia. A Shadow Hanging over the balkan nation. Rumours of the Wagner Mercenary group recruiting. Russian propaganda spreading. Symbols of war being sold as souvenirs. Do you get a lot of people buying these . Yeah, is the most selling t shirt. The biggest seller . We sell that t shirt, and this z, most of them. Everything we sell, these two is amazing. Biggest seller. And it is everywhere. Rising out of the serbian countryside, green and gold domes a physical monument to russian influence. They call this putins church. Inside, a double headed eagle, a russian flag, and for sale, just under a pound, key rings bearing a z, the symbol of russias invasion of ukraine. Weve come to belgrade to try and unravel the mystery as to why so many people here support russias invasion of ukraine. It is thought that more than 70 backed moscow over than 70 backed mos