he spent more than a year in prison after a jury found him guilty, but the verdict was quashed on appeal. now on bbc news it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. on the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easi
# well, you may go to college, you may go to school. austin butler wins best actor for his portrayal of elvis presley, at the golden globes. we ll have the latest from the awards trying to recover from controversy. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in california, where at least 17 people are now known to have died from heavy flooding in the state. nearly 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, amid fears of landslides. all residents that s 10,000 people living in the coastal town of montesito, near santa barbara, have been ordered to leave. warnings of flooding and high winds are in place across much of california, with more cyclones expected. jon donnison reports. not a river but a road, but in much of california, rather than a car, you d be better off with a canoe. large parts of the state are already underwater following back to back storms, and there is more to come. in less than 12 hours we ve received more than eight inches
found him guilty, but the verdict was quashed on appeal. now on bbc news, the big cases: killing my children s abuser. a warning this programme contains upsetting themes. a woman has beenjailed for stabbing to death a convicted paedophile. paedophiles tear lives apart. it s what they do. her children had been sexually abused. were you glad he was dead? yeah. oh, yeah. definitely. she stabbed michael pleasted repeatedly. he bled to death. 20 minutes later, she re emerged. you can see the knife. i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. did a man need to die? did children need to be hurt for the truth to come out? i had the knife in my left hand and i remember him trying to grab it. i had taken the law into my own hands, i had done that. in 2014, sarah sands, a single mum, and her young sons moved into their first proper home a maisonette on this estate. her elder son bradley wasn t much older than his twin br
it s three years today since chinese state media reported the first recorded death from covid 19. since then the global economy has been under intense pressure, and now the world bank is warning it is close to falling into recession. in its latest economic forecast, the bank said after surging by over 5% in post pandemic 2021, growth in the world s richest economies is likely to slow sharply from 2.5% last year to just 0.5% this year, and debt caused by the pandemic will take decades to pay off. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. the from new york. world bank expects the global the world bank expects the global economy to grow by 1.7% this year, much lower than the 3% originally predicted by the world bank back injune. now, a number of factors are being blamed. the continued war in ukraine continues to put pressure on global energy prices, and interest rates are rising in many economies to combat the high cost of living. now,
and also ahead: a big night in hollywood. have you been round? i haven t been round. have i been round? colin farrell wins best actor at the golden globes. we ll have the latest from the awards, trying to recover from controversy. hello and welcome. we have a fax programme ahead. packed programme ahead. we begin here in the uk, where more than 20,000 ambulance and support staff have gone on strike in a row over pay and conditions, with health service leaders warning the system is in a precarious position. call handlers and dispatchers are also taking part in the industrial action, the second such strike to take place in england and wales in three weeks. people are being warned that ambulances may not be dispatched for some emergencies, such as heart attacks and strokes, and the effect this time is expected to be worse than the first walkout. gareth barlow reports. it is the second walkout by ambulance staff this winter. workers including paramedics, emergency care assistan