hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helpe
hello and welcome before we to those headline, the very latest, we were expecting the figures regarding the junior doctors strike in easter, the industrial action we were talking earlier to jim reed, he said we were going to get updated with the figures of operations and procedures and appointments that had to be cancelled. those have just appointments that had to be cancelled. those havejust come in. nearly 200,000 hospital appointments and procedures in england had to be rescheduled due to the strike by doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust doctors between april 11 and 15. that just come to doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust come to us from nhs england, so almost 200,000, 195,000 cancellations is the exact figure and at the peak of the action there were 27,361 staff not at work due to the industrial action. there s been a response from the nhs, national medical director, who said today s figure lay bare the collapse of the impact of industrial action unplanned ca
and media reporterfor the washington post sarah ellison. welcome to the programme. it has been delayed for 24 hours. is that just to give the parties one last chance to try to settle this? exactly. my reporting indicates that the judge asked the two parties to try to get together one last time to see if they could settle before this explosive trial begins. and it does seem, though, that we are headed to trial, even though we have this 24 hour period, but we are all trying to figure out whether there could be some kind of last ditch last minute settlement. llsed could be some kind of last-ditch last-minute settlement. used the hrase last-minute settlement. used the phrase explosive, last-minute settlement. used the phrase explosive, i last-minute settlement. used the phrase explosive, i said last-minute settlement. used the i phrase explosive, i said bombshell, just for people not familiar with this, why is it being so closely watched? because there is a huge amount at stake, isn
week. dominion is suing fox for 1.6 billion dollars alleging that its presenters knowingly spread false claims, that the 2020 presidential election, was rigged against donald trump. the washington post s media reporter sarah ellision is monitoring events closely. my reporting indicates that the judge asked the two parties to try to get together one last time to see if they could settle before before this explosive trial begins. and it does seem, though, that we are headed to trial, even though we have this 2a hour period. but we re all trying to figure out whether there could be some kind of last ditch, last minute settlement. you used the phrase explosive.