runners and riders in the american presidential race. but can donald trump be stopped? there s about 30% of republican voters who are going to live and die by donald trump. that s his base. and they re going to stick with him through thick and thin. and a heartfelt account from our correspondent injohannesburg about south africa s future. i want to believe that things are going to change for the better. i want to still live in a south africa that was prosperous because it still can be prosperous. ukraine s counteroffensive is well under way against the russian invaders. but if people in the west, often encouraged by commentators in the media, thought it was going to be a walkover, well, it hasn t been, so far, at any rate. i asked jonny beale, the bbc s defence correspondent, for his views about the way the counter offensive is going. it s going to take time. it could take weeks, it could take months, i think more likely months. and i don t think what we ve seen so far necess
got significant. they ve had significant resources. they ve suffered heavy losses, yes. but you don t get any sense that. you know, from some of these initial encounters, we ve seen western weapons destroyed, western armoured vehicles and tanks. so, you know, russia is still, and the ukrainians know this, a weakened but formidable fighting force, which, you know, has got putin breathing down its neck saying you ve got to hold the line. russians often talk in rather sort of self pitying ways about how their real enemy is nato. it s not ukraine. but they re right, aren t they? there aren t, apart from handfuls of western special forces, there aren t
of a ukrainian counteroffensive. i mean, they re not doing that at the moment, are they? i don t think that you get any sense that the russians are going to crumble. you know, they ve got significant. they ve had significant resources. they ve suffered heavy losses, yes. but you don t get any sense that. you know, from some of these initial encounters, we ve seen western weapons destroyed, western armoured vehicles and tanks. so, you know, russia is still, and the ukrainians know this, a weakened but formidable fighting force, which, you know, has got putin breathing down its neck saying you ve got to hold the line. russians often talk in rather sort of self pitying ways about how their real enemy is nato. it s not ukraine. but they re right, aren t they? there aren t, apart from handfuls