or seeking citizenship. why the dutch government says it will restrict the export of some equipment used to make microchips, citing national and international security concerns. hello, and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws, which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations have been in the capital, tbilisi. the protests have been ongoing through the night. this is the scene there now, just after 6am. we ve seen police using water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi and sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image. this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe, and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured. protesters have bee
the dutch government says it will restrict the export of some equipment used to make microchips, citing national and international security concerns. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to be within uk and abroad. we begin in georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations have been in the capital, tbilisi. police have been using water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse crowds. our correspondent, rayhan demytrie, is in tbilisi and sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image. this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe, and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured. protesters have been outraged by what s been happening in parliament pro government mps spoiling for a fight with the opposition, and then backing a controversial foreign agents bill. th
from claiming asylum or seeking citizenship. and the dutch government says it will restrict the export of some equipment used to make microchips, citing national and international security concerns. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations are in the capital, tbilisi where police have been using water cannon and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi and she sent us this update. every big moment in history has its iconic image. this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe, and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured. protesters have been outraged by what s been happening in parliament pro government mps spoiling for
ali velshi filling in live from ukraine, starts right now. hi, ali. hi, joy. thank, you my friend. have a good. evening j good evening from kyiv. i m ali velshi. any moment now are expecting air force one to land with joe biden s planned visit to ukraine and the surprise visit to a. close here in kyiv there is a heavy feeling vetting zion-y air as the world waits and watches now to see how russian president vladimir putin will respond to ukraine s show of strength this week. today putin held a captive audience rally to celebrate the one year anniversary of his invasion, when your anniversary will be on friday. but this happened in a massive moscow stadium, the site of the 2018 world cup. the propaganda event which began with the performance of the russian singer gregory laps, who has faced allegations of ties to the mafia and who until earlier this month was on the u.s. sanctions list. it also featured a grim start involving a number of children the russia claims it rescue
Hello, and welcome to todays verified life. A tense stand off has developed outside the parliament in the georgian capital of tbilisi after mps approved a controversial goal which would force Civil Society groups and Media Organisations to declare foreign funding. Scuffles broke out in the chamber, while outside the protesters tried to break through barriers. Security forces for slumber, hundreds of most rioters converged on parliament from several directions in an attempt to her to the protesters. They were met with anti russian champs, critics say the new law is modelled on a russian one designed to stifle democracy. They were met with anti russian chants. These are the live pictures from tbilisi, we have cameras in several different parts of the capital around the parliament. The president has said she will veto the legislation but the Prime Ministers Georgian Dream party has sufficient support to force the new law through. Many of the protesters are young, they say the future of ge