..ruled first by the tsarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep. in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been travel bans for russian tourists and something even more dramatic. historic russian and soviet monuments are being removed from public view, and notjust here. the other baltic states, latvia and lithuania, are making similar symbolic gestures. this was among the first a replica tank commemorating soviet soldiers killed during world war ii. it s been moved to estonia s war museum from the town of narva, which sits right on the russian border. the government says it s to avert what it calls increasing social tension . oh, wow. look at this. you re very welcome. the t 34 was produced from maybe aos to 60s, more than 80,000. so it s an extremely ordinary tank. nothin
after a confrontation the bbc has been following the lives of ordinary hong kongers at home and abroad affected by the changes. ronson chan is one of the most well known journalists in hong kong. he s a fierce defender ofjournalists rights. yells the bbc has been following his life since the early days of the national security law. in december 2021, stand news, one of hong kong s last independent media outlets, was raided by the national security police. senior editors were arrested and detained. the charge publishing seditious material. ronson worked there as an editor. on that morning, national security police came to ronson s door. those found guilty of violating the national security law could face life in prison. ronson was taken away for questioning, then released, but his colleagues remain in custody. as chairman of the journalists association, he has long been seen as a possible target. i won t comment on anything right now, 0k? i have a meeting with my colleagues
now for the news. a bbc investigation has led to the identification of a new suspect in the stephen lawrence murder case. he s been publicly named for the first time as matthew white who died two years ago. the investigation found the met police seriously mishandled key evidence relating to him. scotland yard has apologised for how it handled the case. russia s defence minister has appeared in public for the first time since the uprising by wagner mercenaries. sergei shoigu has been pictured in state media visiting troops on the frontline in ukraine. wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, had demanded his removal when he ordered troops to advance on moscow. a woman whose husband and son died in a submersible which imploded in the atlantic says she was supposed to be on board. christine dawood gave her place on what was meant to be a tour of the titanic wreck to her 19 year old son, suleman. and a study has found that people in the uk are less likely to survive trea
a.m. and of course next saturday at noon eastern. happy father s day to all the dads out there. those forever in our hearts. my friend yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage. hi everybody, good to see. you i miasma soup in. we are following more severe weather this afternoon across the country. a tornado in oklahoma to storms in an already hard-hit area of texas. millions feeling the effects. the fallout as well from the trump indictment the latest legal moves in a cavalcade of reactions on the sunday show. we ve got to ensure classified materials especially those that have been alleging this indictment. are protected and secured. do you think trump can be trusted with nations secrets of her gun? based on his actions again if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel and no. today this doj continues to haunt republicans while they protect protect immigrants. we know this is a reckless man who believes that he is above the law. that the rules do
she. bill: that visit designed to restore stability. the secretary admits it is not all sunshine and rainbows. we are clear eyed about the challenges posed by the prc. the united states will advance a vision for the future that we share with so many others, free, open, stable and prosperous world. i came to beijing to strengthen levels of communication. we agreed on the need to stabilize our relationship. dana: the trip was originally scheduled for last february but the discovery of a chinese spy craft in u.s. airspace prompted the white house to postpone it. i don t know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law for us to take a tough stand. i think the problem has been the entire biden administration has been filled with mishops towards china. he has made mistakes in terms of not being tougher against china on stealing of intellectual property. letting spy balloons fly over the country unharassed.