The Steam Locomotive was invented and built at the nizhny tagil plants of the local project of ntv and Russian Railways and not only exhibition pavilions and fountains, but also colorful shows on the street, what will the legendary vdnkh venue in moscow offer for its birthday . Studio mikhail chabanenko. Hello. Tonight , in the kerch strait, ukrainian nationalists attacked a russian civilian tanker; 11 people were hit by drones on board. No one was hurt, the ship itself. It turned out insignificant. Damage, hull water, partially flooded engine room fuel spill. No. It is known that the tanker was sailing under russian flags, two tugboats have already arrived at the scene of the emergency. Rescuers are solving transportation issues. The ship, while it is at anchor, the crimean bridge is operating as usual. Sergei shoigu and Denis Manturov held a meeting with the leadership of the ministry of defense and the ministry of industry and trade of russia , it was held at the headquarters of the
We stop it. So its a heck of a busy hour to come put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up that kettle and lets make a friday night of it, shall we. 7 but friday night of it, shall we . But first, it is the headlines with the wonderful Karen Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Karen Armstrong in the gb news room. Emergency services in birmingham are dealing with an ongoing incident following reports of an explosion. Reports of an explosion. Residents in the hall green area reported hearing one or more loud bangs this afternoon on sarehole road. West Midlands Fire Service says the blaze is now under control. No more details, but well bring you more on this as soon as we get it. A man who murdered his baby it. A man who murdered his baby stepson has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. Craig crouch has been convicted of killing ten month old jacob, who was found dead in his cot in december 2020. Hed suffered 39 rib fractures from numerous assaults
And Biden Administration acting labor secretary was on capitol hill to testify the departments goals and other topics including Vaccine Mandates child labor abuses and classification shes been serving and acting secretary since march after the resignation of marty walsh. Her nomination by president byington officially serve as secretary is still awarding confirmation by the u. S. Senate. This hearing is about three hours 40 minutes. [background noises] [background noises] is nick any on education and workforce will come to order. I note the quorum is present. That objection the chairs authorized to call recess at any time. Good morning everyone and welcome to todays hearing. Acting secretary at soup, i like to start by saying you have been a hard witness to schedule. The committee began working with the department to secure your in person testimony beginning in march. You would not appear in may, we honored your request to appear in june. Using the day, june 7, that was offered by your
Foundation for defense against democracies. Im going to have to pull my troops because you will not give me the ammunition i need to fight the ukrainians. This is an extraordinary thing. Imagine the u. S. If two generals went after each other in the u. S. Army on the record like that. Amb markarova during this very difficult time when russia reinvaded ukraine the war, they started the war with us in 2014. Even in the face of this war, all russian criminals, armed forces and other groups which call themselves mercenaries, but of course, they are there because the russian government told them and russian president told them to be there. Have always been bragging about how they will take back moot. The fight in the east has been particularly brutal. To see him publicly on the record attacking other parts of the war criminal group that is waging the war in ukraine is saying the truth, first of all, that he is disclosing the fact they are running out of ammunition. That means sanctions are
B welcome. Im cliff may. I say this objectively. Ukranians are defending their homeland from the unprovoked illegal and imperialist wars being waged by invading Russian Troops under the command of vladimir putin. I also say this objectively. Ukraine is on the frontline of a global struggle. They are fighting in defense of whittier pd persist in calling the free world. So we are pleased and honored to have with us today ambassador Oksana Oksana markarova. She previously served in ukraines ministry of finance so she is good with math as well as diplomacy and she two years working in the private sector a useful experience for most people and thats a subjective opinion of mine. Just a few housekeeping notes. As most of you know for more than 20 years now at td is operated as a nonpartisan Research Institute exclusively focused on National Security and foreign policy. Its a source of Timely Research analysis and creative policy options. We take no Foreign Government or foreign corporate fun