An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. She was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. After voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. She also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. A Russian Election official says more than Eight Million russians cast their ballots o
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
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a
spenders, let them know, almost $2 trillion in deficit reduction. i don t want to hear anymore of these lies are reckless spending. we re changing peoples lives. maria: our lives are certainly changing. coming up former secretary of state mike pompeo on the number one threat to today and the mistakes that got us here from foreign policy to economics. as joe biden claims it is bizarre to blame him even as the president s approval rating plummets with key voting blocks abandoning him, minorities, independents and business. these are treacherous times. frankly the lack of leadership in washington is discouraging. for the president of the united states not once, not once, say i made a mistake, this is my fault, if you look every single thing that happened negative, the devil made me do it or somebody else. when is he going to show leadership including belly-up to the bar say this one s on me? maria: coming up the former president of the kansas city federal reserve, tom hoenig a