on brazil s streets. russia says it will veto any un security council resolution condemning its self styled referendums in occupied regions of ukraine. the us intends to bring a draft resolution to a vote in the coming days. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken said the west would never acknowledge what he called bogus referendums. moscow claims almost total support in the vote onjoining russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, considers what these votes will mean and how that will affect (tx next) the russia ukraine conflict. first, i want to stress the key point here that these so called referendums were not real referendums, they were hastily arranged, kremlin created, kremlin controlled events designed to pave the way to russian annexation of huge swathes of ukrainian territory. we may well see this happen later this week. i expect at some point this week, russia will come out and say, right, this land is now ours, even in the absence of international
A mother, 32 years old, and her son, four years old, and a little baby, nine months old, is in captivity, kidnapped by hamas terrorists. So forgive me for not being excited about the humanitarian gestures of the terrorists. Also we have more than 200 hostages, some of them are about 78 80, all of those survivors will need medical treatment. They are going to play with the hostages and we know it, and if they think that it will prevent us from going in and destroying hamas, they have a terrible mistake. So do you think this in any way can be interpreted as positive with regards to releasing more hostages . I see it as a manipulation, as an attempt to buy time, and to fool the international community. As long as we have children, babies, innocent civilians kidnapped by hamas terrorists, theres nothing to discuss, and there is nothing that is related to humanitarian thoughts that they have. So qatar egypt mediation, whats your stance on that taking place . Theres a big difference between
This time, beating pakistan. They won by eight wickets, and are in with a chance of qualification to the knockouts themselves. Imran sidat was watching. A meeting of near neighbours in chennai withJonathan Trott a meeting of near neighbours in chennai with Jonathan Trott site hoping to hit the heights of their Shock Victory over england. Pakistan chose to bat and that decision looked vindicated early on as the openers passed 50 without loss. But then, the wickets began to fall as afghanistan sensed an opportunity. When Mohammed Rizwan went to the spin off the teenager, the momentum was now firmly with the minnows. Pakistan needed to turn the tide and when they were in need of some inspiration, barbara azam is usually the man they look too. The skipper leading from the front as he reached his half century. He made 7a before ahmed struck again to leave the pakistanis in trouble at 206 5. The arrival of ahmed was just the turnover they needed as some Elite Bic Hitting Saw them reach 282 f
For a new nominee. Afterjim jordans defeat, back to square one with nine potential nominees. Tonight on the panel. , We Havejournalist and broadcaster Jenny Kleeman and ron christie, whos the former Special Assistant to george w bush. We will say hello to both in a moment. Welcome to the programme. A day of big developments in gaza. According to hamas, two more hostages have been released due to poor health. Its believed they are two elderly israeli women. Also, israels intense air strikes on gaza have been continued. Take a look at these pictures. Most of the strikes have been in the north gas and, whats on in the south as well. Some gazans are reported to be moving back to the north because the dire conditions in the south. Part of that is due to aid. These are the pictures of some aid getting across, 20 trucks across the border, hundreds a day are needed, though, according to the un, and in amongst the aid, food and water, still no fuel, and fuel is needed for hospitals and other vi
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