President ial election, which is certain to hand ballots have been cast over Vladimir Putin another six years in power. Ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. One of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. On that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. Translator | wish This I Special Operation would end as soon as possible. It is a pity people are dying, what a pity. Can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering . I am an elderly person but im really worried about this. I came to vote for
The uk could soon carry anti smoking messages and advice inside the packet, as well as outside. But will it be enough to convince smokers to quit . But first to the ongoing Recovery Efforts in hawaii. 96 people are known to have died in wildfires on maui, with officials warning that number is likely to rise. Hawaii governorjosh green said more than 2,700 buildings had been destroyed in the Historic Town of lahaina. Hundreds of people are still missing and only about 3 of the affected area has been searched. Residents say they had no official warning before they fled for their lives, raising difficult questions about the effectiveness of the emergency response, and whether more people could have been saved. Early warning sirens failed to sound, according to officials, a failure now under investigation by hawaiis Attorney General. Our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more details. The historic la haina the Historic Lahaina is now nothing but ashes and dust. It looks like it has been bombe
And henry at home. And today, paddy, i think we ended up basically doing a lot of really similar things on the wireless and on the telly box, because we were asking if politics in the uk has a Racism Problem and you were asking. . Is politics a big stinking pot with the lid come off . Oh, so that was cheery then . Well, kind of. I mean, we spoke to a 19 year old who i first met on radio two when he was 16. Hes a member of the Youth Parliament called dev sharma. He says ive absolutely no desire to join this unsafe, illogical game called parliament. Over the past few years, weve seen it become i so immoralised, become so murky and just full of cheap political stunts. That doesnt really represent what we want. Youre 19. Do you want to go into politics in parliament . Not any more. So i represent. Im part of the Youth Parliament currently, and i speak to my fellow Youth Parliamentarians. And politics doesnt. Seem to reward sanity. It seems to reward a sort of radicalism or having to take a
Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in Southern Gaza in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is it is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not giving up. When i go to such places, i become enraged. Isee. I need to fight harder. I need to get more resources. I need to get more colleagues there. I need to help mor
It was a strange experience to be safe and then there is bacteria, they found it in the water. It is kind of off, but what can i say . I have to go with the others. It is only a week ago the first people were moving in. But the same day tests showed bacteria in the water and Council Officials met the contractor operating the vessel and on wednesday further samples were taken and there was a further meeting on thursday and people were moved on friday. People were moved as soon as ministers were aware. No people have had health assessments, there has been no concerns in terms of people that have been on the barge. This was intended to be a big, bold demonstration of the government getting tough, tackling immigration, stopping the small boats. Yet it is starting to illustrate how complicated the issues can be and how difficult it is to find solutions. Itjust seems a mess, everything they seem to do ends like this, where they are stuck by some legislation. If youre going to put people on t