Did the weak reaction of the west become an encouragement to new russian aggressions against the neighbors . In august 2008, Russian Troops invaded the territory georgias pretext was the alleged defense of selfproclaimed South Ossetia, in fact , experts and historians say, the goal of the Russian Troops was the overthrow of the then president saakashvili, the assaultdubilisi, the surrender of georgia the war lasted only five days, but it significantly affected the further history not only of georgia itself, but also of all of europe. Georgia lost control over a fifth of its territory and, most importantly, people, according to official data , as a result of the conflict , 179 georgian servicemen died and went missing these days in tbilisi honors their memory to the graves, the first persons of the country carry flowers and wreaths in that war , experts say, russia showed how to fight medals, in particular, in ukraine. How has georgia changed over the past 15 years and where is Georgian
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
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And the Womens Royal Naval Service founded a century ago, that marked a huge change in womens roles in the armed forces. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, Arsene Wengers future will be decided at the end of the season, after his arsenal side were humiliated in the Champions League by bayern munich. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Hopes for an end to the rail misery thats affected hundreds of thousands of commuters in Southern England have been dashed. Train drivers ignored their own union and voted against a proposed deal to end the long running dispute with Southern Rail. Its one of the countrys busiest commuter networks. Unions have been at loggerheads with the company for more than a year over staffing and safety issues. Andy moore reports. For nearly a year, around 300,000 commuters have endured overcrowded trains, delays and strikes. Its been one of the most intractable rail disputes in recent years. Thanks everybody for coming. After two weeks of talks host
That almost hour and a half long press c0 nfe re nce. Lets turn to the issue of mr trumps connections with russia and alleged contacts with russia of his Campaign Team during the election. This came up several times during the Press Conference on the president was very clear on the issue. I can tell you, speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i dont have no loans in russia, i dont have any deals in russia, President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the wind of the election. He then called me up next grimly nicely extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific. But so did many other leaders. Almost all the leaders. Russia is fake news. This is fake news that out by the media. There were so many sound bites in this Press Conference, rush of being fa ke this Press Conference, rush of being fake news was another one. He was pushed again by otherjournalists at this Press Conference. When you aware that anyone