william rick singer was convicted of funnelling money from wealthy parents to university coaches to secure a place for their children at various elite american colleges. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in russia, voicing opposition to putin s war in ukraine is a crime. it can mean years injail. imagine, then, the resolve of a russian opposition activist who returned to his homeland after the ukraine invasion in order to speak out against the putin regime from within. not only that, vladimir kara murza had already survived two apparent poisonings inside russia. he is now languishing in a russian prison. his wife, evgenia kara murza, is my guest today. has putin s repression effectively neutralised meaningful opposition? evgenia kara murza in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me here. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, and i must begin by asking you about the condition of your husband, vladimir
and viva new south wales the australian festival celebrating the king of rock and roll. hello and welcome. we begin int the us where the house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarrassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. our north america correspondent peter bowes says the deadlock shows no signs of letting up. after six rounds of voting where he is found to be elected speaker. 20 members of his own party on the right to the party were consistently voting against him and at the end of the day, on wednesday, with an adjournment, he gave the republicans an opportunity to meet behind the scenes, a private meeting, kevin mccarty and some of those in the group of twenty who have been holding up of twent
and viva new south wales the australian festival celebrating the king of rock and roll. hello and welcome. we begin int the us where the house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarrassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. our north america correspondent peter bowes says the deadlock shows no signs of letting up.
that we ve got to start having unequal discussion so i think there is still further work to be done. we re not asking people do longer. theyjust asking people to be more flexible. , ., flexible. the department of transport flexible. the department of transport said flexible. the department of transport said unions - flexible. the department of| transport said unions should step back from strike action so the damaging dispute could end. another national 48 hour strike by members of the rmt is due to begin tomorrow. in their dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. meetings are expected between the rail minister, employers and both aslef and rmt leaders on monday to try to work out a way forward for. without a breakthrough, there could be more strikes to come. katy austin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news still to come: the king of rock and roll down under the australian festival dedicated to elvis presley.