87. 8 of the vote in the president ial election which was tightly controlled by the kremlin, with no credible opposition candidate allowed to run. The Electoral Commission says turnout was 77 which would be a post soviet record. Mr putin said the result demonstrated Peoples Trust in russias current path, and when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move mr putin also mentioned his late critic, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to ex
near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. our world affairs correspondent paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than
conservative mps are split over whether to approve a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament over rule breaking in the pandemic. a committee recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass. it s been suggested that many tories may not turn up for the vote on monday. authorities in greece are under increasing pressure to explain how a migrant boat sank off the country s southern coast on tuesday. it s claimed the boat capsized when coastguards attached a rope. nearly 80 people have died and it s reported that up to 750 were on board. the home office has told the government s spending watchdog that plans for the asylum system are in doubt, unless there s urgent action. the national audit office said hundreds more cases needed to be decided every week to clear the backlog by the end of the year. the government says it s working non stop to deal with cases. the ceo of tesco says there are encouraging signs that inflation is starting to e