something that you would use on babies was unsafe. reporter: johnson & johnson is now in bankruptcy court attempting to resolve these cases with an $8.9 billion proposal. the bankruptcy court has yet to decide if j&j can move forward with the plan. the story and legal drama continues to unfold, and aside from baby powder, we also take a look at how cosmetics are regulated compared to other consumer products. bottom line, it s still up to companies to say a product is safe before it hits the shelves. pamela brown, thank you so much. don t miss pamela s exclusive reporting, a new episode airs tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. right here on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. a historic moment on full display in london. britain officially has a new monarch. king charles iii was crowned today during a coronation ceremony at westminster abbey. god save the king! god save the king! it was a day of rituals, traditions and cele
bombers, biden and blinken are hoping for with their recent trips to ukraine and eastern europe. biden s presence there, when he wasn t tripping up stairs was meant to bull sur and resure the people of the region. funding a proxy war against russia with tens of billions of dollars in u.s. aid is one thing. but by actually showing up there he wanted the world to know that he s making a personal commitment to ukraine. our commitment is to the people of ukraine, and the future of ukraine. there should be no doubt, our support for ukraine will not waiver. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. kyiv has captured a part of my heart, i must say. laura: well, biden and his entourage showed up in ukraine and then in poland again because they want everyone to know they re going to do whatever it takes. and they relish the role of being europe s protector. but what about being america s protector once in a while. does he care about playing that role? not so much.
the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don t forget, don t forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space craft into an asteroid to push it off course in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have condemned the five day vote as a sham and an attempted land grab by moscow. russia s president claims hejust wants to help people living there. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia were to attend polling stations and vote. the areas in question represent 15% of ukraine s territory roughly the size of portugal. b
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With me, zeinab badawi. The president of the democratic republic of congo, Joseph Kabila, has been in powerfor 16 years, and should have stood down at elections that were due last november. Still no elections are in sight and opposition leaders are growing increasingly frustrated. My guest today is opposition politician Moise Katumbi. Is effectively in exile in europe, so is effectively in exile in europe, so what can he achieve that this distance . At this distance. And has the opposition been outmanoeuvred by president kabila . Moise katumbi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. December the 31st last year, a deal was hammered out under the auspices of a group of powerful Catholic Bishops in the drc. Does that present a way forward . There should be a Transitional Administration, pending elections to be held in 2018, Joseph Kabila wont stand. Yes, we know that deal, which the argument with the congolese government and the opposition, supposed to serve the country. So far the agreement is