attacks between israeli and palestinan forces escalate as the un s middle east envoy meets hamas leaders in gaza to try and defuse the current tensions. winter bites in southern california as los angeles braces itself for a rare blizzard. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us ambassador to the united nations a
the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. and winter bites in southern california as los angeles braces itself for a rare blizzard. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us am
the chinese owned video sharing app, on both business and personal devices used for work. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the earthquakes that rocked southern turkey in early february not only caused a humanitarian disaster, they exposed cracks in president erdogan s carefully crafted image as turkey s indispensable leader. amid the ruined cities, and the anguish of millions of displaced people, basic government competence is being tested. my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you, as a very prominent critic of
and smashed, but not trashed. why more of us are fixing rather than replacing our damaged devices. we ll be getting a masterclass in gadget repair. hello. let s return to our top story it s exactly a year ago today that russia launched its full scale invasion of ukraine, beginning europe s biggest conflict since world war ii. tens of thousands killed on both sides, and an estimated 13 million people displaced from their homes or made refugees abroad. the economic impact has been global with soaring energy and food prices fuelling a cost of living crisis around the world. for russia, sanctions and growing isolation from internationalfinance. more on that in a moment. and for ukraine itself a struggle to stave off economic collapse. unfortunately, the damage done by russian aggression for ukraine is tremendous. last year, we lost particularly more than 30% of our gdp. we suffered a lot. we lost part of our territory. but we are still capable, we re still able and we still c