Catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. A
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Pictures there because that is the back of barack obama, he goes in to see rishi sunak. The former us president here in the uk and Downing Street and going in to meet with rishi sunak. That is the picture liven Downing Street. We will return and talk more to our Political Correspondent about this visit and of course one of those Headline Stories again, news stories surrounding the future of rishi sunak, the british Prime Minister, in dismissing those rumours as simply coming out of the westminster bubble. But the former us president going inside number 10 Downing Street and well be back there very shortly on the programme. But lets start this hour in the middle east. The Israeli Army Says it has killed the head of operations in hamas internal Security Force during a raid on gazas biggest hospital. The military also made dozens of arrests in Al Shifa Hospital in gaza city. Palestinian Health Officials said a number of people were injured in the raid, but they could not be helped because
Has been pretty predictable. There was this joint statement in which they say the russian people were denied any real choice in the vote that took place over the past three days. We heard from the veteran spanish diplomat saying that the Russian Election was characterised by repression and intimidation. One thing the eu has not done which the widow of Alexei Navalny wanted to happen, she wanted european leaders to come out and say President Putin does not have any legitimacy and he wanted brussels not to recognise this victory. That hasnt happened today but as you have been saying they are looking at more sanctions and we understand that the sanctions being talked about today and potentially agreed would affect people within the Prison System in russia, specifically those who work at the penal colony in the arctic where Alexei Navalny was being held and where he died last month. There have been talks and where he died last month. There have been talks about and where he died last month