with the latest. also in the programme: in the uk, police in liverpool arrest a man who was targeted by a gunman in a shooting that left a 9 year old girl dead. and we ll be live from florida where democrats have picked charlie crist to take on republican heavyweight ron desantis in the upcoming race for governor. we start in ukraine, which is marking two important dates. six months since the start of the russian invasion and 31 years since its independence, after the fall of the soviet union. this is in the ukrainian capital. while traditionally we d see a military parade today there are ukrainian tanks and seized russian military hardware on display. and we saw the ukrainian president and the first lady laying flowers at the wall of remembrance in kyiv honouring those killed defending the country. here s mr zelensky. translation: we only care about our land, we will fight for it until the end. we have been holding strong for six months. it s tough but we have clenched
as you mentioned, the president of bolivia, luis arce seems to have successfully contained at this apparent military interaction by the end of the army, generalzuniga, interaction by the end of the army, general zuniga, who was arrested and people are speculating about the words he said when he was arrested, suggesting that somehow according to him he was acting on the orders of luis arce and people suggesting, a self coup, which is of course speculation and there will be a lot of speculation in the next hours about that but at this moment, luis arce seems to be in control and has removed the former military high command and installed people he feels are loyal to him and at this moment the situation is apparently under control. what do we know about the military general who tried to take over central la paz, and what his aims were? extremely controversial and extremely ambiguous. general zuniga was a military intelligence specialist and known to have very close contacts in th
building and general zuniga announced he would release political prisoners as rumours had been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed. will grant is joining us to talk about this. it appears a coup has been averted. what is the latest you can tell us. it averted. what is the latest you can tell ve can tell us. it looks that way and it gives can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense - can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense of- can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense of how. and it gives a sense of how volatile things remain in bolivia despite the fact we had almost two decades of morales who was knocked out by the military in 2019 and his one time ally has taken over, luis arce, but yet these things can happen in bolivia and it is shocking to see an old school style military coup attempt which is what this looks like it has boiled down to be. you are right in y
good evening from nottingham where rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed over tax, immigration and welfare in theirfinal head to head debate before polling day next thursday. it was a heated confrontation, during which they faced questions from a live audience behind me, who challenged them to explain and justify their stance on integrity in politics, the cost of living and brexit. our political editor chris mason is here. what stood out? for me it was all about the tone, it was all about the exchanges as opposed to the contents but the content matters but much of that will be familiar to regular viewers over the past five weeks or so. but it was the exchanges which are defined tonight. it was a much more free flowing debate compared to previous debates in this campaign. there was more anger, more passion, morejeopardy. rishi sunak had nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, i thought. nothing to lose tonight and that defined his approach, ithought. he
the irregular mobilisation by some units of the bolivian army , saying democracy must be respected . he then addressed the nation, alongside his cabinet, calling on the bolivian people and social groups to mobilize against the attempted coup. and in the past hour, the president and vice president have greeted supporters in the plaza murillo after police retook control. the public prosecutor s office says it s to launch a criminal investigation against a top general juanjose zuniga and others for leading the insurrection. i m joined now from la paz by local journalist gabriel diez, from the bolivian newswebsite la nube. great to be able to speak to you on this story. bring us up to speed on the latest situation. to speed on the latest situation. ., ~ , ., ., situation. thank you for the interview situation. thank you for the interview. well, situation. thank you for the interview. well, long - situation. thank you for the interview. well, long story| interview. well,