And Surrey County council is to hold a referendum on whether to increase Council Taxes by 15 . Government funding cuts, they say, have left it with no other choice. That is it. You up to date. Now on bbc news is time for hardtalk. Welcome to a Special Edition of hardtalk from moscow. Im stephen sackur. For 17 years, one man has dominated the politics of the russian capital. Vladimir putin. Externally, hes projected russian power from ukraine to syria, and internally opposition has been repressed, intimidated and silenced. But not altogether. My guest today is the most prominent leader of russias anti putin opposition, Alexey Navalny. Now, he has committed to Fighting Putin in the 2018 president ial election. But will his defiance cost him dear . Alexey navalny, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. You have been involved in Opposition Politics of one form or another for almost ten years, maybe more, and itjust seems to me that right now, your position is perhaps
For 17 years, one man has dominated the politics of the russian capital. Vladimir putin. Externally, hes projected russian power from ukraine to syria, and internally opposition has been repressed, intimidated and silenced. But not altogether. My guest today is the most prominent leader of russias anti putin opposition, Alexey Navalny. Alexey navalny, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me here. You have been involved in Opposition Politics of one form or another for almost ten years, maybe more, and itjust seems to me that right now, your position is perhaps more dispiriting, more depressing than its ever been before. Do you agree . Absolutely not. Actually, ironically, i can call Vladimir Putin as my godfather in politics, because when he came to power and the way he talks and the way what hes saying, what hes doing, the laws hes passing through duma, told me that russia is done with democracy and i should do something, i should join the opposition movement. But, you
Programme. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Were also talking about the british is fighter who died in that Suicide Bomb Attack on iraqi forces in mosul this week. He was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who received, it is reported, £1 million in compensation, taxpayers money, your money, on his release back to the uk. Well be asking if the money was spent on terror and how he was able to travel abroad. Heres how to get in touch. Use Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today, a ruling expected later this morning at the Supreme Court could mean that thousands of british citizens gain the legal right to bring their foreign spouse to live in the uk. Currently, people who are married to a briton but are from outside the European Economic area that is, the eu plus iceland, liechtenstein and norway, have been barred from settling here unless their partner earns more than £18,600 a year. Lisa hampele is here t
About the future of banking in the uk and why theyre calling for the rules to be changed on Credit Checks. After 3a years out of english footballs top flight, the wait is finally over for brighton and hove albion, they have been promoted to the Premier League. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A cold and frosty start for some this morning but a lot of sunshine around today. However, well see Cloud Building from the north west through the day, turning the Sunshine Hazy with the odd spot of rain. Ill have more details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea has stepped up its hostile language towards the us, warning there will be all out war if america uses Military Force against it. It comes after days of growing tensions between pyongyang and the washington. On saturday the nation staged a huge Military Parade involving Tens Of Thousands of soldiers and civilians. Ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines were apparently on displ