Resistance movement . Ilya ponomarev In Washington, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me, stephen. It is a pleasure to have you on hardtalk. Youre In Washington, dc. You are normally based in ukraine. I am very well aware that nato leaders are about to meet In Washington at the Nato Summit. Why are you there . Do you believe you have some role to play . We are communicating the position of the shadow Russian Parliament, the congress of peoples deputies, which is actually calling for nato to stop putting restrictions on ukraine, how we can resist the aggression, because right now our hands are very much tied in terms of retaliatory attacks, in terms of attacks inside russian territory, in terms of targeting the leaders of this regime, the War Criminals that are shooting childrens hospitals and destroying civilians in ukraine. Yeah. Youre responding there to what we have learned from kyiv in the last few hours about the latest Missile Strike on kyiv, which the ukrainians say hit a c
28 year old Leaderjordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, le pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Lets speak to Matt Fitzpatrick Professor in international history at Flinders University in adelaide. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. For many decades, the far right in france were shunned, they would never get elected in parliament or run for the presidency. What changed in recent years . Two thins changed in recent years . Two things have changed in recent years . Twr things have happened, the first is the far right has gone to a great deal of trouble to soft on their packaging. Not necessarily their policies but their packaging so they seem a little bit closer to the centre than they really were. The other thing that has hap
Polls are open in france as people across the country cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. These are live pictures of a Polling Station in paris. Final Opinion Polls suggest Marine Le Pen s far right National Rally will secure the most votes, but its thought its unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration National Rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old Leaderjordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Joining me now our Correspondent M
Unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old leaderJordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pens hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Which is going to show some live shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with shots from france, because President Macron isjust leaving with his shots from france, because President Macron is just leaving with his wife after voting there. He called the Snap Election that had a lot of discussion about wheth
On monItorIng some IranIan nuclearfacIlItIes In talks descrIbed as constructIve. We remember the fIrst racIally motIvated Hate CrIme the murder of BalbIr SIngh SodhI In the backlash agaInst the September 11 attacks. And also In the Programme And RussIas DannIIl Medvedev wIns the Us Open, shatterIng djokovIc S Dream of nettIng four Grand Slam tItles In a year. LIve from our studIo In sIngapore. ThIs Is Bbc News. Its newsday. Its 8am In sIngapore, and nIne In the mornIng In pyongyang where North Korea claIms to have carrIed out successful long Range CruIse MIssIle tests over the weekend accordIng to State MedIa. The report saId the mIssIles flew 1,500 kIlometres before hIttIng theIr targets. Pyongyang has contInued to develop Its arsenal despIte beIng subject to strIct InternatIonal sanctIons. Lets cross lIve to seoul and speak to the bbc s laura bIcker. She has been followIng the story follows sacha she has been monItorIng thIs for us. Talk about how sIgnIfIcant that Is In comparIson to