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here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world. this week how many casualties has russia suffered in its war against ukraine, and how do we find out? we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine, and we get information from more than 65 cemeteries all over russia. xijinping, china s leader, at 70. is he turning into an emperor? the status he s got now, he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. and how bad is the world s climate crisis, really? enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in ....
we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them were recruited by notorious wagner private military company. others were prisoners a ....
enough to keep the people in the know awake at night? the world is changing rapidly. we are changing it. but we re fighting back as well, and we re taking some of those steps. and a lot of the days, i m optimistic. vladimir putin, we re told, was promised that his invasion of ukraine would be over and done with by lastjuly a year ago, that is. who would have thought that ukraine would put up such a fight? and who would have thought that nato would have held together in the way it has? not mr putin, clearly. so what about the battlefield casualties which russia s sustained? the bbc s russian service has been carrying out a thorough investigation into this, putting names to as many of the dead as they can. olga ivshina, senior correspondent for the bbc russia service, has headed the investigation. so currently, we know names of 25,560 russian fighters who died fighting in ukraine. i say fighters, because it s important. not all of them are russian soldiers. some of them ....
And the country s president, has amassed more power than any chinese politician since mao zedong. and before that, you have to go back to the great emperors of the ming and qing dynasties to find the equivalent power level. president xi has just celebrated his 70th birthday, a suitable moment to take a look at him and his china with the head of the bbc s chinese service, howard zhang. he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. there s no peer, and in, i guess, graphic display, and whether it was meeting with his own politburo comrades or with foreign dignitaries. before, if there was a politburo meeting, the supreme or the general secretary of the party or the president always stand, yes, maybe slightly forward, but normally, it s in the same line with all the other big politburo leaders. but nowadays, xijinping is on one side, all the other politburo leaders ....
Xijinping, generalsecretary of the chinese communist party and the country s president, has amassed more power than any chinese politician since mao tse tung. and before that, you have to go back to the great emperors of the ming and qing dynasties to find the equivalent power level. president xi has just celebrated his 70th birthday, a suitable moment to take a look at him and his china with the head of the bbc s chinese service, howard zhang. he is either a king or emperor. he s the supreme leader. there s no peer, and in, i guess, graphic display, and whether it was meeting with his own politburo comrades or with foreign dignitaries. before, if there was a politburo meeting, the supreme or the general secretary of the party or the president always stand, yes, maybe slightly forward, but normally, it s in the same line with all the other big politburo leaders. ....