to the mother of alexei navalny, the opposition figure who died in prison last week. a spokesperson for the navalny team it says his mother has been given three hours to agree to quote, a secret funeral without members of the public in attendance, otherwise he will be buried inside the prison compound. let s go straight to the newsroom and get more from a russia editor from bbc monitoring, vitaly shevchenko. tell us more, because we were hearing only yesterday from alexei navalny s mother about getting access to the body. a new ultimatum now. getting access to the body. a new ultimatum now. yes, it comes from the spokeswoman ultimatum now. yes, it comes from the spokeswoman for ultimatum now. yes, it comes from the spokeswoman for alexei - ultimatum now. yes, it comes from i the spokeswoman for alexei navalny s family, from kia yarmysh, who said an investigator had been in touch with alexei navalny s mother ludmila saying that within three hours, she had to be agree to h
i think the teachers would give me biscuits and teach us to sing and dance. their nearest school is an hour s walk away. struggling to pay the rent and facing eviction, there is no money for the bus. translation: i stopped going to school because it was too dark on the way home. there were three dogs that scared me. in the refugee camps in the countries that surround syria, aid is thinly stretched. billions of pounds has been donated, but overall, it is still only between half and tw thirds of what the un needs. between half and two thirds of what the un needs. a year ago, world leaders met in london and pledged that every syrian child who has been forced to flee their home would get access to quality education. 12 months on, and here in lebanon alone, around half of refugee children don t go to school. for theirfamilies, the priority is simply survival. progress has been made, and lebanon s schools run second sessions to accommodate syrian pupils. but teachers say the mo
Wrote on a courtside tv camera no war please, seemingly a message to his own government. let s move away from events in ukraine forjust a moment. the six nations continues this weekend. ireland play italy tomorrow, but two matches today for you today. first up, it s scotland against leaders france at murrayfield. the scots were narrowly beaten by wales last time out, having beaten england in their opening game. they will, however, be without flanker hamish watson who tested positive for covid last night and won t make the game. his captain, though, remains optimistic. the exciting thing for me is i know we can beat them, i truly believe we can beat them, and if we get everything right on the day, easier said than done, everything the moment is massive. every ten minutes to get through is huge. and if we can win the first ten, 15, 20