There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
Were politically motivated. His body was not handed over by the authorities for several days. His mother said they had threatened her because they wanted the burial to take place in secret. Since her husbands death, Yulia Navalnaya has held talks with Foreign Ministers and us president joe biden, and she has vowed to carry on the worker husband has done for several years now. We will keep an eye on this and take you back life to strasbourg as soon as see Yulia Navalnaya address those meps. To australia now, where its been announced that police in sydney will be able to attend mardi gras this weekend. A decision had been taken to un invite police from the parade. After senior constable Beaumont Lamarre condon allegedly killed jesse baird who he had previously dated and his partner luke davies last monday. The bodies of the couple were found yesterday. The suspect was charged late last week after handing himself in, our News Reporter in sydney, Simon Atkinson has more. This event is taki
Thank ou. Goodbye to my husband. Applause thank you. However, goodbye to my husband. Applause thank you. However, im goodbye to my husband. Applause thank you. However, im standing i thank you. However, im standing here because your photos have an important question. There are asking you and then may, the question is, how can i help you in your fight . Last saturday was two years since putin started a full scale war against ukraine. A brutal and sneaky war. The whole world rushed to ukraines aid but two years past. There is much exhaustion, much blood, much disappointment and putin has gone nowhere. Everything has a ready been used. Weapons, money, sanctions, nothing is working. And the worst has happened. Everyone got used to the war. Here and there people start to say, well, well have to come to an agreement with putin anyway. And then putin killed my husband Alexei Navalny. On his orders, he was tortured for three years. He was starved in a tiny cell. Cut off from the outside world
sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre it s only day one of wimbledon, but already play has been disrupted by the weather. the roof came on over centre court, where the reigning men s singles champion novak djokovic has begun the defence of his title against pedro cachin. chethan pathak is watching and chetan it s going to plan so far for the number to seed? we had that sizeable delay in which novak djokovic was walking around centre court not happy with how slippery the surface was. they got the roof on pretty quickly but they delayed play for over an hour. it won t delay the inevitable though, he is looking very comfortable against pedro cachin, the 28 year old argentinian being the biggest match of his life. he had a good start and broke novak djokovic early on but novak djokovic looks cool and calm and it s a decade since he lost on that court. he is trying to win his eighth wimbledon title which would bring them l
loads of similar schemes, key differences but with the same aim. it is happening a lot of already, as you probably know. the idea is, breathe. some people say lights versus livelihoods, soaring cost of living, soaring number of health problems from pollution. some people say it is set versus livelihoods. a dichotomy is shaping politics. some of the arguments are on the working classes, take london, sw19, leafy london, less of a problem than in e14, less leafy tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? tower hamlets. the question, is ulez foryou? sw19, tower hamlets. the question, is ulez for you? sw19, leafy wimbledon. here is the news from nick hatfield. good morning. the high court is to hear arguments for and against the expansion of london s ultra low emission zone. five conservative led councils are challenging the move by mayor sadiq khan, who says it s needed to tackle air pollution. financial regulators will demand to know why banks aren t passing on highe