Steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were greeted with a show. Well, its one way to bang the drum for russian elections. There is voting, too,
Happened happened. We would exchange them. I said only on one condition that he doesnt come back. He is a killer. Hes a gangster he is the person who brought my country to the war ive seen the humanity and these humanity, these are bad. These are animals. While i of course disagree with those in the past, i think the American Public disagree with those, but i do think that people see that donald trump is the only candidate in this race, its going to be able to fix this prices. Were going to continue Military Pressure and were going to continue to try to get those officers the taste youre going i agree about the urgent need to increase humanitarian aid in gaza and get this Ceasefire Deal live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo warmer at the top view as joining us to the us and Around The World. I, max foster and im going to blow it is monday, march 18, atm here in london and we begin in russia, where president Vladimir Putin is poised to cement his grip o
Hello, and welcome to our viewers, joining us in the us and from all around the world. I, max foster, just the head, was nightmare me, but border if you would like to know if our elections are democratic or not. I think they are democratic Vladimir Putin claims the superiority of russias Political System over what, over that of the United States as the results of russias election, surprised pretty much no one. Israels Prime Minister slams comments by the top us senator calling for new election in his country. It is the white house pushes for a ceasefire amid the humanitarian crisis in gaza and republicans defend former president trumps latest controversial remarks on the Campaign Trail Analysis on the likely trumpbiden he for the white house live from london. This is cnn newsroom with max foster what we begin this out. In russia where Vladimir Putin is calling for National Unity as the country wraps up a president ial election that certain to deliver him a massive win. And a fifth term
the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let s get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it s been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it s also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that to come as well. this month has been a pretty wet month so far. alder grove, to the west of belfast, has had one and a half times as much rainfall as we would normally see in an average march. loads more to come. that area of cloud as the rain we had today and it will continue overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the count
the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters