for russia s president for alleged war crimes, and now vladimir putin s most vocal critic is dead. let s speak to boris bondarev, a former russian diplomat who resigned from his position to oppose russia s war against ukraine. hello to you. thank you so much for joining us here. ijust wonder as we reach that two year anniversary, your reflections on how russia has changed over the last two years. well, i think the situation in russia has deteriorated in many ways. that regime has become more sincerely repressive. it took off its mask and does not pretend to be some kind of european regime with some kind of european regime with some kind of sovereign democracy. no, they say, yes, we are a dictatorship with putin is our autocrat, dictator. he can do whatever he pleases, and we want this to be. this is the message vladimir putin and his cronies and they have frightened many into submission. and yet there are people who disagree, and yet there are people who have courage to show,
hello and welcome to sportsday this thursday night. i m chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: ollie robinson returns in ranchi, as england look to keep their series against india alive. a historic moment for sport the london marathon becomes the first in the world to offer equal prize money for its wheelchair and able bodied races. i think other sports and other organisations will maybe wake up and see we are truly great athletes and we deserve what s coming for us. and furbank in at full back, as england make five changes for the calcutta cup. we ll have team news ahead of all saturday s games. also coming up on sportsday: we speak to the women sailing around the notorious horn off the southern tip of south america. welcome along. thank you forjoining us on the eve of england s make or break test match in india. win and they ll be level 2 2, but lose and it s all over. after that bruising defeat in the third test in rajkot england s largest in terms of runs for 90 y
hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work, accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against him centres on this woman, the porn star known as stormy daniels. ahead of trump s 2016 election win, she was paid $130,000 to stop her going public with claims she had had an affair with him something he denies. hi
could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair,