that navalny s mother didn t want to hear. way up in the russian arctic, at the prison where her son was held, she has now been informed officially of his death. but his spokeswoman told the bbc the family still don t have his body. we don t have any clue where he is now and what is happening to him and when it will be given to the family. alexei navalny died on friday at 14:17, an opposition politician who dared to speak out in a country where dissent is dangerous. but in moscow today, supporters came onto the streets to remember him. some were arrested, dragged to police vans. since the first reports of navalny s death, people have been leaving tributes at monuments to the victims of political repression in stalin s time. the symbolism is deliberate. however navalny died, he had been arrested and locked up because of his politics. he denounced vladimir putin and his team as crooks and thieves . arresting him became almost routine. then three years ago, navalny fell despe
yeah, in an election year. and that r word, we ll kick around, you know, the extent to which it s a recession comparable with others, and what it actually means and the extent to which people will feel any different, given that it s a sort of rear view mirror look at what s been going on in the economy in recent months. if you re in politics in general, if you re in government in particular, the r word isjust one of those horror words. and so for those in government in an election year, it s the last thing that they need to see. and it is equally not remotely surprising that opposition parties leapt in front of cameras and microphones within, if not nanoseconds, then certainly hours of 7:00 this morning to try and pin the blame on the government, as you d expect them to do. you ve gotjeremy hunt, the chancellor, making the argument that things are getting a little better. and i suppose if we take a couple of steps back, there s a fair question to ask about to what extent we m
welcome to the ballroom of the royal castle in warsaw. this former royal palace is where the first constitution of poland was signed and in poland today, constitutional issues who runs the country and how are top of the bill. the new prime minister has sacked the heads of state owned media, dismissed the protests of the courts, and clashed over and over again with the president, an ally of the last government. the prime minister says he is re establishing democracy and de politicising the state. the president says the new government is violating the constitution and promoting anarchy. this country is right next to ukraine and was the first to offer aid. how strong is that commitment, two years on? with me to answer questions put to them directly by our audience is our panel. mateusz morawiecki mp, was, until only a few weeks ago, the prime minister of poland. he is vice president of peace, the law and justice party. it s the largest party, but its coalition failed to get
mined areas in the world. loud explosion. ooh. ..to one of the greatest natural disasters of our time. and now it s recovering from its worst ever economic crisis. i first came here in the year 2000, and i was struck by the laidback island mentality. but sri lanka s been through a lot since then, and i want to find out how it s changed. in this first leg of myjourney. the coral is gone. we destroyed the sea and the sea destroyed us. ..i take to the seas, joining a mission to repair the coastline. you can buy anything here. and i dive into the heart of its capital city. everybody that we would expect to be in sri lanka is right here. look at it. it s packed, it s crowded, it s got a really old world feel about it. i m here at a crucial stage for sri lanka as the island aims to bounce back yet again. this is the west coast of sri lanka, under two hour s drive from the capital city, colombo. i want to start my adventure with a different perspective. a bird s eye view, in fact. t