Has been pretty predictable. There was this joint statement in which they say the russian people were denied any real choice in the vote that took place over the past three days. We heard from the veteran spanish diplomat saying that the Russian Election was characterised by repression and intimidation. One thing the eu has not done which the widow of Alexei Navalny wanted to happen, she wanted european leaders to come out and say President Putin does not have any legitimacy and he wanted brussels not to recognise this victory. That hasnt happened today but as you have been saying they are looking at more sanctions and we understand that the sanctions being talked about today and potentially agreed would affect people within the Prison System in russia, specifically those who work at the penal colony in the arctic where Alexei Navalny was being held and where he died last month. There have been talks and where he died last month. There have been talks about and where he died last month
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
On the Rafah Operation but he agreed that he would send a team to washington to have this discussion and have this engagement. A un backed report is warning famine is imminent as 1. 1m people, or half of gaza experience Catastrophic Food Insecurtiy and the death toll in gaza is approaching 32,000, according to the hamas run Health Ministry. Meanwhile, the Israeli Military says it has taken control of Al Shifa Hospital in gaza city. It reported that troops came under fire and that 80 people were detained and others killed, including a Senior Commander of hamass internal security service. These are images from the raid, you can hear gunshots. Witnesses described heavy exchanges of fire around the site. Thousands of displaced people have been sheltering here and patients are treated. Gazas Health Ministry said israel was committing a war crime. The Israeli Government had this response. This morning, the idf conducted a precise operation to thwart terrorism in the Shifa Hospital area. Foot
Have behaved in all of this, they say they are dismayed by the tone and content of the Premier Leagues submission which they say has harmed the trust and confidence in the league. They say the eight points deduction that was sought by the Premier League was utterly disproportionate, they say the Premier League gave no consideration to the unique circumstances and mitigation was put forward by forest. And they make the point about other clubs that are coming up from the championship, aspiring ambitious clubs who want to notjust survive in the Premier League but thrive in the Premier League against those big established clubs. They do say this does harm to that possibility of clubs doing well when they have these rules in place. And central to this whole case is the losses that theyve accrued but particularly since they were promoted to the Premier League, the spending spree that they went on but also the sale of brennanjohnson to tottenham hotspur, that happened in the middle of a trans