on the dawn of the universe. ahead of the anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has addressed crowds in moscow s main stadium during a patriotic gala concert. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium, they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to show that russians back president putin and his war in ukraine. irina seems to. we weren t the ones to start this, irina says. i trust our president. inside the stadium, the main event. vladimir putin shared the stage with russian soldiers
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. us presidentjoe biden has touched down in belfast for the start of his visit to northern ireland and the republic. the four day trip marks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule. on wednesday, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has t
the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland, known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule: on wednesdeay, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there, he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d. higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has truly been atrocious. to welcome him to belfast. and i spoke to one northern ireland politics student and he said the reason he had come was because a visit by one of the most powerful people in the world, a us pres
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Thousands of people have already left, those who remain have been told there are two safe routes to the south, one to the centre of the gaza strip and one along the coast. They have been told to move south. Israeli troops say they are preparing to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is regarded as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. There are reports that hamas commander, who led the attack, is already dead. Officials say at least 2215 people have been killed so far in an israeli air strikes on gaza. Limited rates have already taken place and there are reports that bodies of some israeli hostages had been recovered. Those reports earlier in the media today. Later the Israeli Defence force denied that those that the hostages were snatched a week ago by hamas militants in raids which left this is the scene. 1300 people killed. There are tanks amassing on the boundary between gaza and israel. We have been watching these images for the last hour or so and ha