full fledged invasion in february last year or in 2022, most experts feared last year or in 2022, most experts feared that last year or in 2022, most experts feared that russia would control the key feared that russia would control the key kyiv feared that russia would control the key kyiv within days and all of you can key kyiv within days and all of you can weeks. the reality is that the ukrainians were able to push lrack the ukrainians were able to push back the the ukrainians were able to push back the russian forces and they have back the russian forces and they have liberated 50% of the territory that russia occupied at the beginning of the war. they have enabled beginning of the war. they have enabled to inflict heavy losses on the russian armed forces, more than 300 casualties, thousands of armed vehicles 300 casualties, thousands of armed vehicles have been destroyed and hurrdreds vehicles have been destroyed and hundreds of planes. this i
correspondent mark lowen. israel is seizing on another development as proof of what it says is the un s bias against it, which is that 12 members of staff of the un mission operating in gaza have been dismissed for. as they were found to be, to have been complicit in the hamas attacks on israel on the 7th of october. now, israel says that is proof that the un mission in gaza is not impartial that it is pro hamas. what the united nations and pro un voices are saying is, look, the entire workforce of that un agency is 30,000 people. so12 bad apples should not tarnish the entire reputation of the un agency. but, you know, israel is saying that this is proof that we are fighting, in israel s words, a just war and we have the right to defend ourselves. with me is our political correspondent, harry farley. first of all, tells more about the foreign office has said about this decision. i have been speaking to sources in the foreign office and in the last hour or so the, uk
to be executed using nitrogen gas a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . smith s adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco he s a reporter with it s been just described it s beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the execution chamber having an airtight mask strapped to his face and a pure nitrogen pumped from a pressurised tank. find from a pressurised tank. and him of effectively from a pressurised tank. fific him of effectively being forced or asked to breathe it in. there have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems is this is never been done before. it s interesting, we ve heard from some of your contributors there that the state of alabama is waiting to find out whether or not i
future is possible. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, just over six years ago, the singing superstar rihanna, she launched a cosmetic brand called fenty. she had the backing of the global luxury goods giant lvmh. today, fenty has made rihanna a billionaire, but she s not alone. kyliejenner, one of the most followed people in the world on social media, launched a makeup line and became hugely successful all by the age of 21. the cosmetics industry, it s one of the most disrupted out there, as well as coping with covid. it s had to deal with an onslaught of these start ups, which use the founder who can talk directly to customers on social media to drive growth and create a seemingly personal relationship with them. that s according to one of the authors of one of the most widely read reports in the cosmetic and beauty world. they re not necessarily celebrity driven, many of them are, but often the
saying it wasn t informed by russian authorities. and king charles is said to be doing well after undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. he was admitted this morning to the private london clinic, where the princess of wales is also recovering from abdominal surgery. good evening. the united nations highest court says israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide by its forces in gaza and must let more aid into the enclave to alleviate the suffering. but the provisional ruling from the international court ofjustice, in the hague, stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. joan donoghue, the president of the court, issued their 29 page ruling, but she did not draw conclusions as to whether there had been violations under the convention. that, she said, will happen at a later stage of the process. in the court s view, at least some of the acts and omissions alleged by south africa have been committed by israel in gaza appear to be capable of falling within the prov