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tonight are three, 60 just moments ago, the judge in the former president s new york hush money trial expands the gag order on him in the wake of repeated online attacks by trump on his daughter, also tonight, all we re learning about the attempt to breach the fbi office and lambda, who authorities say was behind it and whether this may have been someone s attempt to political violence. and later my conversation with diet and folding along with author column macaron and stinging about diane son, jim fully a journalist, kidnapped and murdered by isis. his remarkable legacy what it was like to speak face-to-face with one of the men who murdered her son good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news the judge has expanded the gag order that he imposed on the former president last week. the move follows repeated online attacks against the judge and his daughter, including by name, like this one we blacked it out here because she has no role in the case a ....
welcome to the programme. we begin in beijing, where russia s president vladimir putin has just landed. he s set to meet his chinese counterpart xijinping later. it s mr putin s second trip to china in just over six months, perhaps underlining the importance to moscow of the relationship after the unprecedented sanctions it s facing as a result of the war in ukraine. nonetheless, the chinese government seems to be looking forward to the summit. china and russia regarding cover as comprehensive, critical and cooperative partners in the era and relationships have continued to develop healthily with leaders of the two countries maintaining close contacts. let s assess how close that relationship is. mr putin s trip to beijing is his first outside of russia since he was sworn in for a new six year term as president last week. the two leaders have met on a fairly frequent basis in the last few years and seem to get on quite well. in 2019 mr xi went to russia on a state visit ....
is in custody. let s go live to the slovak capital, bratislava, and our correspondent, sarah rainsford. sarah, bring us up to date with the latest we know about the condition of the prime minister this morning. well, we have heard from the director of the hospital where mr fico is being treated, where he received emergency care overnight and yesterday afternoon and evening. he was in surgery for some five hours. that was emergency surgery after he received three gunshot wounds. we understand that includes wins to his stomach and to his arm. so extremely and serious injuries. long, long surgery, five hours of surgery, multiple wounds. now the defence minister has said his condition has stabilised and that he is no longer in a life threatening condition, but he is still in critical care in that hospital 100 or so miles from where we are here in bratislava. a dramatic attack, of course. you will have seen those pictures as robert fico came out of his government meeting, ....
of surgery to save his life following an apparent assassination attempt. local media reported that the prime minister had regained consciousness. the deputy prime minister, tomas taraba, told the bbc that the operation had gone well and he expected mr fico to survive. the prime minister was shot several times as he was leaving a government meeting in what the interior minister described as a politically motivated attack. the deputy prime minister of slovakia accused opposition parties of using false narratives to paint the prime minister almost as a monster. in sliver you, we won two elections. in october we had parliamentary elections, so we have stabilised support of the public. in slavonic. also international politics, speak about a false narrative that we want to leave the european union and join the cooperation with russia and i don t want these false narratives and of course people from the other side lost the election sometimes, they believe in these narrative ....
that he is not in a life threatening situation. in slovakia we won two elections, the presidential one in october and we had parliamentary elections, so our government has pretty stabile and strong support in the public but after what he did in the political arena, his presence in slovakia, we think the opposition uses false narratives often and in international politics about our government, they speak of false narratives that we want to leave the european union, that we want to join the cooperation with russia. and all these false narratives. and, of course, people from the other side who lost in the elections sometimes believe these narratives, and they can become a little bit, let s say, upset. the attack took place in the central town of handlova. our correspondent bethany bell is in the capital bratislava with more on the suspect, and how the attack played out. this was the moment a european leader was shot. gunshots. ..as he greeted members of the public in front ....