Stars arrive for the emmy awards. Its 8am in singapore, and 3am in moscow, where initial results from russias marathon three day elections Show president Putins Party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. The central Election Commission says with 33 percent of the ballots counted, united Russia Hasjust over 45 percent of the vote. Thats down from more than 54 at the last elections in 2016. Few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run with supporters ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny among those affected, but the bbc s seen evidence of potential vote rigging, as our correspondent in moscow, Steve Rosenberg reports. Theres something different about a russian election. Polling stations turn into music halls. Buses turn into Polling Stations. We found this parked just outside of moscow. We asked, why in a bus . He couldnt explain. The authorities say the vote was transparent and fair. It looks like a regular election there are voters and there are parties to vote for. B
Rebecca donner. Shes referred to by the baltimore sun of her marketable woman of or the burr concludes the graphic novel as well as essays reviews an article that appeared in a variety of publications including the near times the believer and gannett. The recipient of the fellowship at the Leon Levy Center for biography Rebecca Donner she appeared tonight with her new book all the frequent troubles of our days the true story of the american woman at the heart of the german resistance to hitler. In it she explores the remarkable life and brutal death of her great great aunt Mildred Harnack one of germanys most successful and the only identify person to be a leader in the german one review the book reads combining the scholarship and sparkling narrative Rebecca Donner all the frequent troubles of our days brings to life the essential role played by Mildred Harnack in germanys homegrown she talks about the cruelly oppressive system that reminds us of what can happen when amidst economics
First lady of the united states, jill biden, talking about military veterans. The couple are, says time magazine, part of a community that in a year of crisis have leapt into the fray. Jonny dymond, Bbc News. Time for a look at the weather. He is chris fawkes. Weve seen a bit of patchy cloud since the clear blue skies, nevertheless a lot of dry, fine weather. However, the Northern Ireland well see the cloud continue to thicken here with outbreaks of rain starting to spread in, as these Weather Fronts just our west start to approach and these fronts will be bringing more of us rain over the next couple of days as we will see in a moment. Over the next few hours turning wet in Northern Ireland. The rain most persistent across western counties. Turning quite cloudy for Western Scotland but east scotland along with england and wales dry and sunny spells, feeling warm, temperatures as high as 23 degrees. Overnight tonight the rain will begin to spread from Northern Ireland into scotland. Yo
The FIrst MInIster consIders draftIng In the mIlItary to help the scottIsh Ambulance Delays after average waIt for an ambulance reached sIx hours last week. And the top 100 most InfluentIal people on the planet TIme MagazIne puts Harry And Meghan on Its lIst for 2021. The programme of thIrd, booster, covId jabs has got underway In england and wales wIth some vulnerable people and Health Workers receIvIng theIr dose thIs mornIng. ElIgIble people who had theIr second vaccIne at least sIx months ago wIll be InvIted for the extra dose the full rollout begIns next week. Everyone aged 50 and over across the uk Is elIgIble, as well as FrontlIne Healthcare workers and vulnerable groups about 30 MIllIon people In all. But as some people are now receIvIng theIr thIrd jab there are stIll more than FIve MIllIon adults across the uk who are yet to have one. Heres our Health Correspondent katherIne da costa. Come along, lets see you. On the Front LIne and among the fIrst In lIne to receIve a covId b