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of the invasion. ukrainian forces have launched a long awaited counter offensive in the south of the country. a very good early morning to you. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin s military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fate has exposed the scale of widerjewish flight from russia and divisions within thejewish community. why is this war deepening jewish anxiety? rabbi pinchas goldschmidt in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi, stephen. thank you for inviting me to hardtalk. it s the second time with you. it s the second time and it s a pleasure to have you back on the show. things have changed since you were last t ....
of wales will never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with millions in cash from a former qatari prime minister. singer r kelly could face decades in prison as he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of ringleading a violent scheme to lure women and children for him to sexually abuse. and coming up in sport, britain s emma raducanu is out of wimbledon after being defeated by france s caroline garcia in straight sets. welcome to the programme. a court in france has handed down guilty verdicts to all but one of the 20 men accused of involvement in the islamist attacks in paris in 2015. sentencing is still to be announced. among the defendants, the only suspected attacker to have survived, salah abdeslam, who has been sentenced to life injail. gunmen killed 130 people across the french capital. the attacks started with three explosions outside the stade de france stadium whilst a match was t ....
are a clear and present danger to american democracy. after a second resignation in as many years, downing street says borisjohnson is looking at whether the role of an adviser on standards is needed after lord geidt stepped down last night. and the bank of england hikes up interest rates to a 13 year high and warns that inflation could hit 11%. tonight with the context, chief political commentator at the i newspaper paul waugh and former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, where the third day of the january 6th committee hearings has just wrapped up. it s been focused on mike pence and connecting donald trump s intense pressure campaign on his vice president not to certify the election results with the violent intentions of the mob that stormed the capitol. democrat bennie thompson is chair of the committee. he spoke of the danger mike pence faced in his opening statement. we re fortunate for mr pence s courage ....
president biden makes an impassioned call for stricter gun laws following a string of mass shootings in the us. atrain is a train is derailed in southern germany. and it s 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire front line in the east of the country. a service of thanksgiving honouring the queen s 70 years on the throne has been taking place today at st paul s cathedral. prince charles represented the queen, who withdrew from the event after experiencing discomfort during yesterday s platinum jubilee celebrations. we understand that the queen watched the service at home. it s the first major royal event prince harry and meghan have attended since stepping back from official duties. our first report today is from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. a service of thanksgiving at st paul s cathedral without the person for whose long years of service those banks were being offered. the queen was absent, bu ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the polish president, andrzej duda, has been given a standing ovation in the ukrainian parliament after he delivered a passionate speech in support of ukraine. it s the first address in person by a foreign leader to the parliament in kyiv since the russian invasion began. president duda, who earlier met with ukraine s president zelenskiy, said that only ukraine has the right to decide its future. if ukraine is pushed to sacrifice even a centimetre of its territory, just to keep things calm, for economic reasons or political ambitions, it will be a huge blow, not only for the ukrainian nation, but for the entire western world, i have no doubt about that. at a press conference afterwards, president zelensky stressed again his request for ukraine tojoin the european union. the european commission will issue a report injune on whether to accept ukraine s application to become a candidate for membership. it ....