Russian forces, which would indicate they intend to double down on their conflict in ukraine, and put more forces to bear there to perhaps make more progress, and so it was in some ways, you know, a speech that f was not as much a fire brand speech as perhaps had been anticipated, john. the world was watching this, matthew, what should the world take from it? it s a good question, and it s difficult, of course, to answer because on the one hand, you have seen this, you know, remarkable display of spectacular display of russian military might. we have seen that played out on the battlefields in ukraine as well. but, i mean, the fact that vladimir putin did not take this opportunity to declare war and double down on his military adventure inside ukraine, perhaps that s an indication that the reality of the situation in ukraine, the fact that russia is unable to make
President hugo chavis. instead, they came out with this story. and you get the sensation that they re trying to drum up support, circle the wagons, get all of these very fervent chavez supporters behind them at a time in which they already announced that his health is in a very delicate situation. so light on the details of the plot that this attache was allegedly involved in. and a lot more sort of fire brand speech, brooke. shasta darlington in caracas. thank you. to tehran, iran, a war is being plagued against giant rats. i saw this picture, i thought it was photo shopped. it is not. a team of snipers has been called in to hunt the cat-sized rodents at night. so far more than 2,000 rats have been caught and tehran is hoping to have 40 teams of sharpshooters on the hunt by the end of the year. rats in iran.