Putin. We will respond if russia continues its harmful activities. We will not fail to defend the transatlantic alliance or stand up for democratic values. It s in our mutual interests and the interests of the world to cooperate and see if we can do that. And the areas where we don t agree, make it clear where the red lines are. I have met with him. He s bright, he s tough, and i found that he is, as they say, when i used to play ball, a worthy adversary. Every world leader here as a member of nato that spoke today, and most of them mentioned it, thanked me for meeting with putin now. One issue the white house says definitely will be on the table at their summit, the reason ransomware attacks in the u. S. Which authorities say originated from russian hacking groups, biden said the u. S. Will respond in kind if russia refuses to cooperate on the cybersecurity front. In his exclusive interview, nbc news foreign correspondent keir simmons put this question directly to putin. Mr. President
Make you clear the red lines are. I have met with him. It is bright, he is tough, and i found that he is a week when we used to play ball, a worthy adversary. Every world leader here is a member of nato that spoke today and most of mentioned, thanked me for meeting with putin now. One issue the white house says definitely will be on the table at their summit, the recent ransomware attacks, which authorities say originated from russianbased hacking routes. But insisted that the u. S. Will respond in kind, if russia refuses to cooperate on cybersecurity. In his exclusive interview, and d. C. News carrie symonds put this question directly to putin. Mister president, are you waging a war against america in the cyber? there is evidence, where is proof? it is becoming farcical. We know it well. We have been accused of all kinds of things. Election interference, cyberattacks, so on, so forth. Not once, not one time, did they bother to produce any kind of evidence or proof. Just unfounded accu
counting the casualties after a deadly suicide attack during friday prayers in kabul. and a big fight in the big apple. katie taylor and amanda serrano square up, ahead of the most important women s boxing clash in history. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, says more thani million people have been evacuated from ukraine to russia since the invasion began. ukraine has previously accused russia of taking people across the border against their will. ukraine has also said russia has stolen hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ukrainian grain. according to the agricultural ministry, 1.5 million tonnes of grain is stored in russian occupied territory. they warn the invasion is a serious threat to international food supply. and the mother of a british humanitarian volunteer, the blockade of ukraine s black sea coast has meant ukraine s monthly grain exports in april dropped to an eighth of the prewar monthl
of six hostages in syria. a british man whojoined the islamic state group s convicted in the us, ending relatives long wait forjustice. i ve not slept since my dad was killed in 2014 so hopefully tonight i will get a good night of sleep. and bye bye barcelona a stoppage time shocker sees frankfurt finish off the favourites in the europa league quarterfinals. russia s defence ministry says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva, has sunk a day after ukraine said it had been hit by missiles. russia has not confirmed ukraine s claim. the ship went down as it was being towed back to port in stormy weather. it s been described as a big blow to the russian fleet, as the bbc s tim allman reports. the scourge of the black sea now buried at the bottom of it. the moskva or moscow in english was a symbol of russia s military might and crucial to its operations in ukraine. what caused its demise remains disputed. ukraine says it hit the moskva with neptune cruis
election interference trial. we ll have legal analysis on both of these big developments in just a moment. plus new polling on president joe biden s re-election bid and the major concern that most americans have about a possible second term. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a decision that sent waves through the nation s capitol yesterday, a start date for donald trump s federal election interference trial. in washington, d.c. district court judge tanya chutkan ordered jury selection to begin on march 4th of next year, just one day before super tuesday. now, prosecutors when asked for the trial to begin in early january of next year while trump s lawyers had proposed that it not start until april of 2026. yesterday judge chutkan said that neither of those dates were acceptable but that, quote, this case is not going to trial in 2026. the decisi