As the bbc s russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, mr putin also mentioned his late critic, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. You can believe it or not. I said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. But what happened, happened. Election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. The winner, by a mile and a half, Vladimir Putin. What an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. And a powerful signal to the
you with us. more on cnn newsroom more retaliatory strikes. a dangerous atmospheric river bears down on southern california as residents prepare for the possibility of life threatening floods. and soccer fans in hong kong are fired up. a sold out game featuring legendary lionel messi. we ll have a live report coming up. a short time ago the u.s. announced a new strike against houthi targets destroying an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen that was prepared to launch. earlier saturday american and british forces and other allies struck 36 targets in yemen at 13 locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. says were facilities involved in attacks on international shipping. british jets also took part in the opoperation. the british defense secretary saying the strikes are about protecting innocent lives. the u.s., u.k., are at the forefront of an international coalition trying to stop the houthi attacks. in a statement the group said today s strike
hello and welcome. i m lynda kinkade. ahead on cnn newsroom. the u.s. led coalition said the latest strikes in yemen are about protection and not escalation. but the houthi rebels say they won t be deterred. u.s. president joe biden is projected to win his first official primary victory of the 2024 campaign. and i am honored to stand here as foreign minister. we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress. after two years of political gridlock northern ireland s government returns to a power sharing agreement with a new first minister. live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. we start with breaking news. just minutes ago the u.s. announced it had shot down an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen. it comes after the u.s. along with british and coalition forces struck at least 30 targets in yemen at ten different locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. said were facilities involved in attacks on international shi
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