Hello and welcome to newsday. We start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russias president ial election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. He had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. His widow Yulia Navalnya cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were protests held and queues to vote in a number of other countries. In london there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding
87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. Mr navalny s widow, yulia navalnya, cast her vote at Russias Embassy in berlin. There were also protests held and voting queues in a number of other countries. In london, there was a line a mile long outside the russian embassy. From moscow, heres our russia editor steve rosenberg. 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 Al
it s only june and there have been at least 247. that s more than one per day. it s closer to two per day. we re still learning more about one of the shootings. two weeks after 19 children and two teachers in you vault, texas were killed inside their grade school. a teacher who was shot multiple times describes the horror of watching every single one of his students get slaughtered as police waited outside. just bullets everywhere, and then i just remember border patrol saying get up, get up. i couldn t get up. did you feel abandoned by the police and the people who were supposed to protect you? absolutely. after everything, i am more angry, because you have a bullet proof vest. i had nothing. i had nothing. you re supposed to protect and serve. there is no excuse for their actions. and i will never forgive them. i lost 11 that day. i say to my parents, i m sorry. i tried my best. that s what i was told to do. please don t be angry with me. a man is a hero. the uvalde
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur, where north korea has asked the malaysian authorities to hand over the body of a man widely thought to be the half brother of the north Korean Leader kim jong un. North korea has objected to a Postmortem Examination that could determine how kimjong nam died. Our correspondent in kuala lumpur, karishma vaswani, has the latest on the investigation. Its Business As Usual in pyongyang, everything moving at clockwork precision. Today, north koreas reclusive leader, kim jong un, made an appearance at a rally celebrating the 75th Anniversary of his fathers birthday. But away from the pomp and the pageantry, a tale of murder and mystery. This man, kimjong nam, is the north Korean Leaders exiled older half brother. Hes believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. Between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. Police say t