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cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with dramatic video. we re going to show it to you right here showing the moment a bomb explodes in a cafe in st petersburg, russia, killing a well known russian pro war blogger. may have been presented to the blogger hidden inside a figurine. the dead blogger had more than a half million followers on his pro military blog, where he aggressively supported the war in ukraine openly criticized the setbacks. russian troops face there. cnn s matthew chance is in moscow for us. well jim. this explosion killed one of russia s most prominent pro war military bloggers, posting under the name of vlad lent tartasky. he accumulated more than half a million followers on his pro war telegram channel in which he was notoriously hard line enthusiastically, for instance, declaring on ukraine we will kill everyone. we will rob everyone we will have our way. and, of course, like other prominent russian military bloggers criticizing asp ....
environment experts blame the recent heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions which are already being seen in england, a month ahead of time. good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 2a hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. so, we ve had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously that s gonna take a lot of time now to get to the stadium and we re worried about what time we will get back and also what time the trains are running till. obviously, like, i am only quite young as well, so without me ....
Nationalist here, was killed in a car bomb outside of moscow. russian officials back then accused ukrainian sub it saboteurs of the attack. ukraine insists it has nothing to do with it. jim. all right, matthew chance in moscow for us. thank you. now the former president donald trump, already announcing his plans for the night of his arraignment on tuesday, just hours after his appearance in a manhattan courtroom, he says he will be back at his florida state mar-a-lago and will deliver remarks. cnn s christian homes is near mar-a-lago and joins us from west palm beach. kristen is the trump legal team concerned about any potential risk. that may arise because of the speech he plans to give. well dramatic as you know, this is the dilemma with representing former president donald trump. you can file all the motions. you can put everything in front of a judge. however he does not usually listen to his attorneys , particularly when they tell him not to speak out about ....
Defensive line. but we need to look at the questions that are raised by what we have seen in crimea over the past 11 days. what has happened to the air defence systems that the russians installed along the peninsula? what exactly caused the blasts that we have seen? was it saboteurs, long range missile strikes, which the west has helped ukraine with? or where they drone strikes as reported today? there are a lot of unknowns but it is clear that western weaponry is helping, but ukraine will always bang the drum for more. nevertheless, what we have seen in crimea challenges two myths, i think, firstly that it is a place, an impregnable base for russia to stage its naval fleet as well as aircraft, to launch attacks on ukraine. but it also challenges the myth that crimea is part of russia. , . , the myth that crimea is part of russia. , ., , . ., ., , the myth that crimea is part of russia. g ., , . ., ., , ., ,, the myth that crimea is part of russia. , ., , . ., ., , ., ,, russia. james ....