think putin has severely weakened. the beginning of the end of the putin the beginning of the end of the putin era the beginning of the end of the putin era started when he conducted the full putin era started when he conducted the full frontal invasion of ukraine in february the full frontal invasion of ukraine in february 2022. and then another marker in february 2022. and then another marker was in february 2022. and then another marker was when prigozhin marched on moscow marker was when prigozhin marched on moscow unimpeded. and of course now that the moscow unimpeded. and of course now that the killing of prigozhin at the hands that the killing of prigozhin at the hands of that the killing of prigozhin at the hands of putin does not necessarily make hands of putin does not necessarily make it hands of putin does not necessarily make it very strong, he had to do this to make it very strong, he had to do this to try make it very strong, he had to do this to try
imagine that putin is really hoping he can wait for trumpet s re election. of course one can hope that will not happen, but that is a matter for domestic politics. donald trump. the public this effort. the problem would be a donald trump re election. well, we should certainly be across every twist and turn. thank you very much. the social media giant, meta which owns facebook and instagram has officially launched its new app, threads. the app will be linked to instagram and is widely seen as a potential rival to twitter. meta describes it as a text based conversation app. users will be able to post up to 500 characters of text and five minutes of video and pictures. it will not be available in the european union yet because of their regulatory concerns. the launch is the latest in a rivalry between the meta boss mark zuckerberg,
the risk to the reactors may be low, but zaporizhzhia is getting so much attention because the stakes are high. live now to steven fish, a professor of political science from university of california, berkeley. a warm welcome to the programme. what is your thoughts on the threat as far as the zaporizhzhia plant is concerned? as the zaporizhzhia plant is concerned? ., ., concerned? from time to time, putin rattles concerned? from time to time, putin rattles the concerned? from time to time, putin rattles the nuclear - putin rattles the nuclear saver, sometimes he threatens to use nuclear weapons directly. if this plant were blown up and could affect directors, it would release an enormous amount of radiation. that doesn t seem to be a problem but i think putin knows that this would be regarded as a nuclear attack in ukraine and would probably provoke a massive nato response, a military response is any use of nuclear weapons would. in ukraine itself, an aerial
put up with that. put up with that. also ust to note that i put up with that. also ust to note that russia h put up with that. also ust to note that russia tookh put up with that. also just to note that russia took no - note that russia took no responsibility for the destruction of the dam, blaming ukraine for that, that is a situation, because the zaporizhzhia plant as well, both sides pointing the finger at one another as to who is putting explosive devices on the roof. ., ., , ., the roof. no, that is not the situation- the roof. no, that is not the situation. the the roof. no, that is not the situation. the situation - the roof. no, that is not the situation. the situation is i situation. the situation is what we know it to be, which is that russia blew up the dam, and if explosives are put on the roof, it is the russians doing that. i think accuracy is more important than balance here. in more important than balance here. , ., . here. in terms of the conflict else, here. i
bombardment would destroy the assets on the ground and marine take out his air force. he knows that is a risk so it is bubbling up when he will take right now. bubbling up when he will take riaht now. . ., , bubbling up when he will take right nova right now. that was going to be m next right now. that was going to be my next question right now. that was going to be my next question as right now. that was going to be my next question as far - right now. that was going to be my next question as far as - my next question as far as russia is concerned. there was damage at this nuclear plant, and regardless of who caused the damage, what risk is there to russia in terms of radiation, that kind of risk? well, this risk is to all of europe, and that is precisely why i think you would be a very vigorous nato response. after russia blew up the dam recently, nato did not respond militarily. it really wasn t in a position to do so and it hadn t drawn the line there. but i think they have ma