designed to confirm vladimir putin in the presidency. allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday, in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. his widow, yulia navalnaya, voted at the russian embassy in berlin, having queued there for several hours. as she left, she told reporters she had written navalny on her ballot. her husband died in an arctic penal colony last month and was barred from standing in this election as well as the presidential vote six years ago. these were the scenes in moscow. there ve been no protest chants. the authorities warned that activists could be arrested. a rights monitoring group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. vladimir putin is certain to win, giving him another six years in power. the kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. there have been demonstrations at russian embassies around the world, including the u
middle east, yesterday he encouraged a piece deal of some sort, insisting it was essentialfor aid a piece deal of some sort, insisting it was essential for aid to reach gaza on a much bigger scale than ever before. that press conference expected shortly and we will bring it to you when we have it. charles spencer, the brother of princess diana has written a book in which he describes violent and sexual abuse at the boarding school he was sent to when he was just 8 years old. he also reveals how he and diana were hurt by one of their nannies, nanny forster, as children. laura kuenssberg went to meet him and asked about his first day at the school. i remember the shock of the journey that day and being dropped there by my father. my father, very sweet, decent, loving man. and i look back and i know he hated doing it. in fact, he told me that was the worst day of his fathering for me. i mean, i went back through my family records, a lot of the people who lived here, over 300 yea
concerns with the prime minister on the provision of aid into gaza and the provision of aid into gaza and the conditions must be urgently and massively the conditions must be urgently and massively improved for distribution. we finally massively improved for distribution. we finally need a hostage deal with a longer we finally need a hostage deal with a longer lasting ceasefire. i know how difficult it is to reach an agreement with hamas terrorists but we understand the hostage families who say we understand the hostage families who say after more than five months the time who say after more than five months the time has come for a comprehensive deal for saving those who are comprehensive deal for saving those who are still held captive. i want to express who are still held captive. i want to express my appreciation for all the mediation efforts undertaken by the mediation efforts undertaken by the government of qatar as well as egypt the government of qatar as we