hello. fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, vladimir putin has been addressing supporters in moscow s red square. he has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. the kremlin says he won more than 87% of the vote. but there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. so, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all? it s about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. vladimir putin! after the landslide came the love. vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. at a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. long live russia, he cried. cue the national anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. thousands of russians had been given free tickets
they laugh. she speaks in spanish. laughing and crying. truck beeping. hola. they giggle. bien, como siempre? phone line rings. como estas? bien. si? chatting in spanish. hey, i m jonelle with the catch up. tonight 2023 tiktok trends, storms in the uk and shakira honoured. south korean actor lee sun kyun has been found dead. you may recognise him for his role in the oscar winning film parasite. officials say the 48 year old was discovered unconscious in a car on wednesday. he d been questioned recently by police about alleged illicit drug use. this year, we ve seen lots of gender based tiktok trends, including girl math, roman empire and girl dinner. i spoke to olivia maher. she s the creator of girl day there to find out why its related to gender. if anything, it s a celebration of who you are and how you like to live and exist, whatever that looks like. the term just happened to be girl dinner because that s how i eat. and people especially, i think women gr
giantjoint microsoft, meta and alphabet delivering a surprisingly strong report card. if the sales and profits surpassed wall street expectations, continuing a trend in big tech that is lifted buckets across the board. amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it is already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs and it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off. as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. is on s cloud computing business which did not grow as much is expected did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business amazon s. even retail, a core part of their business, exceeded expectations. the boom in online shopping during the pandemic has waned and people are going back into stores but amazon was still able to get customers to its website, as recent figures show consumer spending in america remains steady. but wh
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