were unfounded, politically motivated charges meant to suppress opposition. mr navalny always defended his innocence. he was only 47 years old. the kremlin denies it played any part in navalny s death. he spent his final days in a russian penal colony, where prison officials say he died after going on a walk. as the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg reports, navalny was seen in good spirits just a day ago. smiling, crackingjokes, smiling, cracking jokes, this was alexei navalny yesterday as he gave testimony by video link from prison. even court officials managed a smile. but today, russia s prison service said that mr navalny was dead. it claimed that inside this penal colony he had fallen unconscious and that medical teams couldn t save him. russian tv rarely mentions navalny. it read out the prison service statement about his death and moved on to other news. he was vladimir putin s most vocal critic, a protest leader, and anti corruption campaigner, who had long clashed
my innovation journey starts inland, south of morocco s major cities and mighty atlas mountains, just north of the sahara desert, near the quiet outpost of ouarzazate. this part of saharan morocco is known as the door of the desert. the landscape out here, it s almost like it s from another world. feels like we could be on mars. these plains receive three times the sun as parts of northern europe. ..and are home to a world leading project of staggering scale. this is noor, a solar power station, putting morocco at the forefront of pioneering renewable technology. i m used to feeling small, but this makes me feel even smaller. hello, abed, salam. hello, my friend, salam. nice to meet you. nice to meet you, too. this is incredible! and lots of sun. lots of sun, yeah. which is what we want for something like this. yeah. this is not an ordinary solarfield. panels with over 7,000 mirrors follow the sun. and i can hear lots of sounds at the moment. it s quite eerie. is that the pan
from that report that foreshadowed the withdrawal. have a look. these troops are increasingly pinned down and struggling. in the ditch here, a wounded soldier needing urgent help. so, what s going wrong for ukraine after two years of war? a simple answer can be found a few kilometres away. a ukrainian artillery team. last year, these men were firing 80 shells a day at russian positions around avdiivka. not any more. so, these are the last two shells that you have? yes, says the officer in charge, and these two don t even work. the news of ukraine s withdrawal comes as the world responds to the death of one of the most vocal critics of the war, alexei navalny. the a7 year old russian opposition leader has died in prison, according to the country s prison service. mr navalny was recognised internationally for risking his own life to stand up to mr putin s regime. his cause of death is not yet known. prison officials claim he died after going on a walk. many world leaders o
who s in islamabad. thank you so much for your time. so, what s the full album from the elections? what s the full album from the elections? ., ., , elections? right now there have been rotests elections? right now there have been protests across elections? right now there have been protests across pakistan, elections? right now there have been protests across pakistan, and - elections? right now there have been protests across pakistan, and imran l protests across pakistan, and imran khan s political parties been holding political rallies. they ve been holding a rally in a parking going on to the press club, so there s a lot of barricades being put up across the city, and we have been formed by the islamabad police that section 194 has been imposed on the city which means there is a restriction of any kind of congregations within the city premises. there is a lot that is happening alongside what we also got to knowjust now that happening alongside what we also got to kn
for mr navalny s death and that it was yet more proof of his brutality. the bbc s sarah rainsford has this report for us. alexei navalny was a man who dared to speak out in a country where dissent is dangerous. as news of the opposition activist s death spread, russians gathered to remember him. no mass protest or public fury, just silent tribute at monuments to victims of political repression. there were shouts of shame as this man was dragged off by police. but mostly people seemed stunned. i was seeing the news on my phone. my first reaction was, like, it sjust a joke. but the news came more and more and more. and i was crying for one hour. i was with my friends and i was broken. i really thought that it couldn t happen. like, never. for alexei navalny s wife, this news had long been feared. translation: if it is true, i want vladimir putin, - his entourage, his friends and government to know that they will be held responsible. alexei navalny knew his politics put him in