That the charges against him as i have described it are observed, that he is not a spy, he is a journalist and his arrest they argue very firmly is simply a sign of the crackdown on free speech and free expression and on the Freedom Of The Press Inside Russia, and that he himself was always a political hostage taken because russia wanted a trade. Ultimately that is what has happened. He spent more than a year in prison. A young journalist, extremely ambitious, just in a new job with the Wall Streetjournal, extremely good at thatjob. He was then arrested. It now looks like he is going to be heading home. I know there have been a huge number of his friends. Otherjournalists and people who work with him in moscow and elsewhere have been campaigning and elsewhere have been campaigning and getting people to write letters and getting people to write letters and translating those letters tirelessly, even one of his Friends Reading Books together with him in prison, sending books to him and th
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Carefully by scientists. The United Nations has urged afghanistans neighbours to keep their Borders open, potentially allowing Tens Of Thousands of people fleeing fighting against the taliban, to reach safety. Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their sweeping advance across the country. The taliban have made rapid gains sincejuly, the red areas show where they had control. A month later more and more districts have fallen under their control leaving the map looking like This. Latest reports suggest they now control another provincial capital, pali alam, just 45 miles south of the Capital Kabul, from where our correspondent, yogita limye, has the very latest. The biggest taliban victory so far in their rapid march across the country. This is the centre of kandahar city, a political and economic powerhouse. The taliban were born in This province. To show off their games, the fighters found themselves walking through their provincial governor
And Now Britain obviously is a high Incidence Area will be able to travel again without having to go into Quarantine. Good evening. The Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer has declared that labour is back after the party held on at the Batley And Spen By Election in west yorkshire. But their victory was narrow. Kim leadbeater, the sister of the murdered mpjo cox, held the seat with a majority of just 323 votes over the conservatives. Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth reports. It was no easy path to Todays Moment of celebration. But the cheers soon replaced doubt about labours chances, the relief obvious. A loss here would have left the Labour Leader vulnerable, but this victory, even narrow, will quieten the critics for now. My message is, when the Labour Party sticks to its core values, is rooted in its communities and pulls together, we can win, just as we won here. This is the start, labour is back. For many, though, the credit lies with the candidate, the sister of the murdered
the yeas are 50, the nazar 49. the bill as amended is passed. the us senate passes president biden s 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief plan by a single vote. the duke and duchess of cambridge talk about the impact of the pandemic, in a special programme on the commonwealth. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me are the political commentator and former conservative advisor lynn davidson and john rentoul chief political commentator at the independent. our at the independent. chat in a moment. lovely to s you our chat in a moment. lovely to see you both there. first, to put you through some of tomorrow s front pages, and it s the royalfamily, which features on many of them, the queen won t watch harry and megan s interview with oprah winfrey so writes the times. meghan s. and instead will go on a charm offensive next week. the mirror claims the duchess of cambridge could be brought into the probe into alleged bull