and the prime minister even dodged a vote on borisjohnson s conduct. so our big question this morning how is rishi sunak faring in numberten? we sat down in the number ten garden to talk about the rebellion in russia, more staff for the nhs, and how on earth thousands of families are going to pay their mortgages. what s the alternative? labour s lisa nandy is with us from salford. to make sense of what is going on in russia none better than steve rosenberg, our editor there. # never going to give you up #. and it s sunday. there s always room for a bit of light relief. the reluctant star of this year s glastonbury, rick astley, on whether he is cool at last. morning, morning. it s a big day. the first time we ve sat down to talk to rishi sunak at length since january. he s keen to talk about his plan for staff in the nhs. we were keen to put your big questions on the economy. but the last 2a hours have reminded everyone we live in an unpredictable world. here are the pict
have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our own record isn t as bad as the away record but we play away. anyway, i m looking forward to the game. elsewhere it is day three of the world snooker champion ship in sheffield and a big shock already has the 2016 runner up ding junhui is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5-4 is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5 4 overnight but the world number 23 was in scintillating form winning the first four frames of the day on his way to a 10 6 victory. hossein vafaei faces defending champion and world number one ronnie o sullivan now in the second round. meanwhile, world number three mark alan has also been in action. he won the first five frames against a chinese debutant before being pegged back to 6 3. that match resumes in the final session of the day. elsewhere, england s mark fitzpatrick says winning the rbc heritage title is something very special, he beat defending champion jordan spieth in a dramatic play off
hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helpe
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helped persuad
thanks for watching. good night. [dramatic music playing] [raymond asquith] the listeners, as they were, the kgb, who had all the surveillance equipment, lived on the floor above us in moscow. and you knew they were there. on the whole, one just endured it. i mean, i remember my wife and i had some kind of argument about where we re gonna take the children for a weekend picnic. in a rather unmanly way, i sort of addressed the ceiling and said, well, you up there, which did we agree? and to my amazement, within about two or three hours, somebody had slipped in a note under our front door saying, well, you had agreed on koskovo, or timiryazev. or whatever it was. anyway, some picnic place. and i thought that was a kgb surveillant who had a good sense of humor, actually. [crowds cheering] [narrator] this is the unseen story of the cold war. fought not by politicians. but by secret agents. [jack barsky] there was complete misunderstanding on either side. it s very difficult t