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here in the uk, 2022 saw the highest number of excess deaths outside the covid pandemic in half a century. and france tries again to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. it s an unpopular reform that didn t go well last time it tried. we ll be live in paris. we start in ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine s army is facing an extremely difficult situation as fighting continues in the eastern donbas region. the focus is the salt mining town of soledar. the uk defence ministry says it s likely that russian forces including wagner group mercenaries now control most of the town. we ll be taking a look at why it s become central to this conflict. but first, here s president zelensky. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. this is what madne ....
administration and nathalie tocci director of italy s institute of international affairs. hello welcome to the programme. the russian forces are making gains in eastern ukraine and moving in on the mining town of soledar. over the past four days, supported by mercenaries from the wagner group, they have been fighting intense battles for control of a tunnel network which forms part of the town s salt mines. soledar is 6 miles north of bakhmut, a city which sits on a strategic supply line between donetsk and luhansk. if russia were to take both soledar and bakhmut then that would open the way to bigger cities in the east, like kramatorsk and sloviansk. president zelensky says the new front line is littered with bodies. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. th ....
and urge people to do what they can to help. palestinian authories welcome a vote by the un general assembly to ask the international court ofjustice to give a legal opinion on the israeli occupation of palestinian territories. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s start with some breaking news. the vatican has announced the death of pope benedict xvi at the age of 95. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. a statement read by matteo bruni, here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pope to do so in 600 years. joseph ratzinger was born in southern germany ....
And thats us, by the way. Went away but maybe you can see, maybe you cant, this is belle isle, to the top of the screen is you will see it in a moment is going to be canada. Thats, it right there on the horizon. Behind us, is detroit, michigan. And we are right in the middle of the detroit river, 9 am in the, east examine the, west i am ali velshi, coming to 16 days before election day in belle isle state park in detroit michigan and were bringing you a very Special Edition of velshi 2022 on friday. I had an enlightening conversation across the political spectrum, as the election day approaches, im gonna share more of it with you in just a bit. We kick off this hour with breaking news. Brandnew msnbc news polling, showing you the voters recognize that high stakes, next months Midterm Elections, registered voters are expressing high interest in the election. Tied for the hi ....
we ll talk about the war in ukraine and how it is going. putin s nuclear threats and the annexation of ukraine s lands. and fears of a chinese attack on taiwan. also, just what is vladimir putin thinking? i will talk to one of russia s richest men who knew the russian president well before putin jailed him. finally, the new term of the supreme court starts tomorrow. [ chanting ] i will give you a sneak peek of my newest documentary, supreme power, inside the highest court in the land airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. but first, here s my take. italy and sweden are about as different as two european countries can get. one is catholic, mediterranean, sunny and chaotic. the other protestant, northern, chilly, and ordered. over the decades, they ve had very different political trajectories. but both are witnessing the striking rise of parties that have some connections to fascism. in each party, this has coincided with collapse of support of the center ....