independencde in 1960. this is the first of almost 80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan?
of the congo, king philippe of belgium returns a priceless kakungu mask taken out of the country before independence in 1960. hello and welcome. the issue of gun control in the us and what to do about it has challenged us lawmakers for years. after hearing searing testimony from victims and their families of the recent mass shooting in texas, the house of representatives approved a series of measures aimed at regulating the sale of guns. but the proposals do not have the 60 votes they would need for approval in the senate, and hence are likely to go nowhere. of the house nancy pelosi spoke before the vote. to those for whom a moment of silence is good enough because you don t have the courage to take the boat to protect the children, i would say, your political survival is totally insignificant. to the survival, compared to the survival of our children. , , ., ~ compared to the survival of our children. , , . ~ , ., children. the speaker started b sa in: children. the speaker
we start here in the uk where later today, prime minister borisjohnson will promise new measures to rejuvenate the flagging economy. as part of a visit to the northern county of lancashire, he will pledge reforms to help with the soaring cost of everything, quote, from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing . it comes as fuel prices hit a new record, rail workers threaten strike action over pay, and the oecd think tank warns the uk will be the worst performing economy in the developed world. our business editor simonjack reports. it s a shocking site but maybe not for long. fuel prices continued their relentless march upwards with the average price of unleaded seeing its biggestjump to one pound 78 but many are paying more. i pen; but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre- but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre- i but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre. i do but many are paying more. i pay £2 a litre. i do deliveries, - £2 a litre. i do de
well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia s ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia s invasion of ukraine is going to plan? well, i think it is progressing. nobody promised to deliver it in three or seven days, as some pundits are saying now, that the russian special military operation stalled and is not progressing at the pace that was initially envisaged, but the progress is being made. that s clear. one of the reasons of the so called slow pace is that we are not targeting. we are not targeting. ..civilian infrastructure and there is deliberately only hitting military targets, and it takes time. we are not doing carpet bombing or anything else like that. but the progress is th
from the outskirts of the city. tonight with the context, in london daily mail columnist sarah vine, and from washington, stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. zeneta everhart is the mother of a 21 year shop worker who survived the mass shooting in east buffalo. his name is zaire, and each day for the past three weeks, she has been dressing his wounds. he has a hole in the right side of his neck, two on his back another on his left leg, and when she cleans his back, she says she can feel pieces of the bullet that was fired at him from an ar15. the gunman was 18 years old. today, zeneta gave evidence to to a congressional committee ahead today, zeneta gave evidence toa congressional committee ahead of a house vote on gun reform. we continuously hear after every mass shooting that this is not who we are as americans and as a nation. hear me clearly this i