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of russia s full scale invasion in feburary of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraine s army. but as ukraine s government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainan generals claim they ve breached russia s formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskiy told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine s slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding it ....
it s been a testing first day back after the summer recess for the government, now mired in the controversy over crumbling concrete. ministers say a list will be published this week of all the schools affected in england, as rishi sunak rejected claims he oversaw budget cuts as chancellor that meant raac concrete couldn t be replaced in as many schools, as the department for education had wanted. it s also been a testing day for the education secretary, who had to apologise for her frustration, expressed in salty language, after being questioned over the government s handling of the situation. and remember, in the middle of all this are thousands of children, still unsure whether their schools will be fully open for the start of the new term. we will talk to parents and teachers and analyse the finances around school maintenance and rebuilding. but first chris mason in westminster on the politics of crumbling concrete. you probably hadn t heard of it until the other day ....
the ilo is speaking there. let s try to put that into context now. commercial sexual exploitation is a murky issue, with many countries having no publicly available database for the illegal activity. kenya is one such nation it has been identified by the us state department as both a source, a transit country, and a destination for the crime. one recent study estimated that more than 2,400 children between the ages of 13 and 17 were currently subject to sexual exploitation in two regions bordering the port city of mombasa. this week on bbc news, we re bringing you a special series on the impact of the cost of living crisis on children around the world. our first report comes from our state department correspondent barbara plett usher and we should warn you, you may find some of the details distressing. in mombasa, life is hard for those on the margins, but tough economic times are making it even harder, forcing some parents to take painful decisions. this mother was ....
to american officials and several media outlets. in a statement, us national security officials say that arms negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. we know that the russian defense minister travelled to north korea to convince them to sell artillery ammunition to russia. we urge north korea to cease its negotiations and abide by the public commitments that pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to russia. the two men already met in russia in 2019, for their first ever summit that took place in vladivostok. it is likely that this meeting, should it happen, would take place in that same city or possibly in moscow in september. here is whatjohn everard, british ambassador to north korea between 2006 and 2008 makes out of kimjong un and putin s plan to meet in russia to discuss weapons. but of course the background is all about the possibility that north korea might supply russia with useful amounts of munitions and other weapons for ....
-what are your dreams? -to rule the world. [ music plays ] michael jackson is the man of the 80s. man: music that is all beat and talk. it s rap music. my life is over, so i might as well speak my mind pauley: heavy metal, it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authority, and adolescent boys love it. swaggart: this weird, beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. move it back. officer: john lennon as he was entering his premise was shot by an unknown at this time white male. miller: the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock and roll assassination. it was like in one moment the 60s and 70s got murdered. man: in his life, has given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. we re here to prove love is not dead, even though john is. graham: you know, you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you don t really know where you re going to go from that point, culturally or musically. announcer: for a wh ....