me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xijinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up any way you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time hardened layers of ash to be picked up - in a test millennia later. autocracies don t, by definition, have politics, with different figures putting forward competing ideas and trying to get popular support for them. things are run on the
in london to honour queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. it was the main event on the second of four days of celebrations to mark the platinum jubilee. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world, the programme where we can find out what s really going on without spin and without bias from the bbc s worldwide team of unrivalled experts. is something strange going on at the top of chinese politics? there is drama going on. behind the scenes and in private, not many people are very happy with the policies of xi jinping. round two in the ukraine war, and it seems to be going more russia s way. the ukrainians are losing in the donbas. you can dress it up anywhere you like. the russians are incrementally gaining ground. and discovering where a victim of the catastrophic destruction of pompeii in 79 ad came from, and even what illnesses he had. these remains were encased in these kind of cemented, l heat hardened and time ha
msnbc road headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. re beginning with breaking ne. a colorado judge ruling that donald trump can be on the ballot when saying he engaged in an insurrection. he gave him both a rebuke as well aslegavictory. the wording of section three of the 14th amendment does not apply specifically to the office of the president. joining me now, christie greenberg former federal prosecutor former deputy chief for the southern district of new york criminal division. let s get into this, chris. the insurrection is certainly a key part of the 14th amendment that would keep trump off of the ballot. are you surprised by this ruling? mainly, the judge concluded that trump engaged in an insurrection through incitement. take a moment to pause on that. saying, there is a judge saying that former president trump engaged in an insurrection. that is a momentous holding. he gets off on a technicality here because the judge also found that he
russia has shown, the lack of ability to win this war? in recent days, the first deputy foreign minister in charge of the russian portfolio has just been quietly moved from his post. is that an open admission of a mea culpa? i don t know. but it s an odd move, we can say. but do you think xi jinping himself feels that he went too far in supporting putin? the overall propaganda rhetoric is still about nato s at fault, the us instigated this whole war. but in terms of the level of rhetoric, you can see
in charge of the russian portfolio has just been quietly moved from his post. is that an open admission of a mea culpa? i don t know. but it s an odd move, we can say. but do you think xi jinping himself feels that he went too far in supporting putin? the overall propaganda rhetoric is still about nato being at fault, the us instigated this whole war. but in terms of the level of rhetoric, you can see the decrease of that level of rhetoric. finally, the million dollar question do you think that xi jinping is wondering whether his forces would do better against taiwan? there was a heightened sense of danger or alarm just before the russian invasion.