Welcome to the programme. We will start with russia. President ial Election Results give six more years of Vladimir Putin and there has been plenty of reaction. In the us, they say. They said the vote took place amid systemic internal repression. Canada criticised the process was flawed and undemocratic. In the indian Prime Minister offered warm congratulations. We will look at where russia goes from here. First here is Stephen Rosenberg in russia. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin event. After all, a president who claims to have won 87 of the vote needs a decent audience. Western leaders have dism
Tomorrow will be the last time the chancellor brandishes the budget red box outside number 11 before the election. Will there be any surprises inside . It is the eve of what is probably the governments last set piece before a general election, and speculation over tax cuts surroundsjeremy hunts budget. I asked rishi sunak ally, the former minister liam fox, whther it was time to unfreeze Tax Thresholds. Well, if i had my choice and if i were the chancellor, tomorrow that is what i would be doing. Well be asking labours Shadow Minister For Industry and decarbonisation whether a Labour Government would change the fiscal rules in order to cut taxes . Also tonight. It looks like its going to be a pretty Super Tuesday for donald trump, so can anyone or anything stop him in his tracks on the way to the republican nomination . Music the latest production at the birmingham rep. After Birmingham Council cuts its Culture Budget to zero, is austerity for the arts coming to a town near you . Well
regions for the news where you are. from the ten i don t know, but i ve been told. our government is mighty cold. from london to leeds to liverpool, more than 2a,000 junior doctors have begun a five day long strike, rejecting 6% in pursuit of 35%. but rishi sunak has had enough. today s offer is final. there will be no more talks on pay. we will not negotiate again on this year s settlements and no amount of strikes will change our decision. as the prime minister reaches a deal with thousands of public sector workers in england, the doctors say they won t settle. so with no more government negoitations, will there be more strikes instead? we ll be speaking to a junior doctor, the chief operating officer of a hospital trust and a health expert. also tonight, are we about to find out what s in those whatsapps sent to borisjohnson at the height of the pandemic, as tonight his elusive missing pin number emerges. we ll be joined by someone who just might be able to explain what s
caught on tape, donald trump s right-hand man, walt nauta seen in surveillance video, according to the justice department. the boxes full of classified documents prosecutors say he moved and hid on trump s property before the fbi arrived. this hour, 2024 trump challenger chris christie is here with his reaction to the latest trouble trump might be in. a raid in russia. the kremlin sending in their officers to sniff out yevgeny prigozhin, guns, cash, gold, wigs found when the world thought he was hiding in belarus. and federal charges for the man who had weapons outside of barack obama s home. see the letter that gave him the obamas home address. we start today with the law and justice lead. the unprecedented criminal charges against the former president for allegedly mishandles classified documents and today s not guilty plea from the aid accused of helping trump hide those documents from the government. walt nauta appeared in a miami courtroom today after his first two
jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it s part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you ve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry. some control the natural resources, the minerals and th