military and civilian functions within the city of ras of on the on have been blocked. putin vowed to take decisive action to put down what he and the kremlin are calling it quote undertaken by progression who they are calling a traitor. putin also vowed to not let the rebellion become a civil war at the end of world war one. now, here s what we know. multiple reports indicate that there has been some small fighting along the major highway in the area as well as reports of convoys of military equipment being moved along that highway. russia also moved military equipment in and around moscow. that s what you re looking at right now, and other major cities across russia. this all comes after progression, yesterday, heavily escalated his public feud with russia s defense minister, sergei showing you and the head of russia s armed forces, valerie grass above. both of whom prigozhin publicly hates and blames for rushes failures in ukraine. for the beginning of the invasion, bu
thank you very much for your insights. all of you out there be sure to tune in to the 2010s. that airs tonight at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific, only on cnn. hello and happy mother s day to all of the moms out there. thank you so much for joining us today. i m alex marquardt in today for f frederica whitfield. the votes are now being counted by the millions in a pivotal race that could create global shock waves. the incumbent president is facing the greatest challenge yet to his 20-year rule. and at the moment, with 60 million plus votes being counted, analysts are saying the election is still too early to call. both erdogan and the main opposition candidate, they both claim to be leading. we go to istanbul. what s the latest this evening? reporter: alex, as you mentioned right now, it is too close to call. votes, ballots are still being counted and you ve got both sides giving their own set of data. you ve got the turkish state news agency that is putting president erdogan
gaming industry. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. britain s prime minister has told world leaders that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine hasn t been strong enough. speaking at the security conference in munich, rishi sunak said the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake, in what he called a global war . next week marks the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine, and western leaders have appealed for countries around the world to unite in providing long term military support to kyiv. from munich, here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is a conference like few others a chance for western allies, yes, to put on a show of unity, but also a chance to reaffirm their support for ukraine and demonstrate their resolve to stay the course. so today, the prime minister urged allies to double down on their support for ukraine, and called for a new nato charter to ensure it
of pakistan s devastating floods. de facto authorities in four russian occupied or partially occupied regions of ukraine have announced plans to hold referendums on joining russia this week as ukraine continues to recapture territory in the north east. proxy administrations in luhansk, donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia all say that voting will start this friday. this is what the russian appointed head of the region had to say. translation: i will personally a - eal to translation: i will personally appeal to the translation: i will personally appeal to the president. - translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with l translation: i will personally appeal to the president. with ai appeal to the president. with a request for legal approval of the referendum result as soon as possible and i am sure this procedure will not take much time. it has come from very different areas. french president president macron says the referendum will have no legal consequence,
and russian media reports a car explosion has killed the daughter of an influential russian philosopher and key putin ally. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brun brunhuber. we begin with the extreme weather threat across the central and southwestern u.s. a tropical storm warning has been lifted for far southern texas, but rain from that system could spread into oklahoma and louisiana through midweek. strong winds are expected as the storm moves further inland. meanwhile, more than 12 million people across the southwestern and central u.s. are under flood watches. in parts of arizona, new mexico and texas, the risk of flash flooding is high, with these areas expecting heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. in new mexico, residents are doing what they can to prepare for the worst. water backs up into our yards and also so far we made almost 50 sandbags. we have some that we made last year, but we re making more to prepare for that rain. an