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there is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. they will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. later, some rain in northern ireland. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, 18th march. vladimir putin has claimed victory in russia s presidential election. without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. at least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising polling stations. foreign secretary david cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. he said, this is not what free and fair elections look like. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjail ....
smith. and maryland, the president trying to handle growing threats in the pacific. a new military exercise program to counter china and north korea s ambitions. john: and during the announcement, one reporter squeezed in a question about national security concerns over the president s son. listen here. administration view this investigation as legitimate and the administration concerns that hunter biden s ties to china pose a national security issue? i don t have any comment on that. john: the white house shutting down that line of inquiry, trying to focus on the task at hand. jacqui heinrich is live at camp david, with the podium behind her, the leaders will soon appear. it s significant to note just how interesting it is you are going to have these three leaders appearing on the same stage together. two years ago the deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman had to appear solo on a stage following a trilateral event with the two countries and u.s., the japan ....
duped by dishonest recruitment agents into going to oman. georgina was promised a lucrativejob in dubai, but instead she found herself in the omani capital, muscat. translation: i was not allowed to rest. - i was waking up at 3am and going to bed at 1am. the most difficult thing that made me desperate to escape was the boss forcing me to have sex with him. it was so painful because i had no way to say no. he threatened me and said if i shouted he would shoot me. i got badly injured because it wasn t only him. he would bring friends and they would pay him after. in oman alone, there are an estimated 300,000 domestic workers, most of them from africa or asia. ekaterina runs an ngo which supports migrant workers in the gulf. we identify them as victims of trafficking or forced labour or other forms of exploitation. so we negotiate with their employer for them to be released. the laws that are in place prohibit a domestic worker to leave the employer. she cannot change jobs ....
issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer, quote, remains the same. but, in fact, the first time, instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman from real clear politics pointed out the inconsistency, but john pierr pierre insisted it was the same. i just want to clear this up once for all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business with his son. so why the updated language? which statement is true? or is it semantics and they are both true? as i stated on monday, when i was asked this question multiple times, nothing has changed. nothing has changed. nothing has changed on this. and so you can ask me a million different ways on this ....
smerconish in philadelphia. in september of 2019, joe biden was asked how many$#ursqj he ha spoken to son hunter about his overseas business activities. the then candidate s answer a was this. i have never spoken to my son about that. that has remained his answer until this week. on monday white house press secretary was asked about this issue, only this time her answer was different. she said that she had been asked the question a million times and the answer remains the same. but in fact the first time instead of saying the president had never spoken to hunter about his business dealings, she said this. the president was never in business with his son. so on wednesday, phil wegman pointed out the insistent sit, but she insisted the answer was the same. i just want to clear this up once if and are all. the president has said he s never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the white house now says that the president has never been in business ....