The shot. Russia on a Collision Course with the u. S. And its allies. Serious concern over the health of imprisoned dissident alexi navalni. One of many voting issues. Good to have you with us. In just a matter of hours, Closing Arguments get underway in one of the most closely watched Police Brutality trials in decades. Minneapolis is a city on edge. Its bracing for potentially massive protests after a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin. He is the former Police Officer facing seconddegree murder and other charges in the death of george floyd last year, which sparked global demonstrations. National guard troops are now deployed in minneapolis. Barriers are up around some government buildings. Other u. S. Cities have taken similar measures. Activists and Community Members gathered sunday at the place where george floyd died. Sara sidner was there and she has a look at the mood on the ground in minneapolis. Reporter at george floyd square, the day before the Closing Arguments in the t
Out front tonight, stunt show. Im going to show you some live pictures. Thats the senate floor. The senate clerk is reading out loud the 628page covid relief bill. This is expected to take about ten hours. It is after all, 628 pages. And you can thank republican senator ron johnson for this stall tickactic. It is a stunt pure and simple. By midnight he can change some democrats minds. That is not what he is actually trying to do. First of all, only one senator has been in the room the whole time listening. Only one, and that senator is ron johnson. The senators who have been there, at most its been a handful at a time. They werent even paying close attention when they did stop by. This reading is not going to do anything but delay. And just hear it from the Majority Leader himself. We all know this will merely delay the inevitable. It will accomplish little more than a few sore throats for the Senate Clerks who work very hard day in, day out to help the senate function. Senator johnson
applause hello. welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from our audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is olha stefanishyna. she s been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge d affaires, that s the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe s leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian born political scientist based in europe. that s our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. applause and remember, you too can join the conversation it s #bbcglobalquestions. now, we re going to take a couple of questions to kick off with. first, from olha. your question please. is the build up of russian troops on the ukrainian . borders, in your opinion, an attempt to get. the world s attention or is there
global questions. hello. i m zeinab badawi. welcome to global questions from kyiv, the capital of ukraine. the build up of russian troops near its border with ukraine has raised fears that moscow wants to extend its influence in former soviet states such as ukraine. in this second edition of global questions from kyiv, we ask what is putin s game in his backyard? applause hello and welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from our audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is 0lha stefanishyna. she s been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge d affaires, that s the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe s leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian born political scientist based in europe. that s our panel. welc
southwards during the day. it is a largely driver cloudy day. best chance of sunshine to north wales, midlands and northern england. temperatures between five and 9 degrees, feeling quite chilly where you stick with the cloud all day long. on tuesday, mostly dry but mostly cloudy day and we will see rain in the north on wednesday. milder by this stage. hello this is bbc news with the headlines: the former conservative minister nusrat ghani says she was sacked from herjob, because of her muslim faith the government chief whip says that s false. since then nusrat ghani has said she asked the prime minister in 2020 to launch a government inquiry but he told her to use the internal conservative party complaint process which she thought was not appropriate . the government says russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine. a 16 year old fatally stabbed last night in the stretford area of manchester has been named as kennie carter. fou