you re watching a bbc special news report on the nato summit, we ve just been watching their and opening ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance. we ve just heard from the us presidentjoe biden and his last part of his remarks there, he awarded the presidential medal of freedom to jens stoltenberg, the outgoing nato secretary general who will of course be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i mjoined by be replaced by the dutch prime minister. i m joined by barbara starr and here in studio by retired lieutenant general ben hodges of the us army. based on what we just saw there, president biden fitting that presidential medal of freedom onto jens stoltenberg, the highest award that can be honoured in this country. that can be honoured in this count . ., , that can be honoured in this count . . , ., country. certainly, i can t imagine a more well-deserved country. certainly, i can t imagine - a more well-deserved commendation a more well deserved commendatio
an intelligence agent hired an american private investigator by falsely claiming they were looking for someone who owed debts, prosecutors say. the team who are each facing a number of conspiracy-related charges instructed the investigator to track her, her family, even strangers and take, quote, quality pictures so that we can see license plate on car and send two pictures and one video every hour, adding, he wants pictures of faces of everyone visiting the address, even if they are marketers and salespeople. when i saw the picture of myself, i got goosebumps because i was watering my son s flowers. they took pictures of my stepchildren. reporter: they are also accused of researching how to rent a military-style speed boat that could bring her to venezuela, then ultimately iran. the u.s. attorney noting in her statement where the victim s fate would ve been uncertain at best. a woman from california who allegedly funneled money in the scheme was arrested. she posted this
ukraine, where the coming hours may be critical for the besieged city of mariupol according to intercepted communications. russians plan to level everything to the ground. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i m paula newton. i ll be covering some of our other top story, including the new era of maskless travel. how the biden administration could fight to revive the mask mandate. the russian ministry of defense says it s offering a ceasefire to ukrainian forces surrounded in a steel factory in the city of mariupol. but ukrainian commanders call it surrender and vowed they will not give up. russian fighters have laid siege to the southern port city for seven weeks now as part of the donbas region. russian state media used drone footage of the steel works where hundreds of civilians are taking a shelter. a marine commander says the situation in the steel works is critical with food and water in short supply. translator: this is our statement to the world. it may
new era of maskless travel. a federal judge struck down the u.s. mandate. we will look at how the biden administration could fight to revive it. we begin in mariupol. where an agreement has been reached for russia to evacuate women, children and elderly from the city. by humanitarian corridor. a deputy prime minister making that announcement. that corridor set to open four hours from now. the russian defense ministry also offered an apparent cease fire for the last remaining ukrainian fighters in mariupol. but they said that proposal is nothing more than a demand for the surrender and those ukrainian fighters say they will not give up. russian state media released drone video of the city sprawling. steel factory where the ukrainian fighters are hold occupy. 1,000 civilians are also taking shelter inside the facility with food and water in short supply. it intercepted communication from a rush commander threatening to level everything to the ground in the area. the press sec
translator: forever the russian army will be written in history as the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world. we re not willing to say it will be inevitable. another $800 million in security, military. we need to be prepared. this is cnn breaking news. it s wednesday, april 20th. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in mariupol, ukraine, where deputy prime minister says kyiv has reached a preliminary agreement with russia to evacuate women, children and the elderly. that corridor is set to open in the next hour. they ve said the demand is nothing more than a surrender to give up in mariupol. they re taking shelter. food and water are running out. translator: this is our statement to the world. it may be our last statement. we might have only a few days or even hours left. the enemy s units are ten times larger than ours. they have supremacy in the air, artillery and units that are dislocated on the ground, equipment and tanks. we appeal to the world leaders to