Are, keep in mind, the countrys highest ranking military officers, their job is to follow the orders of elected officials that protect the country no matter how much their feelings may be hurt. But in this case, that is not what happened. Because the rules are different now. According to u. S. Army major general, the president s insults that day, similar comments he made in public, were a bitter humiliation for the countrys Military Leaders. And they made it their mission to undermine civilian control of the pentagon ever after. I was really shocked by how many of my former colleagues voted for the former president and openly supported him, but when trump turned on the military, well, the military turned on him. Keep in mind, that is not how democracy is supposed to work. Military leaders report to the people you elect. But again, that is not what happened. Stories began leaking about how the president , president trump, was ignoring classified intelligence about russian counties in af
while the g7 group of nations have again called on russia to fully clarify the circumstances of his death. navalny spokesperson kira yarmysh confirmed on x formerly known as twitter that the body had been released. she also wrote that they weren t sure if they could give him the funeral they said he deserves. the country s most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison nine days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47 year old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. on friday, his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. our correspondent olga ivshina from bbc russia provided some context to the returning of navalny s body. his sudden death came as a shock to many of his supporters and most of the people who follow russia, everyone was watching for this and
of the remaining hostages in gaza. an official says significant progress has been made in talks with negotiators from the us, egypt and qatar. the outline is reportedly going to be presented to the war cabinet later today. the news comes as israel s bombardment of gaza has continued through the night into saturday, with more than 100 people killed. the un is also warning of the growing risk of famine the un agency for palestinian refugees has just confirmed to the bbc it s paused aid deliveries to northern gaza. israel says it will go ahead with its offensive on the densely crowded southern gaza city of rafah unless a truce deal is reached. it says hamas is in the city. israel s forces have already destroyed parts of the city with air raids, but it is threatening a ground invasion despite international opposition. israel s allies, including the us, have spoken out against an invasion of rafah. on friday, the us also criticised israel s reported plan to expand settlements in
the funeral they said he deserves. the country s most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison 9 days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47 year old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. on friday, his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. our correspondent olga ivshina from bbc russia provided some context to the returning of navalny s body. navalny s sudden death, which came as a shock to many of his supporters, analysts and many, just most of the people who follow russia. yeah, everyone was watching for this and waiting after yulia navalnaya recorded that speech where she raised the stakes. so i guess at least this comes as a relief to his family that they would be able to get him buried, because one of the scenarios described by the officials ac