Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Were discovered in a wealthy suburb today, amid fighting with Machete Wielding militias, trying to protect their own neighbourhoods. Its been over two weeks since we saw these scenes, the aftermath of a jailbreak, which triggered a State Of Emergency in the caribbean nation, with few resources for the police to properly fight back. And now, caught in the middle, are hundreds of thousands of people, Made Homeless by the fighting, amid dire shortages of food. America is hopeful a Transitional Council, might be able to restore order, along with the deployment of international troops, but for now the violence continues. Will grant, is live in the port city of cap haitien, for us tonight. Yes, it has been another day of shocking violence here in haiti. Armed gangs have shaken the capital city to its outer core. The problem is, however, of the Security Collapse are just some of the challenges that people here face. A warning that some people may find the images in my report upsetting from th
Did again today the h sullivan. President has rejected and did again today the strongman sullivan. President has rejected and did again today the strongman that| did again today the strongman that raising questions about roth is the same as raising questions about defeating hamas. Thatsjust defeating hamas. Thats just nonsense. Defeating hamas. Thatsjust nonsense. Our position is, should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operation there would be a mistake. It will lead to more innocent civilian deaths, orson the already higher humanitarian crisis, deepen the anarchy in gaza and further isolate israel internationally. More importantly, the key goals israel wants to achieve in rafah can be done by other means. On the call today, President Biden as the Prime Minister to send a senior Interagency Team composed of military, intelligence and unitarian officials, to washington in the coming days to hear us concerns about israels Current Rafah planning a
Hello. Fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, Vladimir Putin has been addressing supporters in moscows red square. He has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. The kremlin says he won more than 87 of the vote. But there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. So, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all . Its about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents, for his war in ukraine. Steve rosenberg has the latest, from moscow. Vladimir putin after the landslide came the love. Vladimir putin portrayed by the kremlin as a national hero. At a concert marking ten years since russia annexed crimea. Long live russia, he cried. Cue the National Anthem and some kremlin choreography to make it look as if putin is russia and russia is putin. Earlier we saw the crowds pouring towards red square. Thousands of russians had been given free tickets for the putin e
let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally