There is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart. Alexei was not only, like, a political leader, he was also a very close friend. And, you know, in the last years when he was imprisoned, and we were exchanging emails, were often discussing, like, the future and how we will go there and here, and discuss this and that, and do this and that. And its hard for me just to get used to this new world where alexei isnt here any more, because he was a great personality who was, like, really able to fill any room where he was in. And hes very much missed. I understand the deep grief. Would it also be fair to use the word despair about your current feeling . No, thats not correct. Alexei was a very inspirational leader, and his main slogan was, like, never give up. And if there is one thing that weve learned from him in the many years that we worked together i worked together with him for 13 years was this thing, like, never give up. To be in despair would make his sacrifice in vain, would be betrayal
southern part of marriott paul. is a. mauripol. inspirational and unfalteringly brave the duke and duchess of cambridge lead tributes to cancer campaigner, blogger and broadcaster dame deborahjames who died yesterday. the prince of wales says he ll never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with cash from a former qatari prime minister judges at the court of appeal have ruled that the high court should reconsider the case of 12 year old archie battersbee and decide whether it is in his best interests for life support treatment to continue or end. heading straight to the nato summit injoining my colleague heading straight to the nato summit in joining my colleague who is following all of the developments there in nato. matthew, absolutely. this is being described as a transformative summit. the strategic concept was meant to be a complete change, nato has certainly delivered. from the very begi
To the bbc news at six. The metropolitan police have named The Third Man who carried out the deadly attack on London Bridge. He was 22 year old Youssef Zaghba, who was an Italian National of moroccan descent. Its emerged that last year italian authorities stopped him travelling tojoin so called is in syria. It is being reported in italy that he was placed on a watchlist and the british authorities were tipped off. Tonight there are questions about how one of the other two killers khuram butt slipped through the net after hed been investigated two yea rs net after hed been investigated two years ago. Our home editor mark easton reports. The faces of a self appointed death squad, we now know the identities of all three men who went on a Killing Spree in london on saturday night, today, Police Naming Youssef Zaghba is the third member of the gang, born in morocco, to a moroccan father and italian mother, 22 years old, he recently moved to these london where he worked in a restau ra nt, lo
To take on the all blacks. Coming up on sports day on bbc news, well look ahead to the womens cricket world cup. Hosts england start things off tomorrow against india in derby, looking to reclaim the trophy they last won eight years ago. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The cladding and insulation on Grenfell Tower has failed initial fire safety tests, according to the police. They say they are now looking at criminal offences, including manslaughter, and documents and materials have been seized from a number of organisations. At least 79 people are known to be dead or missing after the blaze at the tower block last week. The nationwide hunt for high rise buildings with Flammable Cladding continues. The government says 1a buildings across nine local authorities in england have the potentially dangerous cladding, none in wales or scotland, one building is being checked in Northern Ireland. Tom symonds reports. In the first horrifying minutes of the disaster, a resident o
Festival in Northern Spain nothing unusual there, you might say. Except this one has a rather unusual twist. Its called la battalla del vino, or the battle of the wine, in which visitors hurl the good stuff at each other. According to local legend, it has been taking place since the 13th century, and was originally to demarcate the border between two towns. The organisers say a range of weapons are allowed including buckets, wineskins, hose sprays or anything else which can launch thousands of litres of wine over the crowd. Now its time for this weeks meet the author. The irish writer paula mcgraths novel, a history of running away, is about three women separated by time and place, who are all trying to escape the circumstances of their lives. Theyre all connected, although we dont know how at the start of the book, and their stories are about a society that seems to thwart them at every turn, but then perhaps begins to offer something different, and something hopeful. Welcome. What fa