He said when russians were united, no one could intimidate or suppress them. As our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in a rare move, mr putin also mentioned the Opposition Figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. For Vladimir Putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be surprised, but a few days before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. You can believe it or not. I said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. But what happened happened. Election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. The winner, by a mile and a half, Vladimir Putin. What an incredible l
We go through the end of the wheat. Other parts of the uk. So how would an expected move by nhs england to reconfigure the targets for Cancer Care Waiting Times affect that . Nhs england is taking a new tack on cancer Waiting Times. Well be asking Cancer Research uk and Labours Health minister in the welsh senedd whether this will bring radical improvement for patients on waiting lists, or is itjust a way of covering up failure . Also tonight more possible danger ahead for donald trump as his fourth indictment could be delivered this week, this time a state, not a federal charge, which a future President Trump could not pardon. Well be joined by a lawyer who tried to prosecute trump and one who worked to defend him. And on the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the 0magh bomb, which took 33 lives and injured 200 more four months after the good friday agreement, why has justice never been served . Well hear from voices across the communities in Northern Ireland. Good evening. Nhs Waiting Ti
good day to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m john avlon in for kasie hunt. it is wednesday, december 20th. 5:00 a.m. here in new york. 3:00 a.m. in denver where layers for donald trump have vowed to appeal a colorado supreme court ruling that could keep the former president off the 2024 ballot before state justices ruling 4-3 that trump is ineligible to be president under the 14th amendment because he engaged in an insurrection on january 6. the court put its ruling on hold until january 4 pending trump s planned appeal to the u.s. supreme court. an attorney for the plaintiff seeking to block trump says he thinks that they have decent odds at winning there. first of all, trump is going to have to convince the supreme court to take this case. and i can imagine a world in which the supreme court says this is pretty early on in the election cycle, let s see how it plays out in some other states first. so he is first going to have to convince the supreme court
Her. Journalism is not a crime and its a proof that russia is determined to stifle independent reporting. Since 2012, Vladimir Putin has used Foreign Agent laws to punish and detain critics, including journalists, and analysts say this indicates russia sees americans as valuable assets to be used in Prisoner Exchanges like when Britteny Griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, arms dealer victor bout. Now Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained for 204 days today. Hes in a High Security Prison In Moscow Awaiting Trial on espionage charges. The u. S. Ambassador to russia visited him on tuesday. The u. S. Embassy, sandra, says even that evan remains in good spirits and is calling for his immediate release. Sandra. Sandra appreciate it, bryan. The State Department as we just heard from them a moment ago is out with a major alert for all americans overseas. Officials now urging all american citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution for potential terrorist attacks. Demon
In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken