insisted that she was the victim in a skiing accident that s the subject of a lawsuit in the us state of utah. giving evidence, the oscar winning actress said she d been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from prague, i m stephen sackur. how solid is put in s home front? welcome to our talk. it means nothing for russia. it means nothing for the russian president and it will not change the way putin made his decisions. first of all, you know, you are going to close all ways to legislate russia by this decision. it is the final step to close any possibility to negotiate with russia. the second topic is the reason for this decision. you know, the arrest warrant for putin for saving children, donbas children, thousands of children who were in danger during the war, during the last nine years. and of course russia has to save their lives. and of course russia should and must g
earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. china s president xijinping is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won t deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long term consequences for russia. my guest is russian mp and state tv talk show host evgeny popov. how solid is putin s home front? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s good to have you on the show, mr popov. your president, vladimir putin, is a wanted man. the international criminal court has filed war crimes charges against him. do you recognise the symbolic importance
i just pray on all of us to maintain our vigilance, our common sense over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours. california s governor s warning residents that the severe weather isn t over just yet as 25 million of them are under flood watches right now. plus, more class fight material is found at the delaware home of president biden on the same day the attorney general names a special counsel to the case and search and rescue workers are desperately looking for survivors trapped in the rubble of an apartment building in ukraine after a russian missile strike. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in storm ravaged california. here s what we know at this hour. u.s. president joe biden approved a major disaster declaration clearing the way for federal funds. some people in san bonito county have been ordered to leave their homes because of severe flooding. more than 25 million people are under flood watches. the governor s
a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn t say if it had been caused by israeli action, although an idf social media post stated the military had conducted activities in the jabaliya region, saying they encountered terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure. hamas claims the second strike was also on a school, tal al zaatar, adding that 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. in other developments today, hundreds of people have left gaza city s al shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued by loudspeaker an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this, saying it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a request by the hospital s director. yogita limaye has more now from jerusalem. and a warning her report contains distressing images. people fleeing al shifa hospital in gaza s north. the hospital s director says israel ordered civilians