Shes urged the west not to recognise what will be putins fifth term as president. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow with more. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This, one of a string of attacks on Polling Stations across russia. They are unprecedented. After chaotic scenes here. An arsonist is detained. And green ink poured into a ballot box. The authorities called the attackers scum. Some voters were
were very productive. i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and all sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious end. it s mr zelensky s third visit to washington since the war began and second in just the past few months. the aid he s seeking could turn the tide against russia as the war ticks closer to its second year, with no sign of resolution. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told reporters after his meeting with zelensky, that it would be a, christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must, must, must prove him wrong. i will not walk away from ukraine. neither will the american people. president biden also said russia state media is ce
jails. israel says it still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza through the night. israel defence forces say they targeted more than 300 parts of hamas s infrastructure. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will continue to fight hamas until absolute victory is achieved. aid agencies are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza. some trucks carrying supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these with people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza highlight how difficult conditions there are. we begin our coverage with this report from our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem a warning, it does include some distressi
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