Outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030 he has already russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin. Weve got full coverage for you. Cnns may chances in moscow. Fred pleitgen is in berlin and also with this cnn contributor and former Moscow Bureau chief, jill dougherty, matthew, lets begin with you. Despite the lack of opposition, there were acts of defiance, werent there today there have been quite a few actually, but louk, the preliminary results are just coming in and that theyre very high, which is expected. Were looking at something in the region of 88 votes for Vladimir Putin. Thats with about 25 of the votes counted. And a turnout of well over 70 . So these are extraordinary high results, even by the standards of an election of Vladimir Putin. But youre right, its not been a totally unified and stable election period that has been a lot of defiance, acts of defiance at Polling Statio
Can get better with specialized treatment, go to no cd id com to learn more im Jeremy Diamond in tel aviv, and this is cnn a legal win for donald trump and his codefendants in georgia. The judge dismissing six charges in the indictment against them in the election interference case. As a major your decision about whether fani willis can stay on as prosecutors still looms over all of it. And time might be up for tiktok, the house voting to ban the app if its chinese parent company, doesnt spin it off within six months. A huge bipartisan showing in the vote, but will it pass the senate . And what will President Biden do . Plus americans deployed to haiti, the pentagon sending marines to the embassy in a borne by violence. A nation on the edge of anarchy as politicians and gangs fight for power, were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central one day after winning enough delegates to become the Presumptive Republican nominee for pre
too joined as soon as possible. president erdogan said sweden still hadn t handed over people he called terrorists. now on bbc news the media show: writing a first draft of history. my my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time stop gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered mock els two, gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter. he left as a full time journalist to become professor of sociology at the university managers. although he continues write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian in edinburgh, then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to studyjournalism. i think you were quite clear at th
morning. it is april 15th. i m victor blackwell. merrill walker. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. um how s it going? move here . you know what i have in my mind right now is when we re getting that invite to your place once your bar is all built out, is being built out. the bottles have not yet arrived from storage. but it s coming. it s coming. haven t arrived yet. no invitation just come and look at the shelves. okay it s coming. sure i m sure the shelves are beautiful. here s what we re watching this morning. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old air man charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday . what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in
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