Presidentelect before the official results were made public. Let s go straight to cnn s fred pleitgen live in tehran, a landslide victory for the hand picked main candidate, no surprise, i guess, take us through what this means for iran and for relations with the u. S. Well, i think there are several factors, first of all, kim, i do have to say this was really a very important and certainly most probably a pivotal election for iran and i think we will see, we will see iranian politics, move much further towards a conservative trajectory, and it has been the past eight years, and of course the past eight years, with the administration, a moderate government here in iran and foreign policy and western capital, with the foreign minister under the administration, it is a well known commodity. What you have in this election here is you have a victory, as you pointed out very much a landslide victory, he won 17. 8 million of the votes counted so far. That s about 62%. That is a lot. And cert
the backlog of ships waiting to pass through the suez canal that built up while it was blocked by a giant container vessel could be cleared in three or three and a half days according to the canal authority s chairman. this comes as traffic on the crucial waterway has resumed after the ever given was finally freed by salvage crews after almost a week. around 12% of the world s total trade goes through the channel. that s nearly $10 billion worth of goods passing through the waterway every day. and that includes bulk items like oil and iron ore, as well as consumer products such as furniture, clothing, and computer parts. it could put further pressure on the global supply chain that s already impacted by the coronavirus. joining me now is lesley batchelor, c00, open borders direct. good morning. nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you. good morning. nice to see you. good morning- good morning. nice to see you. good morning. give us your take on how easy good morning.
erin incredible details talking about firing rifles and, worse, the harsh reality in stark contrast to what we saw from putin today. breaking news. a top trump ally appearing before the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago classified documents as we learn tonight that trump s former white house counsel testifies. another major investigation involving the former president. a couple trying to vote in arizona allegedly filmed and photographed by a group accusing them off being a, quote, mule. this is beginning of a terrible and ugly election? let s go outfront. tonight, i wouldn t let any of us out there. those are the brutally honest words from a russian soldier sent to the front lines in ukraine. in a phone call with his sister, the soldier revealing the pathetic state of vladimir putin s army. it s important to hear his voice. translator: whatever we wear here, we bought ourselves. they re forcing us to go on camera to encourage the mobilized not to be afraid t
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the national zoo in washington bids farewell to its beloved trio of giant pandas who were loaned as goodwill ambassadors from china. welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners welcome back, a russian battalion comprised of ukrainian prisoners of war will likely deploy to ukraine in the nearfuture. in an apparent violation of the geneva convention. they will be deployed to the east of the country where active combat is taking place under the control of the donetsk people s republic. the russians claim the soldiers will receive equal treatment, to the russian infantry, including salaries and benefits. george barros is a russian analyst at the institute for the study of war and geospatial intelligence team lead. what do you know about the men in this battalion and have been chorused and fighting their own side? ~ . ~ ., , ., ., chorused and fighting their own side? . ~ ., ., side? what
hello. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won t raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn t rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be difficult decisions to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we re not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that s a down payment on the changes that we want to make. bu