Extended from nine to 19 years. Mr navalny was found guilty of inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organisation, charges he denied. Hes already serving a nine year term for fraud and contempt of court, in a case which many see as politically motivated. Todays Court Proceedings were held in the prison in melekhovo, where he has been held, and from where our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. This is the closest we were allowed to get to russias most famous prisoner. Wed been let inside the High Securityjail where Alexei Navalny was already incarcerated. But journalists werent allowed into the makeshift courtroom. All we could do was watch on a screen. At this trial behind bars, the kremlin critic was found guilty on extremism charges and handed a new 19 year prison sentence. Hell be transferred to a so called Special Regime colony and harsher conditions. We may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in t
hello and welcome to the programme. russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it s the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. our correspondent hugo bachega reports from kyiv. in a town in eastern ukraine, rubble and many questions. this used to be a school, apparently turned into a base for russian soldiers. at around midnight on new year s eve, ukraine struck. how many were killed remains unclear. in moscow, the army claimed the attack was carried out with rockets supplied by the americans, but there was also a rare admission of casualties. translation: as a result | of the strike by four rockets with high explosive warheads against the temporary deployment point, 63 russian servicemen were killed. in russia, military bloggers were furious. they accused the ar
all this us at a level that most of us who work in emergency medicine have never seen before. it is dreadful, and we have chosen our words carefully, it really is a crisis out there at the moment. thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian all this us at a level that most of us who work in emergency medicine thousands queue to pay their respects to brazilian football legend pele, as his coffin lies in state on the pitch of his former club santos. and those new year resolutions why do we so often fail to keep them? we ll get some tips on how to stick to the good intentions. it s 7am here in singapore and 2am in moscow, where russia has announced that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year s eve attack by ukrainian forces. they were using himars rockets supplied by the us. it s the biggest death toll acknowledged by moscow for a single incident in the war, but ukraine says the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers. our correspondent hugo bachega reports f
Above that level of poverty according to the un. Today is the United Nations International Day for the eradication of poverty, something Global Leaders committed to do in 2015 that established the uns Sustainable Development goals. So, why is solving global poverty proving so difficult . Joining me now is Luis Felipe Lopez calva, global director for poverty and equity at the world bank. A very warm welcome to the programme. This is such a big issue and we have a few minutes in the world of television which is not enough time, but in your opinion, why is this problem getting worse and not better . ~ problem getting worse and not better . , ~ ,. ,. Problem getting worse and not better . , ~ ,. ~ , better . Thank you very much. As ou ve better . Thank you very much. As you very well better . Thank you very much. As you very well explained, better . Thank you very much. As you very well explained, the you very well explained, the world agreed that poverty would be our objective number one
critic, right? he has exposed corruption at the heart of russian power. and crucially, he has proved himself to be the only russian opposition leader capable of mobilising large numbers of people, particularly younger people, getting them to come out onto the streets to take part in anti government protests across the country. that s why the kremlin use him as an enemy, as a threat, is a danger. particularly these days, right? when you have got the war in ukraine raging on in the kremlin wants people to rally round the flag, it wants people to rally around the government. it wants people to praise president putin, not criticise him. praise president putin, not criticise him. , ., ,, criticise him. many thanks, steve rosenberg. criticise him. many thanks, steve rosenberg. our criticise him. many thanks, steve rosenberg, our russia criticise him. many thanks, steve rosenberg, our russia editor. . meanwhile, president putin has had to contend with an attack on a russian navy ship wh