a conservative mp who was sacked from herjob as a minister says she was told her muslim faith was one of the reasons for her dismissal. nus ghani claims she was informed she made colleagues feel uncomfortable . she also says borisjohnson told her he couldn t get involved, and that she should complain to the tory party. if there s ever any complaint like this, particularly one as serious as this, a formal complaint should be made, and then it should be investigated. two senior members of the cabinet now want a full investigation. also on the programme. the government says it has information that russia is plotting to install a pro moscow leader in ukraine. a british man has died after being attacked in thailand. and liverpool close the gap at the top of the premier league with a win at crystal palace. good afternoon. the conservative mp, nus ghani, who was sacked as transport minister two years ago, says she was told that her muslim faith was one of the reasons for her dism
correspondent garrett haake, nbc s blayne alexander in georgia, and inside senior editor, katia tubman. tell us about the events today at ebenezer baptist church with senator warnock, what we heard from vice president harris here in washington. and blayne, it is great to see you back. we re so happy for you and your wonderful new family, expanded family. andrea, thank you so much. so glad to be back with you. you know, certainly a lot happening here in georgia, and this location, ebenezer baptist church, of course this was the place where dr. king himself held a pulpit for a long time in the old sanctuary across the street. this is also the place where we are hearing a very loud repeated cry for the passage of voting rights in washington. you know, i ve attended this event. i ve covered this event for years, and it s very clear here that the tone here today that they are pushing for voting rights. we ve heard dr. king s daughter, the reverend bernice king, senator raphael w
welcome to mtp daily. i m garrett haake in for chuck todd. as fighting in ukraine intensifies, putin is trying to justify the war he started. president zelenskyy is vowing to win the war and president biden is urging his own officials not to leak information to the media to prevent the u.s. from being completely drawn into the war. in eastern ukraine, officials fear 60 people were killed in an airstrike on a school where people were sheltering in what could be among the deadliest attacks on civilians since the war began more than two months ago. meanwhile, ukrainian officials say all civilians have been evacuated from the steel plant in mariupol where they had been holed up alongside ukrainian troops for weeks. i delaware spite russian claims of victory, the last remaining ukrainian forces continue to hold out in that steel plant. in moscow today, president putin defended his country s invasion during a vem cel brags of victory day. the celebration of the soviet union s vic
a glimpse at what much of eastern ukraine now looks like. simply broken. in dnipro at the speed of a blink, a russian missile smashes into an important bridge. that and other attacks they say are part of a plan to decapitate russian resupply rourters. commanders on the ground say the breakthrough may blunt moscow s push to sweep through the east. progress elsewhere does little to change the fate of mariupol. the last battalion inside faces near certain death and they know it. making this a song of defiance all the more remarkable. that is ukraine and battlefield echoes through the bunker. the words haunting. it is sweeter to die in battle than to live in chains. we begin in lviv, western ukraine. scott mclain, what s the latest? reporter: well, some good news maybe. the u.n. special envoy for the for ukraine, i should say, has just said that there is a human darren convoy on route to mariupol to try to get people out of what he calls a bleak hell. probably an understateme
than a decade after trafficking nearly 43 grams of heroin. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin claims ukraine is a fake nation. he peddles a moscow centric version of history which draws on centuries of russian imperialism. his invasion of ukraine is about much more than military supremacy, it s about culture, language, identity and values too. my guest is the ukrainian rock star, former mp and current lieutenant in the ukrainian armed forces, slava va karchuk. what can this cultural icon contribute to the defence of the ukraine? slava vakarchuk, somewhere close to the front line in eastern ukraine, a warm welcome to hardtalk. hello stephen. very happy to be here, thanks for having me here. it is a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you this, musician or soldier, how do you see yourself right now, how should we see you? first of all, you don t need to split, i m certainly musician in my life and i hope i will be a music