our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. this is the closest we were allowed to get to russia s most famous prisoner. we d been let inside the high securityjail where alexei navalny is already incarcerated. but journalists weren t allowed into the makeshift courtroom. we had to watch on a screen. for the kremlin critic, this is a trial behind bars. he was found guilty on extremism charges. punishment more jail time. he was handed a 19 year prison sentence. we may have been allowed in here to watch the verdict on a tv screen, but keep in mind that in this court case, the actual proceedings were closed to the press and to the public and held in a high security prison. describing this trial as behind closed doors feels like an understatement. ahead of the verdict, in a message online, mr navalny wrote that a long prison sentence for him was designed to scare russians. he revealed he d soon be on trial again for terrorism. they chant. a charismatic protest leader and anti
but someone has been asked to infiltrate their ranks, gather intelligence, and send details to the chinese authorities. we re calling him alim, and concealing his identity. he s a refugee living in the uk. it was an audio call through wechat. when they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. alim has shared recordings of those calls. we ve adapted a few to mask key details. we paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. my colleague collected their details. if you want to see them, i can set up a video call. yes, please arrange that. i just want to talk to them and find out how they are. i won t ask about anything else. 0k. no problem. i ll arrange that for you. alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. the officer connected them by holding two mobile phones facing each other. he used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. when i saw my mother, i couldn t contain
huge relieve in kyiv that the deal has passed and that hungary is on board and the response has stressed the fact this is a united european response, and the symbolism of that is important to ukraine as well as the fact it means that the funding is now approved. ukraine has been stressing all along that this is not just about supporting this country, it is about the broader cause of european security, that ukraine is fighting for europe as well against the russian attempts to change the world order by force. but war cost a lot of money and it is notjust about getting missiles and ammunition and shells and tanks from the west, it is about hard cash, because the government needs to keep doing what a normal government in a normal country would do, paying state sector salaries and paying pensions and it is about even just keeping on the heating, the price is high and ukraine needs help with the money because everything else, all of their other income is going to the war effort di
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since israel s retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base called islamic resistance in iraq are part of an iranian sponsored network across the middle east. known as the axis of resistance , there s a number of pro iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of t