pot naziism, communism, japan, the killing fields in cambodia, all told 100 million human beings slaughtered. you think it can t happen again? okay now factor in weapons of mass destruction the likes of which this world had never seen before married to sick twisted evil ideologies like the iranian mullahs or we knew vladimir putin is evil. we know president xi has all his territorial ambitions. now earlier today chip a announced their defense minister will now travel to moscow next week to meet with his russian counter part and according to a disturbing report from politico, china and russia are in secret talks to replenish iran s supply of sanctioned missile fuel. a move that experts are now saying could help moscow replenish their depleted rocket stockpile and we re seeing more and more examples of what is a very, very dangerous alliance every single day. after a 21 year old national guardsman from massachusetts leaked a trove of classified documents this week, what they re
decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions, and is turning russia into a pariah. for the first time in nearly 60 years, queen elizabeth would be attending one of her most at important ceremonial duties, the opening of the british parliament. and after weeks of violent protests and at least five more deaths, the sri lankan prime minster has resigned. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . it s 08:00 in the morning here in the philippines, where i m at the center for the national commission on elections in manila. it is getting pretty crowded as a journalist are arriving and the a journalist are arriving and the anticipation of the press conferences to be held later, we should get some indication of the we should get some indication of the official results in these of the official results in these elections.- of the official results in these elections. ~ . ., these elections. what we have not so these elections.
the russian leader, vladimir putin, has addressed the huge victory day military parade in moscow, saying the invasion of ukraine had been provoked by the west, and that russian troops fighting there, were defending the motherland . what he didn t say was anything about the progress of that invasion, let alone how or when the war might end. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports now from moscow. it is the annual pomp to showcase russian power. across red square they marched, thousands of soldiers, in a parade marking a glorious victory the defeat of nazi germany. upbeat marching band music. but today there is no peace. vladimir putin has invaded ukraine. back from there, parading too, paratroopers who moscow says took part in the russian offensive. a war of conquest, says the west. the kremlin disagrees. translation: the defence of our motherland, when its destiny - was at stake, has always been sacred. as in the past, you, our soldiers, are today fighting for our peop
Number two, do you believe history repeats itself? sean i do agree with you that axis of evil centered around bee engining is emerging, in large part because of joe biden s weakness and his tendency to blame america and its allies first and of course history can repeat itself. we are no different from those who fought in world war ii or world war one or civil war or revolutionary war we read about in the bible because human nature is timeless and unchanging therefore we are prone to the same mistakes if we don t learn from the lessons of history and that s what joe biden has not done. almost every instance you laid out are a result of joe biden s incompetence weakness and tendency to blame america first. look at the president of brazil. he s left wing, he s critical if not openly hostile of america, typical of many left wing leaders that have come to power in recent years in latin america. joe biden doesn t say a word negative about them. what happens you have them running off to bei
It wasn t up for long. others came to victory day held signs saying, this isn t what they fought for. and what about those who fought in world war ii? maria sidorova, who is 100 years old, said all she wants is peace. the war i fought in, we understood, but this war now, well, maybe i m old, but there s something not quite right about it. i hope it ends soon. vladimir putin wants russians to believe the decisions he takes are right. this giant victory day event portrayed him as the father of the nation. but in a system built around one man, if he gets it wrong that is dangerous. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.