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On its critics. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has described it as an "affront" to human rights. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. more and more, it feels as if russia is turning the clock back. "liquidate," the judge says, as she orders one of russias oldest civil rights groups, international memorial, to shut down. the n60 was found to have broken russias draconian foreign agents law. "disgraceful decision," the reaction from the gallery. its100% a political thing. ...

This is bbc news. the headlines: russias supreme court is set to rule on the fate of a second human rights organisation a day after banning one of the countrys oldest for breaking the law on foreign agents. there have been protests outside the court while us secretary of state antony blinken has called it "an affront to human rights." theres been a record number of covid infections in the us and a number of european countries as 0micron continues to drive a huge surge in cases. the us recorded m...

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Going to head to the exits and move to arizona or nevada or go north or go to texas or go to florida or go any place else but california? >> absolutely. and they are already moving, right? they are already on their way out. you are just going to kick them out. you are going to cat thattize that movement even more by these type of movements. >> point i make the taxes are an important issue, far, far more important is the affront to human freedom. the ability for someone to be able to choose own h...

On capitol hill, former vice president cheney said "i am deeply disappointed at the failure of many members of my party to recognize the grave nature of the january 6th attacks and the ongoing threat to our nation." do you agree with him? >> i agree with him in substance. im glad he was there. i do think that you look at the republican members of congress from arkansas, they all issued statements on that day. they condemned the violence of that day, and made it clear, and so i dont know that abs...

If president putin indeed gives orders to invade. a sovereign and independent ukraine is a direct affront to his ambitions to restore russia as a great power, given the nature of his demands, given he has rejected the only reasonable compromise, it is hard for me to see how he can avoid having to follow through to some extent. in the ukrainian capital kyiv there is a wary, uncertain calm, some quietly calculating what they will do, how they will keep their family safe. moscow insists it has no s...

Advancement act to even be debated. the january 6th insurrection was an affront to democracy. to think another insurrection couldnt happen again or that something worse could never happen, given everything we have seen and continued to learn is an exercise in willful ignorance. 11 coup plotters have been indicted on seditious conspiracy charges. and members of congress are refusing to cooperate with the january 6th select committee, probing what happened and how to prevent it from happening agai...

The kinds of exercises that can be held, to find prior notification of those exercises and to build transparency in what exists, and there is scope for nuclear arms control negotiations and negotiations on missiles, but the real question is what does vladimir putin want? and it doesnt seem to be that the focus is on arms control. it seems very much on his ability to control whats happening in ukraine. >> mr. ambassador, the world just watched a countrys military that was propped up with billions...

Eastern europe. this is american military equipment arriving in kyiv. the us has now put eight and a half thousand troops on alert to deploy at short notice if they need to. russia has also been threatened with unprecedented economic sanctions if president putin does give the order to invade. we president putin does give the order to invade. ~ , to invade. we must never underestimate _ to invade. we must never underestimate how - to invade. we must never. underestimate how serious to invade. we ...

Attendance was the only way to show the frustration of january 6th, or the fact that the former vice president was there i think did send a signal that traditional republican strength in america does not demonstrate unity with january 6th. thats an affront to all of us and it should be. >> according to a "the washington post" survey, 63% of republicans who embraced the big lie about the election are running for statewide positions throughout the united states. are you worried at all about indivi...