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Russian communities here in london and all of them come from different backgrounds and have very different opinions and different points of view, but i think we all stand united against this war. it is very dark times for us. we condemn russian military aggression and we stand with ukraine. this war should not have happened in the 21st century. the most recent exhibition explored russian queer identity, and the curator says russians living abroad must continue to use their freedoms as a platform...

About stopping the war. sonia came from russia to study, and now works in the music industry. shes also incredibly anxious about is happening. anxious about what is happening. horrible emotions right now. it is shame, its grief. and its anger, and powerlessness. this arts and cultural centre in bloomsbury in central london has long maintained its independence from the russian government, and now even more so. the centres director, elena, says they have long supported opposition voices in russia ...

Solace to the many thousands of people trying to flee kyiv station. where guards fired warning shots to keep backgrounds, crowds choosing to head west rather than rely on the west. james landale, bbc news. just to let you know, our colleague has tweeted just briefly saying in the last 15 minutes, their incoming missiles in kyiv where she is another bbc colleagues. reuters is saying that a witness has said that there are artillery rounds hurried in ukrainian capital of kyiv, also of course, there...

We have to hold accountable. all of that has to be part of the identity. when coming out was such a radical political act, and its become more and more normal, what we cant lose is part of that process, a deep understanding that the rules are not fair, and in order to build power, in order to actually leverage power, we have to do the work to change the rules. and i fundamentally believe that when oppressed people win, when oppressed people across all sort of social backgrounds win, it adds up f...

I was trying to calm him, look at me, breathe. were going to seal the windows. everything is under control. now we need to stop the panic and help us. >> she was with one of those foster children, and you know, the child was terrified hearing these huge blasts. and she said, look, we are trained -- because she is a psychologist for the sos childrens village. said, we are trained that war and sexual abuse are the two worse things for children. they take care of children from all different backgro...

Some more abuse or she would be treated more poorly as shes trying to find where she can go. she said she cannot go back to cameroon. shes fled there for a reason. shes been in ukraine with her husband and child for ten years. her child has a ukrainian passport but says look, i have seen this repeatedly over and over again and its very disturbing but i want to mention, were talking about 500,000 refugees and these are people from all over ukraine, many, many, many, many people of different backg...

Responsible for interpreting the law to do so in a way that includes multiple perspectives from people of different experiences, and backgrounds to decide what the law is. >> in terms of her unique experience, so it would be unique on the court, as a public defender, can you speak to that in terms of the importance of how the court works? and the kind of significance about that sort of a perspective among those nine judges on that court. >> i think there is two pieces here. one is that she serve...

This. >> but she does know how to give it her all. and what she gives to her family, her friends, she also gives to the law and to this country. a testament of her character is all the people of different backgrounds and beliefs who understand that essence of ketanji. weve seen that in her endorsements from bipartisan colleagues from the bench and the bar and from both civil rights leaders and members of law enforcement. and we will see it in the history she will make. i know she is honored and ...

Attack aircraft and russian paratroopers drop in. this is a scale of conflict i never dreamed of. >> david, part of your work now is identifying the most well-suited volunteers, sorting out those that you call combat terrorists and even extremists that apparently reached out to you. give us an idea of how you determine that someone is doing this for the right reasons. >> sure. one of the hardest things is the chaos thats happened as we had thousands of volunteers in the first few days. and so we...

The centres director, elena, says they have long supported opposition voices in russia and now they are rethinking their events programme to show solidarity with ukraine. being a russian speaker does not equate to supporting putins war. and there are very many different russian communities here in london and all of them come from different backgrounds and have very different opinions and different points of view, but i think we all stand united against this war. it is very dark times for us. we ...