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So if there are 15,000 dead, that is something like 40,000—45,000 wounded, so that is 60,000 troops off the battlefield one way or another. it looks as if about 60,000 of that original 180,000 have been taking off the field of battle. yes, they have lost about a third, which in conventional military calculations is pretty disastrous. given that is the disastrous state of play from a russian perspective right now, what do you expect them to do next? some commentators say that they have been sur...

Mod saying they think the russians have lost 15,000 troops are dead, the ukrainian side 26,000. normally, in a modern battle, for every dead soldier there are three wounded. so if there are 15,000 dead, there is something like 40,000 — 50,000 wounded, so that is 60,000 troops of the battlefield is one way or the other. it looks as if about 60,000 of that original 180,000 have been taking off the field of battle. yes, they have lost about a third, which in conventional military calculations is ...

Surprised when democrats dont condemn pro-abortion wingnuts showing up at justices houses and churches? these people are fanatics. >> think about how mentally unstable you are going to somebodys house because youre upset with them for something political. you go to somebodys house in order to intimidate, threaten and youre a jerk. howard: when senate democrats failed to pass pass an abortion bill, commentators couldnt even agree on what the bill would do. >> the priority should be to elect pro-c...

A lot of big political stories on the agenda tonight from the white house, to the campaign trail in pennsylvania and georgia. lot to discuss with cnn senior political correspondent, abby phillip. political commentators, paul begala and charlie dent, former republican congressman from pennsylvania who, by the way, abby says is showing off because pep pen is in the spotlight right now and i must agree with her as well. good evening to you. i am going to start with abby. abby, the white house is re...

Judge on italys x factor. you have performed four huge crowds. but an audience of 200 million, do you feel nervous about hosting this? is there a different kind of pressure? it is a very strange kind of experience. from the minute you walk into this venue, you walk into the venue and onto the stage and they come up to you and say, "you are making television for the camera." which is harder than you think when around you you have 8000—10,000 people screaming. they look at you and they tell you ...

Chance they would announce money for energy bills for example. that chance they would announce money for energy bills for example.— energy bills for example. that is the argument — energy bills for example. that is the argument about _ energy bills for example. that is the argument about their - energy bills for example. that is - the argument about their sequencing of what is going on. they are coming under pressure from a growing number of conservatives to have an emergency budget or have ...

But really as you and i and our audience will see, an inversion of reality thats typical of putin and plays on points that he was making about ukraine being a launch pad for nato that go back before the war actually started. the criticisms he had back then. >> nic, he didnt -- he defended the invasion, of course, but he didnt declare war on ukraine as some had speculated he might do. he also didnt declare victory in this war. does it signal sort of where he thinks he might be losing this? >> rep...

Been an increase escalation in rhetoric again5t ru55ian traitors, pro—western traitors, ru55ian ukrainians, but this could have perhap5 been mentioned, this will be mentioned in the speech, we havent heard any of that, we havent heard any words about mobilisation, but i think indirectly, putin actually said that he is at war not only with ukraine but also with nato in the united states, 50 this was the interesting part. and again, making this war, thi5 aggre55ion, kind of lifting it to this ho...

About, its changing all the time, 20 seats left to fill. that could take some time yet. but really, really interesting vote. a really interesting election, as some of our commentators here today have been saying. its no longer about two tribes here in northern ireland. for so long, people have been green or orange, nationalist or unionist, but we have had a rise of the centre ground with the success of the cross community alliance party doing so well here in this vote. interesting to see now wha...

That commentators like me have always had is that were not inside putins mind and we dont really know what his end state that hes aiming for actually is. i suspect that the consensus is that hes now going to concentrate and trying to annex the donbas area and then, if he feels that he has sufficient combat power and political will, he might try and head towards moldova, to, you know, sort of quote liberate transnistria. i dont think they have the combat power or the resources to do both of those...