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"when they put me in prison, i heard they were recruiting. serve six months and they pardon you," he tells me. so he signed up with storm z, a unit made up of convicts attached to the russian defense ministry. after only two weeks of basic training, he was shipped off to the frontlines near bakhmut. [ gunfire ] after days of intense shelling, with only rainwater and no food, he heard ukrainian troops outside his foxhole. he assumed they would execute him. "i thought that was the end," ...

good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin with a massive bill when new york federal jury former president found liable, emotional harm he caused by repeated verbal attacks on e. jean carroll while he was president, some of his followers turned to serious threats against her. $11 million for damage she suffered to reputation and $65 million in punitive damages. $83.3 million total. no comment from her or her team as they left the courthouse in lower manhattan making their way thr...

this is cnn breaking news. hello, outpost in jordan near the border with syria and iraq. this is the first time u.s. troops have been killed by enemy fire in the middle east since the beginning of the war in gaza, october 7th. it also marks a significant escalation of an already precarious situation in the middle east. president biden reacting a short time ago, vowing the u.s. will hold those responsible to account. we have got full coverage of this breaking story, natasha bertrand i...

the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian—jordanian border. its one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. its not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but its another very dangerous step be...

protection clause. and it turns out, this is a cause for celebration for the vast majority of americans. who agree with the supreme court wrote quote limited english discrimination means eliminating all of it. it cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color. abc poll reveals 52 percent of americans, agree with the decision to overturn race-based missions. but sadly, this did not go over well with many democrats. new y...

time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where weve learned today than the worlds largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank — the federal reserves — next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of th...

campaign is going to be unlike any other. yes, the new hampshire primary was a decisive win for donald trump. the kind of win that squashes any momentum for his one remaining challenger nikki haley. but buried in the results are also some very hard truths about americans views of donald trump, trumpism and the state of our democracy. as the bull work put it today, nikki haley has beaten donald trump in iowa. two groups of voters would be deciding the presidential nomination. the first ...

foreign minister in polands new government. has support for ukraine become a burden that kyiv�*s allies are no longer ready to bear? radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. its great to have you on the programme. lets begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putins forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv s...

by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. this is "gps" the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. im fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, the growing fear that the war in gaza will spread. could it happen? is it likely? ill ask "the new yorkers" robin wright and general mark berkmeyer land. also, a.i. its what everyone is talking about from davos to detroit, shenzhen to silicon valley. ill talk t...

jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. its part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. youve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of inn...