Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome to unspun world. Its exactly two years since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. Russias gaining ground, and President Putins only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. Sudden death syndrome, the Prison Authorities informed his family. Well, theres been a lot of that about where mr putins enemies are concerned. So, is putin untouchable now . We dont see that much of active support for the regime, that much of active support for the war. So this gives us an understanding that putin maybe is not that confident. Do ukrainians feel theyre on the road to defeat . I dont think that we can speak now about the defeat. Im sitting in kyiv, which is a free capital of ukraine. And is World Warjust around the cornerfor all of us . The military commanders are saying that there is an unprecedented threat from russia because of t
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
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under way on bbc two, the news continues here on bbc one , as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. across france, protests, riots and looting run into a fourth night. president macron closes transport networks, blames social media but what can he do to end the unrest? one further fatality reported tonight after violence sparked by a police killing of teenager of north african origin in the french suburbs on tuesday. we ll hear from someone who knows her way round the activist movement. also tonight. rwanda is being condemned by the un, the us and the eu for supporting the m23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. the last time this happened, the uk pulled aid to rwanda. the conservative aid secretary responsible for that 2012 decision tells newsnight the uk approach to human rights atrocities risks being downgraded. we speak to the former un assistant secretary general for