and so vladimir putin seems to have taken action to try and tidy the shop slightly. and so he has been detained. this is a man who is accused of involvement in the downing of that dutch malaysian airliner in 2014 when almost 300 people died right at the beginning of russia's invasion. so, you know somebody who is on the extreme edge of the russian argument at the moment, but clearly his criticisms of vladimir putin have reached a point where the kremlin can't tolerate him any more. so they've decided to arrest him. amsterdam has banned cruise ships from the city centre. it's part of the dutch capital's latest attempts to limit visitor numbers and curb pollution. the city council said the ships weren't in line with its sustainable ambitions. courtney bembridge has more details. when many people think of amsterdam, they might imagine scenes like this,
it is a really key moment that the ukrainians are really looking forward to. dana? >> natasha, thank you for that. looks like a beautiful day where you are. let's go to london, 10 downing, where cnn's nic robertson is. what do we know about what happened inside that meeting between the american and british leaders today? >> well, one of the things we do know is that cluster munitions came up. i think it was always going to going into the meeting, questions were shouted at the british prime minister are you going to talk about cluster munitions and the prime minister released a statement saying yes, the uk is a signature to the prohibition of the use of cluster munitions. many countries have signed up to it, not to produce them and provide them to other countries and dissuade others from using them. the prime minister spokesman after the meeting said yes, the prime minister did dissuade his partner, president biden, this is the language they used, dissuade, from using cluster munitions, but then the
be interesting to see how that works out. brief talks. i don't think it will last much more than an hour. then president biden will be off to windsor to me to thinking. the expectation there is that the environment, climate change, will be high on the agenda.— high on the agenda. thank you. nick eardle in high on the agenda. thank you. nick eardley in downing _ high on the agenda. thank you. nick eardley in downing street. _ a new system for dealing with rape cases is being introduced across all police forces in england and wales. 0peration soteria is part of a drive to increase the low rate of rape prosecutions, but campaigners say the justice system isn't supporting victims. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has this report. he would, you know, cause bruises to my legs. he pushed me into cupboards, strangled me, and sort of came to a head with the rape and strangulation, again, to the point that i passed out. and then beyond that, he was threatening to kill me. and that's when he was finally arrested. emma — and this is a pseudonym — reported her former partner to the police last year.
of the recent blinken visit and now ahead of janet yellen�*s visit as well. expectations of any kind of breakthrough in relations very much being played down. what the biden administration seemed to be trying to do, as you were saying, is to kind of cool down tensions after relations really hit a bit of a rough patch. of course, people will remember the downing of what the americans said was a chinese spy balloon over us skies. the chinese said it was a weather balloon that had been blown off course. and then recently there have been these what some described as near misses between us and chinese military as well. and so when antony blinken went out there, there was talk of trying to establish lines of communication, crisis communication, tojust avoid anything spilling over into any kind of conflict. and i think nowjanet yellen to some degree going with the same message, saying these two hugely important countries need to keep talking and to just
of breakthrough in relations very much being played down. what the biden administration seemed to be trying to do, as you were saying, is to kind of cool down tensions after relations really hit a bit of a rough patch. of course, people will remember the downing of what the americans said was a chinese spy balloon over us skies. the chinese said it was a weather balloon that had been blown off course. and then recently there have been these what some described as near misses between us and chinese military as well. and so when antony blinken went out there, there was talk of trying to establish lines of communication, crisis communication, tojust avoid anything spilling over into any kind of conflict. and i think nowjanet yellen to some degree going with the same message, saying these two hugely important countries need to keep talking and to just try and smooth out what is sometimes a bit of a a rocky economic relationship as well.
Tory mayoral hopeful Daniel Korski has "strongly denied" accusations that he groped a woman inside Downing Street when he was a special advisor 10 years ago.