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6-9 c scotland, temperatures dipping down 6—9 c into monday morning. on monday, the weather front continues eastwards, most of this rain light and patchy, they all had a bit down pour across east anglia towards the end of the day, the scottish borders, temperatures down to mid 20s. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the unite union has announced eight days of strike action by staff at the uks largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. the met police say they had ...

hello. this is bbc news. im shaun ley and these are the headlines. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers go on strike for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. sevastapol, the home of russias black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. michael gove backs rishi sunak to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister saying he has what thejob requires. he says rival liz truss�...

ajudge in florida has unsealed some of the documents relating to the fbis search of the mar—a—lago home of donald trump. it comes after american news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more about the search. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation wit...

after he was attacked. at ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the days news. first, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions — because a quar...

it also stoked internal tensions — because a quarter of latvias population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvias prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raise...

planted on his car — but he escaped assassination after switching vehicles, following an event outside moscow. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions becau...

welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions — because a quarter of latvias population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is...

Its ok unless there is a problem. and were now simply changing it to, the default is "no," unless there is an exceptional reason to say "yes". so when the russian government accuses latvia of treating ethnic russians, russian language speakers in this country as second—class citizens, they have most certainly got a point, doesnt they? no, im maybe not expressing myself clearly. the latvians who live in latvia are mostly latvian citizens. well, you say mostly — there are pretty much 200,000 l...

To naturalise and accept latvian nationality citizenship. so youre telling them that they have to take notjust a language, but a sort of ideology test before you are prepared to offer them full citizenship, even though they have lived here for many decades? the choice to become a citizen or a non—citizen is an individual choice. my government and all previous governments have held an open door. and our government is actually no different from other countries. every country has a barfor citizen...

So when the russian government accuses latvia of treating ethnic russians, russian language speakers in this country as second—class citizens, they have most certainly got a point, doesnt they? no, im maybe not expressing myself clearly. the latvians who live in latvia are mostly latvian citizens. well, you say mostly — there are pretty much 200,000 latvian residents of russian or, lets say, soviet origin who have a passport which, on the cover of the passport, describes them as "aliens". th...