a mob surrounded the building. as the hour grew later, the crowd grew larger. inside peering through the curtains was a young kgb lieutenant colonel named vladimir putin. he was terrified that they were going to storm the building. putin was a junior officer, but the boss was away. he was in charge. the berlin wall had come down. police weren t going to help, and he called for instructions. desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow over and over again. finally one official told him simply moscow is silent. and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the fur furnace. he finds himself in the basement with a furnace shoveling documents as we hears demonstrations down on the street. they are burning the files as fast as the furnace is blowing up. putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and so credits as the crowd closed in. with the fire stil
staff who broke covid rules but the british prime minister isn t among them. after days of violent unrest in sri lanka, a veteran politician is sworn in as the new prime minister. the first ever image of the monster black hole at the centre of our galaxy. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. hello and welcome to the programme. the kremlin has accused western countries of using the un human rights council to demonise russia after the body voted to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine. the inquiry will examine accusations that moscow s forces carried out atrocities north of kyiv at the start of the war. in shocking images caught on cctv, the bbc has found clear evidence of war crimes alleged against russian soldiers near ukraine s capital two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. it contains flashing images and some
pudding to mark the queen s platinum jubilee. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the kremlin has accused western countries of using the un human rights council to demonise russia, after the body voted to investigate alleged war crimes in ukraine. the inquiry will examine accusations that moscow s forces carried out atrocities north of kyiv at the start of the war. in shocking images caught on cctv, the bbc has found clear evidence of war crimes alleged against russian soldiers near ukraine s capital two unarmed civilians are shot in cold blood. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report. it contains flashing images and some parts which you may find disturbing. these are russian soldiers on their way to loot and to kill, but their every move is caught on multiple cameras. and so is leonid, the security guard, as he approaches them. the men talk, even smoke and then, the soldiers leave. but suddenly, two turn back. they sho
for champions league qualification. good evening. police have issued at least 50 more fines, after parties in downing street and other government buildings breached coronavirus rules at the height of lockdown. it s thought at least some of the latest fines relate to a christmas party which borisjohnson did not attend. more than 100 fines have now been issued in total, including to the prime minister and the chancellor. the metropolitan police says their inquiries are continuing. labour says it s evidence of industrial scale partying at number ten. here s our political editor, chris mason. it s long been suspected. today, further confirmation. covid lawbreaking was happening, involving loads of people, for months on end, right at the heart of the government led by boris johnson. the police offered few words, but they did have a big number more than 100 fines. and they re not finished yet. the prime minister s been in staffordshire happy to pose for pictures, less keen to
Dont yet know what the fate of Mark Meadows Motion to remove to Federal Court will be. Its very easy to look at this through a vacuum but remember, theres already a moment now to say can i get some of these cases into Federal Court. This is all considering and assuming thats not going to happen because without mark meadows or others it would be, you know, not 19 people. But this is going to be a very interesting hearing to get the room, the temperature of whats happening there. And also what is the preparation like right now for fani willis. Is she really ready to go . And are those Defense Counsels who asked for an earlier trial date, were they calling a bluff or will their bluff now be called . And we will find out fairly soon. Sara, its interesting because we know that as all of this is unfolding right now a federal judge could rule at any moment now whether to allow the former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows to move his case from a state court in georgia to a federal trial.