With Vladimir Putins opponents in exile, in prison or dead, like outspoken Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, putins victory is practically certain. If mr putin serves out the full six year term hes likely to win, hell become the longest serving russian leader since catherine the great. Over the next half hour we will look at the impact of the election for those in russia, ukraine and around the world. But first, we start our coverage with this report from our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg in moscow. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change a
outfront next, the trump pinted judge making her first ruling in the classified documents case. is it a sign she s not stepping aside? new details about the judge. why a case she s working on now could shed light on how she ll rule in trump s case. plus, a graveyard of russian missiles. ukrainians utilizing putin s deadliest weapons. what they found may surprise you. a special report. and where is melania and ivanka and the family? trump s 2024 campaign is anything but a family affair. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. no recusal. the judge who was appointed by trump and is presiding over the classified documents case issuing her first order. a sign she has no plans to heed the calls to recuse herself. ordering both parties to start the process of obtaining security clearances for their lawyers by tomorrow. it comes as there are mounting questions about her record in past cases. the judge, who was piappointed 2020, has little experience in oversee
to world peace and let no one doubt this is a difficult and dangerous effort on which we have set out. neil: 60 years ago this very month, we were on the brink, the closest the world had ever come to nuclear war. thereby a few other decision it could have been. now we re facing potentially the same predicament, what president biden calls potential armageddon given some of the retaliatory efforts and provocative moves on the part of vladamir putin talking freely about using tactical nuclear weapons of saying nothing of what seems to be daily missile strikes out of north korea, a couple of which just went over japan this past week. we re not even getting into china s provocations of the south china sea and presidents in anything taiwan, and new york, taiwan, south korea and on and on. some are criticizing the president for even mentioning the armageddon word and his massage was to let the message was to let the world be on notice and nothing to do with happening events here
the main un agency in gaza says society is on the verge of a full blown collapse . but it s hoped the flow of aid will soon improve, after israel agreed to a us request to open its kerem shalom border crossing for the inspection of aid trucks and their cargo. also, images have emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel stripped to their underwear with their hands tied behind their back, in northern gaza. hamas has condemned the images, accusing israel forces of committing a heinous crime against innocent civilians . there s also been fresh violence in the occupied west bank today. funerals have taken place for six palestinians killed by israeli forces in a raid on al faraa refugee camp north of nablus. some are believed to be members of a militant group known as the al fara brigade. 272 palestinians have been killed in the west bank by israeli forces and settlers in the last two months. a warning that this report from our middle east correspondent yola
and that would help us in that way to get closure on the event. although, as i said, it wouldn t bring victoria back. you ve taken a large - part of our hearts away. at least give us that little bit of closure back. - after more than two decades of questions, it s hoped this latest development in the investigation could now lead to some answers. robert townsend, bbc news. vladimir putin has announced that he will stand for re election as russian president when his term ends next year. the kremlin s official spokesman says an astonishing number of people want mr putin to continue for what would be a fifth term in office. his re election is seen as inevitable, with many of his opponents jailed or dead, and the russian media under his control. bbc monitoring s russia editor vitaly shevchenko explained more. this is what vladimir putin was expected to do and of course it is almost certain to win the presidential elections in march next year, because the whole system in russia,