An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outside the Russian Embassy in berlin to vote. She was greeted by supporters with flowers and applause. After voting she told reporters that she had written the name of her late husband on her ballot paper. She also thanked her fellow russians for queuing so long. A Russian Election official says more than Eight Million russians cast their ballots o
To higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. A former boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firms Production Standards has been found dead in the us. John barnett had worked for boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a Whistle Blower Lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of mr barnett s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the bbc on monday. It said the 62 year old had died from a self inflicted wound on March The 9th and police were investigating. The New York Times has also sued openai and microsoft for using its articles to train their language models. Nikita roy is the Programme Lead for the Ai Journalism Lab at the City University of new york. She gave us a sense of how these lawsuits could impact t
Putting them on a path to higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. President joe biden has proposed a 7. 3 trillion budget on monday, calling for new social programmes and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The plan offers a stark contrast with Donald Trumps Economic Vision ahead of novembers us president ial election. The bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury in new york has more. President biden outlined his Election Year budget pitch. It includes tax breaks forfamilies, Lower Healthca Re costs and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, as well as trying to get more money to help ukraine to help defend itself against russia and for aid for israel. If the biden budget became law, it would save 3 trillion through higher taxes over ten years, but it would also push us debt over 100 of gdp. By contrast,
Putting them on a path to higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. President joe biden has proposed a 7. 3 trillion budget on monday, calling for new social programmes and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The plan offers a stark contrast with Donald Trumps Economic Vision ahead of novembers us president ial election. The bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury in new york has more. President biden outlined his Election Year budget pitch including tax breaks for families, lower healthcare families, Lower Healthca Re costs families, lower Healthcare Costs and a higher taxes on wealth incorporation as well as trying to get more money to help your defend itself against russia and for aid for israel. If the biden budget became law, it would save 3 trillion through higher taxes over ten years but it would also push
Care staff are going to have to make difficult decisions about who should be admitted because there may not be enough staff, beds or ventilators. This professor, who is coordinating the network of icus in italys lombardy region, is warning that the uk must get ready. What happened to us is like a bomb which exploded. So they have to be ready to take care of a huge number of patients, and a number of patients that is growing day by day and that can certainly exceed the capacity of icu admission of any health care system, no matter how efficient and modern it is. Also this morning, well be talking to two of the 140 brits whove been stuck on a cruise ship off the coast of california. Because of coronavirus. One word, nightmare. We have just been confined to our cabin since thursday. Luckily we can get outside because we have a balcony, unlike other passengers. Not a lot we can do. The cabin is very small, probably 12 paces up and down it, so you cant really do anything. No exercise, nothi