There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, - anniversary. live from our studio in singapore, this. anniversary. live from our| studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk air strikes, which hit more than 30 positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november. they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend, and there have been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. raf jets rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus bought the long flights to hit houthi targets in yemen. other west
the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there ve been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by houthi attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air strikes. britain said these raids do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the mid
an exclusive interview with the anti war campaigner who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he tells this programme there is growing opposition to russia s special military operation in ukraine. i special military operation in ukraine. . ., , ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am absolutely i ukraine. i am not sure i will win l this time but i am absolutely sure putin will not rule russia for six years more, absolutely sure. here in the uk the families of three people stabbed to death in nottingham say they ve been let down by the police after their killer is sentenced after admitting three counts manslaughter by diminished responsibility. and some of ghana s crown jewels stolen by british soldiers more than a century ago, a
this is bbc news. the headlines: the evacuations continue as the country holds a fragile three day ceasefire 300 british nationals are flown out of sudan and some have arrived in the uk in the last hour. in russia, the jailed opposition activist, alexei navalny, is now charged with terrorism offenses. and the singer, ed sheeran, is in court in new york to defend himself against charges he plagiarised marvin gaye. will have sport and just a moment or two, but i want to break a really important line linked to sudan because the home secretary so ella bradman has been talking in the last little while and said, the government has no plans to introduce death to a lab rather men, says the government have no plans to introduce suella braverman said the government will look at safe routes for refugees from two down, the government says we have no plans to do that. our focus first and for most right now, and bearing in mind this is a fast moving and complex situation, is to suppor