Russia when he was poisoned in london that made headlines around the world. A lethal toxin in a Cup Of Tea. Why was he killed . To unravel the mystery, we followed the tale of a dark conspiracy. Are you frightened for your life . Meet and confront the prime suspect. And now, is the danger coming closer . Were the men in the bushes . People say it will never happen here. I know what can happen here because it happened to my husband. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Former russian Agent Alexander Litvinenko was a vocal critic of the russian government. In his world, access to information could make you a rich man or a dead one. His murders set off an international investigation to discover who wanted him silenced. Here is Richard Engel with spy games. A former russian agent poisoned. A multimillionaire found dead in his bathroom. Investigative reporter executed in front of her home. Their lives have been interconnected but what about their deaths . Random acts or some suspect part of an i
Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped, too. Devolution is not something i have had to get used to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life. Thats the same for a growing number of our citizens. I want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In wales it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. In adversity, you cant match us. We will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for the will be there. Fighting tooth and nailfor the impossible will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for t
russia s brutal war and his visit, russia s former president, former foreign minister, former president dimitri medvedev has reacted publicly stating kishida has shown a complete subservience to the u.s. and should ritually disembowel himself, which i admit is a little harsh to be discussing on sunday morning tv. we will have more on russia s war in the chaos inside russia in a few minutes, with russia s foreign foreign minister, but first, back to the brief history lesson i brought up, because japan is interesting for another important reason. one which should serve as a stark reminder to american lawmakers at what happens when you play with fire in a fragile economy. sometimes, as fire goes out of control, and has catastrophic consequences. coming out of the 1970s and 1980s, headed to the 1990s, japan was the fastest growing economic power in the world, a global financial club manufacturing all sorts of things. think about watches, panasonic tvs, toyota cars. when our stuff
might say is significantly underperforming. we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. okay. so was this a planned remark or something off the curve? were we supposed hear it? was vladimir putin? there is news from russia that even those within his inner circle are starting to get upset about how the war is going. rumblings that are now public. on saturday, a key putin ally, allies planned to top a russian general in a post and another putin loyalist came out in agreement. how much pressure is vladimir putin really under internally? and where might that push him? derrick kimball with back with us, he is the executive director of the arms control association, and we spoke with him back at the beginning of russia s ukraine invasion, he warned of exactly the situation we find ourselves in right now. despite the problems that the russian army is having, they still have the preponderance of forces. russia does not want to get the uni
this devastating attack in a short time after russia unleashed a barrage of strikes on the capital city of kyiv yesterday morning. once again, targeting civilian infrastructures. separately, russian forces claimed they have taken control of soledar, a salt mining town in eastern ukraine which holds political importance. ukraine maintains that soledar has not been taken. meanwhile, we are fast approaching the 11 month mark the totally unprovoked invasion of ukraine, and the russian president, vladimir putin is barely anything to show for it. even his generals are flipping tactically on the battlefield, despite having a registered military, almost triple the size of ukraine s at the beginning. according to the prime minister of ukraine, as of last week, the country has reclaimed 54% of territory taken by russia since last february. just this week, putin was forced, yet again to appoint a different chief commander on the frontlines, this being the second time he s done so in recent months