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good evening. we start tonight with the escalating legal battle between rishi sunak�*s government and the independent public inquiry, into the handling of the covid pandemic. government officials in the cabinet office missed a deadline, earlier today, to hand over all of boris johnsons private messages and papers, to the inquiry. whats more, the government is now launching a legal challenge, arguing that some of the material is not relevant to the inquiry�*s work. the chair of the ...

its also struggled for years with pro—russian rebels. moldovas president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraines border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering — where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives t...

hanging over americas head, but because of the good work of president biden as well as democrats and the house and democrats and the house and democrats in the senate, we are not defaulting. democrats said from the start and we must take default of the table. for a long time republicans, many republicans in the house resisted, house republicans ready to take default hostage in order to pop —— as a radical heritage to gender that never could have passed with the american people. so ...

moldovas president said hosting the summit — just 20km from ukraines border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering — where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupat...

Due to the presence of china and india in particular, they represent 43% of the worlds population, with more than three and a quarter billion people living in those five countries. together they now account for a slightly larger share of the worlds economy than the g7 group of nations which includes the uk and united states — and thats set to be more than half of the worlds gdp by 2030. our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report from cape town. at the southern tip of africa today,...

Than the g7 group of nations which includes the uk and united states — and thats set to be more than half of the worlds gdp by 2030. our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report from cape town. at the southern tip of africa today, russia is hard at work assembling allies. the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, joining his chinese, indian, brazilian and south african counterparts. a growing alliance seeking to challenge the west on many issues, including the war in ukraine. mr ...

To stop killing civilians, to stop killing our children. russian officials watch from their balcony. for russia, the point of all this is to show that its not isolated. yes, the west may be united against it because of ukraine but huge countries like india, like china are still supporting moscow, and large parts of africa too are at least trying to sit on the fence. officially, south africa is neutral on ukraine, butjust down the road from todays gathering, a naval base from where its claimed we...

On poorer nations. stop putin, stop the war! on the seashore outside the venue, a small group of ukrainians, protesting against russias invasion of their country. we want minister lavrov to immediately stop an unjust and unprovoked war. to stop killing civilians, to stop killing our children. russian officials watch from their balcony. for russia, the point of all this is to show that its not isolated. yes, the west may be united against it because of ukraine but huge countries like india, like ...

Of all of ukraines neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putins full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. its wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years its been heavily dependent on moscow forfuel, forfinance, and whilst its government leans heavily to the west, its desperate to join the eu. there is a region, transnistria, which is in the hands of pro—russian separatists. there are still russian troops there. its...

Is due to come here in august for a summit meeting. so if putin comes here, what will it achieve for him? yet another propaganda coup. "im strong, im not alone and the west is helpless to stop me going where i want." minister, andrew harding from bbc. if president putin coming here in august, will you arrest him? yes or no? the south african government is currently looking at what the various legal options are. but it sounds to a lot of people like a fudge. the answer is clear cut, your obligati...