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Hello, im rich preston. Welcome to the programme. We begin in russia, where large queues suddenly formed at some Polling Stations earlier in an apparent show of dissent during elections designed to confirm Vladimir Putin in the presidency. Allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. These were the scenes in moscow. Thereve been no Protest Chants the authorities ...

Hello and welcome to newsday. We start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russias president ial election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. He had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil ...

South koreans live in the shadow of their enemy, north korea. As young people shun a life of semi captivity, its numbers are dwindling, along with the hope korea will ever be reunified. Ourjourney into the Demilitarised Zone begins at dawn. We pass checkpoint after checkpoint accompanied by commander chris mercado. Freedom main, this is freedom 6. Over. See this Kind Of Blue Archway and the white sign beyond it . Were now entering the Demilitarised Zone. This is the most militarised border in th...

Carers, young and old, paid and unpaid, the Unsung Heroes who do such a remarkablejob unpaid, the Unsung Heroes who do such a remarkable job looking after a loved ones. Some people have criticised me for going on and on about carers. Even saying it is only because i have been a care at most of my life for my mum, for my nana, for my son. But let others tell them this. It is because of real Life Experiences like mine and the real Life Experiences of millions of people that Liberal Democrats will ...

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he committed for several months. its been 20 years since the us—led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein — well assess the legacy. and — valencias streets come to life for a five—day festival, celebrating the spanish citys culture, history and people. hello and welcome to the programme. switzerlands biggest bank, ubs, has agreed to take over its troubled rival, credit swiss. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two ba...

to $1 billion, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerlands central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. an urgency around these t...

vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. its the first time hes ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. im joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spec...

hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion dollars by switzerlands central bank, but ...

well have a special report. hello, very warm welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs — switzerlands biggest bank — has agreed to buy credit suisse for more than two billion dollars. theres been no confirmation yet of whether the offer has been accepted. its thought an earlier offer of $1 billion was considered too low. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley...