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according to the south korean military, the projectile had disappeared from radar and might have crashed or exploded. the united states hasjoined south korea and japan in condemning the launch, saying it involved ballistic missile technology in breach of un sanctions. theres lots to unpick — so lets go live to seoul — and jean mackenzie, our correspondent in south korea. jean — how did you first hear of this rocket launch? i first heard about it when, like millions of other peopl...

Saturday. it means a disrupted travel plans for many people, including those heading to big events, like saturdays fa cup final or days out over half term. the drivers union, aslef, has already rejected a a% pay rise for two years in a row dependent on big changes to ways of working is unacceptable. it says drivers are being asked to give up working conditions for a wage increase that is far below inflation, and its leader has warned industrial action could escalate. , , ., escalate. our members...

Trying to dissuade russia from invading ukraine and it reached a height yesterday during the call that president biden had with president putin that lasted nearly an hour long, as you said. and the white house said that biden made clear to putin what he would be risking if he were to invade. now, i want to read you a line from the statement that the white house put out after the call, because it really sums it up quite well. it says that president biden was clear that if russia undertakes a furt...

Survivability? >> i think hes very conscious of that. his primary motivation in all of this is his own personal power and his grip on power, and i think if he is seen to lose this war, then that grip will be severely weakened. so i do think that the risk is of groups around him moving against him in a coup detat. at the same time youve got growing popular unrest. so i do think theres a real risk that, you know, as i said, hes a cornered animal. could he lash out? could he escalate, including pot...

Committed to it, then this war wont end. putins strategy, similar to other strong-men leaders, is when theyre backed into a corner, that he escalate, they look for a new opportunity, they create the crisis, they escalate and escalate and escalate hoping that some card will turn their way and they can find an off-ramp. thats been the pattern of a lot of megalomaniac strong-men leaders throughout history. well see if putin follows that pattern. >> in many cases the russian military, when they run ...

Cannot lose wars and remain autocrats. how much damage could putin be doing to his own political survivability? >> i think he is very conscious of that. his primary motivation in all of this is his own personal power and his grip on power. and i think if he is seen to lose this war, then that grip will be severely weakened. so i do think that the risk of groups around him moving against him in a coup detat. at the same time you have growing popular unrest that could generate a revolution in the ...