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of the invasion. ukrainian forces have launched a long—awaited counter—offensive in the south of the country. a very good early morning to you. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. not only has ukraine been irrevocably changed by vladimir putin's military aggression, so has russia. putin has used the conflict to crack down harder on dissent and instil an ever more strident brand of nationalism that made life in moscow unbearable for my guest today. pinchas goldschmidt was chief rabbi of moscow till he fled from russia and left his post. his fat...

of wales will never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with millions in cash from a former qatari prime minister. singer r kelly could face decades in prison as he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of ringleading a violent scheme to lure women and children for him to sexually abuse. and coming up in sport, britain's emma raducanu is out of wimbledon after being defeated by france's caroline garcia in straight sets. welcome to the programme. a court in france has handed down guilty verdicts to all but...

are a clear and present danger to american democracy. after a second resignation in as many years, downing street says borisjohnson is looking at whether the role of an adviser on standards is needed after lord geidt stepped down last night. and the bank of england hikes up interest rates to a 13—year high and warns that inflation could hit 11%. tonight with the context, chief political commentator at the i newspaper paul waugh and former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, where the third day of the january 6th committee he...

president biden makes an impassioned call for stricter gun laws — following a string of mass shootings in the us. atrain is a train is derailed in southern germany. and it's 100 days since russia launched its invasion of ukraine, with fighting continuing along the entire front line in the east of the country. a service of thanksgiving honouring the queen's 70 years on the throne has been taking place today at st paul's cathedral. prince charles represented the queen, who withdrew from the event after experiencing "discomfort" during yesterday's platinum jubilee celebrations. we und...

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the polish president, andrzej duda, has been given a standing ovation in the ukrainian parliament after he delivered a passionate speech in support of ukraine. it's the first address in person by a foreign leader to the parliament in kyiv since the russian invasion began. president duda, who earlier met with ukraine's president zelenskiy, said that only ukraine has the right to decide its future. if ukraine is pushed to sacrifice even a centimetre of its territory, just to keep things calm, for economic reasons or po...