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welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ruthless bid to impose his will on ukraine hasn t worked, at least not yet. on the contrary, it has taken an enormous toll of russian blood and treasure, and left the country militarily and economically weakened. so, how come there hasn t been more open dissent within the russian elite? is it fear, brainwashing or a deeper, shared ethno nationalism? well, my guest, boris bondarev, is unique. he s a russian diplomat who quit and condemned putin s ukraine war. why is his a lone voice of insider dissent? boris bondarev, in switzerland, welcome to hardtalk. i want to begin, if i may, by getting a sense of what life is like for you today. last may, you quit your post. you delivered a scathing condemnation of putin and his war. so how is life for you today? well, it s become relatively easier than it was because i don t have to go to my office any more. and i. well, officially and practically, iam now unemployed, so i ....
apparently using a standard formula. biting cold in afghanistan official figures say dozens have died as temperatures drop to 30 below freezing. and australia s toadzilla a record breaking cane toad that s six times bigger than the average is found in queensland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks at crucial talks involving western allies in germany. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further. both sides of the conflict are expected to launch full scale offensives in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european countries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. the uk has already promised to send 1 ....
re vetting firearm offices. a fundamental reset of stop and search in london. 50 mark rowley of the metropolitan police commissioner said he accepted the findings and systemic failures, but stops short of calling it institutional. but people had felt that gown and the report was brutal. he will be reflecting on the report. thank you ve much reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed for reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining - reflecting on the report. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. i just to bring you our breaking news this hour, borisjohnson has had his defence published before the committee hearing tomorrow on whether he misled the house of commons about attending parties during the covid i9 lockdown. i m joined now from westminster by political correspondent jonathan blake. what is the initial assessment of what it says? what is the initial assessment of what it sa ....
today governor desantis defended his actions. we are not a sanctuary state. and it s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. and yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures. the critics call it a stunt. we should point out that last month, 1.8 million arrests, apprehensions or encounters on the southern border were reported for the physical year to date. that s according to customs and border protection. and that is an increase from the last fiscal year, and this one isn t even over yet. the move from desantis mirrors bus trips texas governor greg abbott began months ago sending immigrants to other areas, mainly new york city and the nation s capital. today at least two more buses arrived in washington, d.c., this time outside the u.s. naval observatory, the residence of vice president kamala harris. it comes after she made comments that the southern border was, quote, secure. so far as the florida chartered ....
yeah. okay. and what they don t tell is the rest of this clip, which we got to play in full. that happened yesterday. that wasn t, like from years ago. this was their cleanup. the story was, a bull wanted to have sex with three cows. gets the three cows pregnant. i don t want to hear this, no. and saw three other cows over the fence and wanted to get those cows pregnant so much that he went over barbed wire. are you okay? to get to the other cows. is this really what happened or are you making this up? sweetheart? yeah? i didn t tell the story. uh-huh. about a bull wanting to get six cows pregnant. there s no way herschel walker would tell that story at this moment. these people come to georgia. yeah. to help him get out of a scandal where he got a lot of people pregnant. lied about it. didn t want to so he literally said that yesterday, katty kay, on the campaign trail in georgia, and there was tom cotton and i guess ....