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for tina turner, fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it's 8am in singapore and 8pm in washington, where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner's chief in mali, ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there — a battle that's taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they're withd...

control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there during these months of fighting. this is bakhmut before russi...

well, my guest is seychelles' president, wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that's the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don't really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the ones that are doing very well. when you look at ...

well, my guest is seychelles' president, wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that's the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don't really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of africa are the ones that are doing very well. when you look at ...

and a political culture tainted by allegations of corruption. well, my guest is seychelles president wavel ramkalawan. is this a story of paradise lost? president wavel ramkalawan, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. well, it's a pleasure to have you in the studio. you in the seychelles are known at the un as one of the sids nations. that's the small island developing states. do you think the world listens properly to the sids? i would say no. in fact, as an african country, when the world talks about africa, they don't really pay attention to the sids. and yet, the sids of afr...