Plenty of questions, and here to offer some answers for the next half an hour or so are mike prendergast, leader of the conservative opposition on Sefton Council ballots have been cast over three days. There has been some vandalism and a number of arrests at Polling Stations, but the final result is not in doubt as mr putin has no credible opponent. It comes as supporters of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,have urged people to turn out en masse at midday in each time zone and vote for any Candidate Other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. Icame to i came to vote for a man to make sure that our country prosperous and there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. , not in ukraine or any other part of the world the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave the world. Steve rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment this was pr
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two o clock in the morning in turkey where officials have said most rescue efforts to find survivors have come to an end two weeks on from the earthquake that devastated the south of turkey and north west of syria. search operations have been winding down for days as the chances of finding people fade. more than 47 thousand people are known to have been killed by the quake and the aftershocks across both countries. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, surveyed the damage in hard hit hatay province as he toured the region by helicopter. he s expected to hold talks with his turkish counterpart, before meeting some of the people affected by the quake, including white helmet rescue workers from rebel held parts of syria. with clean up efforts getting underway in turkey anger is building in some of the worst affected areas. as bulldozers clear debris in the devastated southeastern city of antakya, many people are sti
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. north korea has been accused of firing ballistic missiles into the sea of japan just a day after the us and south korea held a drill in response to a similar launch. north korea said that test was designed to show it was able to fire nuclear capable missiles at short notice in response to threats. chad o carroll works for the korea risk group and told me more. north korea has shown the capability to launch macro in short range tactical missiles over several years successfully. i think the key new thing here is the fact that the north koreans were making clear they could launch this icbm on saturday with a 9 hour window and they responded very quickly today to the us and south korean our drills last night with these tactical tests and i think the message basically is that for all the forthcoming us south korean exercises, there is going to be a very significant north korean military demonstration in response.
hello. good to have you with us. this week marks a year since russia s president, vladimir putin, ordered a full scale invasion of russia s neighbour, ukraine. world leaders have this weekend been meeting at the munich security conference, and pledging their ongoing support to ukraine. but now, there s a new warning from the us that china might start supplying weapons to russia. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says there will be serious consequences for china, if that happens. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from munich. this war is almost one year old and it shows no sign of letting up. whether on patrol in the snow or dug in deep below ground, ukrainian troops are largely holding firm, backed by arms from the west. but. there is still a lot to be done. we have to increase and accelerate our military support to ukraine, quickly. and now, potentially, a new development. the united states says russian forces are already getting surveillance and
hello and welcome. this week marks a year since russia s president, vladimir putin, ordered a full scale invasion of russia s neighbour, ukraine. world leaders have this weekend been meeting at the munich security conference, and pledging their ongoing support to ukraine. but now, there s a new warning from the us that china might start supplying weapons to russia. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says there will be serious consequences for china, if that happens. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from munich. this war is almost one year old and it shows no sign of letting up. whether on patrol in the snow or dug in deep below ground, ukrainian troops are largely holding firm, backed by arms from the west. but. there is still a lot to be done. we have to increase and accelerate our military support to ukraine, quickly. and now, potentially, a new development. the united states says russian forces are already getting surveillance and technology f