he s been taken to hospital but his condition s unknown. shameema begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, fails to regain her british citizenship. and, at least four people are killed, after cyclone freddy makes landfall in madagascar. hello and welcome to the programme. president putin has been addressing crowds filling moscow s main stadium for a patriotic gala concert, to mark one year of russia s invasion of ukraine. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilize the international situation . our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin sh
occupation on the western bank occupation on the shamima begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, has failed to regain her british citizenship. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president putin has been addressing crowds filling moscow s main stadium for a patriotic gala concert to mark one year of russia s invasion of ukraine. he insisted that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international situation. our russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow. to russia s largest football stadium they came in their tens of thousands, not to cheer on their team, but to support their president. from colleges, factories and state enterprises, they had been bussed in specially for a kremlin show, designed to sho
and we will look bad. whether russians will be able to accept that horrible guilt, i don t know. i hope they can and they will because they will be better for it. and here s a sign, perhaps, that some here are less happy with the direction in which russia is moving. they didn t stick around to hear vladimir putin s speech they left the stadium before the president arrived. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. that s the view from moscow, meanwhile, on wednesday russia began taking part in a full military exercise with china and south africa, off the coast of south africa itself. among the vessels is a frigate, that s a type of warship, equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles, during the exercises. the frigate admiral gorshkov arrived in richards bay, near durban, for the initial drills. south african opposition politicians say the exercises
that some here are less happy with the direction in which russia is moving. they didn t stick around to hear vladimir putin s speech they left the stadium before the president arrived. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. on russia with china and south africa, amongst the vessels that s the view from moscow. meanwhile, on wednesday russia began taking part in a full military exercise with china and south africa, off the coast of south africa itself. among the vessels is a frigate that s a type of warship equipped with hypersonic cruise missiles. russia is expected to fire artillery, but not the cruise missiles, during the exercises. the frigate admiral gorshkov arrived in richards bay, near durban, for the initial drills. south african opposition politicians say the exercises show their government is siding