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the russians say the aircraft was carrying 65 ukrainian prisoners of war and that everyone on board was killed. the un humanitarian agency in gaza says nine people have been killed after two israeli tank rounds hit a building in a training centre, in gaza s main southern city of khan yunis. 800 people had taken refuge there. the us military says iranian backed houthi rebels have fired three missiles toward an american container ship transiting the gulf of aden. one missile fell into the sea. the other two were shot down by a us warship. there were no reported injuries of damage to the container ship and italy s parliament has approved a controversial deal, which would see some asylum seekers transferred to albania. the plan is to have processing centres on albanian territory, which will deal with the claims under italian law. good evening. donald trump has made a giant step towards the republican nomination, adding new hampshire to the victory he sealed in iowa just a w ....
the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were schedule ....
if the worst comes, that means the most effective way that i can bring the world s attention to hong kong nothing that i m going to suffer would be lost. fear is the most inexpensive and convenient way of ruling people and controlling people you know, if they can induce fear in you, that s the easiest way to control you, that s the cheapest way to control you and the most effective way, and they know it, and they re very good at it. sebastien lai is living in self imposed exile in taiwan. he s campaigning for his father s release. my one goal is to free my father, because he deserves to be free. he has committed no crime. because standing up forfreedom is not a crime. and doing so peacefully, journalism is not a crime. freedom of speech is not a crime. even now, if you ask the hong kong government if they have freedom of speech, freedom of press, they will tell you that they do. now, they can t tell you that they do and then put someone in jail for saying something ....
it has accused ukraine of deliberately targetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised on this occasion to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles northeast of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian prisoners of wars. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65 ukrainian servicemen for a prisoner swap, and three russian military personnel esco ....
sir nicholas winton, welcome to hardtalk. for most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasn t particularly well known. but now it is known right around the world. do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and 39? i don t mind the story being told. i m not so keen on the frills. what do you mean about the frills? well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i mean. well, it means you get attention and people want you to tell the story again and again. do you get sick of that? yeah, except that when they tell it again and again and again, they add a bit of their own. well, let us together, then, tell the story, for people around the world who do not know it. and let me take you back to prague, 1938, the end of 1938. how on earth did it come to be that a young man from london, who was a successful stockbroker, had a rather glamorous life, how did it come to be that he found himself in prague in 1938? how long have you got? te ....